Nursery Training

Click to download the pdf documents below:

• TIN Species list - Local, native plants grown at our nursery.

Nursery Know How

Have you ever considered what it would take to set up a community nursery and keep things growing? These workshop booklets will guide you through the things to consider from location, set up.

• Nursery Establishment - How to set up a community nursery - This booklet covers the site requirements, what structures and space factors need to be considered, the production areas, the production goals, irrigation considerations,environmental issues and OH & S, 
• Nursery Operations and Practice - How to run a community nursery - This booklet covers preparing material, tools and equipmet for work, nursery practice and procedure and a suite of propagation activites such as seed treatments, seed raising , quality contro, dispatching and a whole lot more

The Seedy Side of Plants

Seedy Side of Plants – A guide to native provenance seed collecting, including record keeping forms, for landholders, Landcare groups and other interested parties. 

Getting Ready

• Seed Collection Procedure
• Lending the Seed Collection Kit
• Seed Collection Work Method Statement
• Tools and Safety Checklist
• Tool and Safety Equipment Descriptions

In the field

• Field Data Sheet
• Seed Collection Tag

Workshop Booklets

• TIN Seed Identification Workbook
• TIN Seed Collection Workbook
• TIN Seed Cleaning and Treatment Workbook
• TIN Seed Storage Workbook

More Information

• Florabank- an amazing site for the seed enthusiast with the industry standards for seed collecting
• Seed bank online resources and references
• Millenium Seedbank brochure
• Be Smart with Seed brochure
• Acknowledgements and Sharing