Native Seed Diversity & Revegetation

Join native vegetation specialists to learn about climate smart solutions for revegetation and seed collection.

Tuesday 11th November 2025

9:00am - 3:00pm

Venue TBA (at Culcairn)

Presentations Include:

Dr Tricia Hogbin - Using the Restore and Renew webtool to guide seed sourcing for resilient, climate-ready restoration. (online presentation)

Including a hands-on sneak peek of the updated Restore and Renew webtool to be launched by Adapt NSW 25th November.

Tricia is Restoration Genomics Outreach Coordinator for the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience (ReCER) at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney. Her role includes raising awareness of the importance of genetic diversity in restoration and facilitating collaborative projects with on-ground practitioners. With launch of an updated version of the Restore and Renew webtool in November 2025, she is currently focused on helping restoration practitioners use the webtool to improve the long-term success of their restoration. Tricia has used genetic information to guide conservation of threatened plants and restoration of native vegetation since the 1990s and is excited by how the genomics era makes this information more accessible to all.

Natasha Lappin and Chris Allen - Murray Local Land Services (MLLS) Seed Services and Seed Production Areas

Tash is a Senior Land Services Officer - Murray Native Seed Services at MLLS and Chris is a Land Services Officer at MLLS. They will be sharing their knowledge on seed production areas, seed collection and climate smart revegetation in the Murray Region. We will also be visiting a local seed production area and be shown the correct seed collection techniques.

Sonya Duus - Climate Ready Revegetation in the Yass Valley

Sonya is a Project Officer for the Climate Ready Revegetation in the Yass Valley, Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups (YAN). She is going to talk about the climate smart revegetation projects in the Yass Region.

Kylie Durant - Revegetation in the Holbrook Region

Kylie is our local revegetation expert from Holbrook Landcare. She will talk about the major revegetation projects with HLN including the Landcare Led Resilience Project.

Judy Kirk will give a summary on a current project - Climate Revegetation Plots in the Holbrook Region

We will also be visiting a local Seed Production Area so please wear appropriate field clothes: long pants enclosed shoes, hat & bring a water bottle.

This event is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.