Frahns Farm Seed Orchard Working Bee

Join us for a hands-on day at the Frahns Farm Seed Orchard, helping us maintain and prepare this vital space for future native plantings. Your efforts will keep the orchard healthy and productive, ensuring we have plenty of native seeds for our restoration projects.

Tasks on the day will include:

• Weeding around our plants to ensure only native seeds make it into our direct-seeding mix
• Removing senescent plants and debris from the Seed Orchard
• Collecting seeds from any late-fruiting species
• Preparing the Seed Orchard for infill planting in June
• Applying fertiliser to boost plant health and seed production
• Adding more potting soil to the raised beds (if soil is available)

Date & time

9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Saturday 12 April 2025

Location

Frahns Farm Seed Orchard (enter via Wattle Rd Site entrance)

What to bring

• Plenty of water
• Morning tea/snacks and Lunch
• Chair
• Trowel and/or hand mattock
• Pruning snips
• Gloves
• Hat
• Ear muffs (optional)
• Kneeling pads (optional)

Please wear long pants, covered shoes, and ideally long sleeves.

Leaf rakes and wheelbarrows will be useful, so If you can bring either or both, please let Luke know via email.

Facilities

Thanks to our new Pod (which will be parked next to the Seed Orchard), we have a toilet, as well as a small kitchenette, on site. 

Contact details

For further questions or assistance on the day, please contact Luke Wagenknecht on 0455 590 486‬ or at luke@bior.org.au.

We look forward to seeing you there!