Growing Native Trees

One of the things that I occupy my time with is propagating native trees to be planted throughout South Australia. Here, like many parts of the world has lost many native species and this programme helps to reestablish vegetation in private and public land. The seeds are collected by trained volunteers and dispensed, along with growing supplies to hundreds of volunteers by Trees for Life. I grow about 600 seedlings every summer and they are transferred and planted in the autumn (April/May). It is a fantastic grassroots environmental programme that really makes a difference. At the moment the first lot are just getting established and the second batch are germinating. The only annoying bit is filling the growing tubes - really tedious.