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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT TREES FOR LIFE?

HOLIDAY OFFICE CLOSURES

GROWERS: HELP IS AT HAND

The growing season is underway, and you will have received your manuals, seed and soil and be preparing to tend your seedlings. We’re already looking forward to seeing the fruits of your labour being planted out in winter to restore precious landscapes across our state.

As many of our experienced growers will tell you, sometimes things don’t go to plan. From seed failure to insect attack to unforeseen illness or injury, plenty of things can happen to throw you off your growing groove. Help is at hand here in the office, where we’re available Monday to Friday to offer advice and support. We can replace seed until 14 February in the event of seed failure, or talk you through solutions to any other problems you might face throughout the season.

You will also receive your growers’ newsletter with helpful tips and key points to refer to.

As a volunteer grower you’re an essential part of our mission to restore South Australian landscapes, and we want to make sure you have all the support you need to make your growing season rewarding and enjoyable. Please call us if you run into an issue — sooner is better than later when it comes to keeping your seedlings growing strong.

Our office will be closed from 12pm Friday 24 December 2021. We’ll open 9am Tuesday 4 January 2022.

Our Board, management team and staff wish all our members, supporters and volunteers a safe, happy and healthy summer holiday season.

SEED BANK: PERMITS AND SEED COLLECTION OUR BOARD

L Warge-scale restoration projects like Tree Scheme, Paddock Tree Project and Direct Seeding, as well as our Westwood Nursery, e welcome Bryce Winter as a new board member. Bryce is a management consultant with expertise all rely on seed carefully collected by in strategic planning, governance, hand. Each year, volunteers join our organisational development, and

Seed Bank staff on seed collection technology. He has worked at the missions, gathering the vital seeds highest levels with many institutions that will grow into habitat for natives, in Australia, Asia, Africa, and strengthen our soil, air and water, throughout the Pacific. Bryce has and bring sanctuaries of green for us a Masters degree in International to enjoy. and Community Development, and

We’re granted an annual permit to has Bachelor degrees in Business collect the seed we need to support Management and IT. Jeanette Gellard this restoration. The permit is issued continues as President and Therese to our Seed Bank Manager, Daniel, Halili as Secretary. Board members who trains and supervises volunteers Michael Cornish and Ingrid Franssen to collect on our behalf. If you’d like were re-elected at our AGM. You can to help, it’s essential you contact us read about our board members at to register for our Introduction to treesforlife.org.au/people.

Seed Collection and Advanced Seed

Collection workshops in order to collect seed under this permit. If you’re interested in volunteering with our Seed Bank please see the dates for our workshops under ‘What’s On’ for ‘Tree Scheme and Nursery’ on the opposite page.