Securing the Future Project

A partnership approach to protect priority plants
Translocation of Corunna Daisy (jenny Guerin)

Our ‘Securing the Future’ project will prevent extinction and improve the trajectory of 10 threatened plant species by delivering a comprehensive program of seed collecting, germination trials, propagation, reintroductions, research and long-term seed banking of native flora from SA, Vic and WA.

This work will improve the representation and genetic diversity of collections in Australian seed banks, with seeds and data available for research and restoration. The project will also support public awareness of action to conserve priority plant species.

We acknowledge the support provided for this project by the Australian Government’s Saving Native Species Program. Funding was provided under the Priority Species Grant that aimed to improve outcomes for priority plants from the Threatened Species Action Plan.

Seeds of the Giant Andersonia will be secured (Image: Andrew Crawford)

Project Aims

South Australia

  • Seed collection and habitat survey for the Arckaringa Daisy (Olearia arckaringensis).
  • A wholistic seed collection-to-translocation project (including habitat survey and improvement) for the Woods Well Spyridium (Spyridium fontis-woodii) in collaboration with First Nation and community rangers.

Victoria

  • Genetic research into the Forked Spyridium (Spyridium furculentum) to understand the diversity in existing seed collections.
  • Seed collection and germination trials for the Stiff Groundsel (Senecio behrianus).

Western Australia

  • Seed collection, germination, translocation, seedling imagery and soil seedbank research for Foote’s Grevillea (Grevillea calliantha).
  • A collection, propagation and seed production project for the Tangled Wattle (Acacia volubilis) including research into genetic lineages, tissue culture and cryopreservation protocols.
  • Seed collection and seedling imagery of the Giant Andersonia (Andersonia axilliflora).
  • Seed collection, germination, seedling imagery and translocation of the Narrow-leaved Eremophila (Eremophila subangustifolia).
  • Seed collection and seedling imagery of the Small-flowered Snottygobble (Persoonia micranthera).
  • Seed collection, germination and seedling imagery of Wongan Eriostemon (Philotheca wonganensis).

Project outcomes

This project will run from December 2023 to December 2025, so check back later to see how we are tracking!

Persoonia micranthera flower (Credit: Andrew Crawford).
Small-flowered Snottygobble in flower (Image: Andrew Crawford).

Sow seeds of hope by donating today

Over 1,300 native plants are threatened with extinction, with more in decline. Support us to conserve our nation’s unique flora which are vital for a healthy environment. Help the national effort to ensuring the survival of Australia’s wild flowers for generations to come.

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The Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens Inc (trading as the Australian Seed Bank Partnership) is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ABN: 58153442365). We are an environmental organisation with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status, and all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

The Australian Seed Bank Partnership acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we work and live across Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging, and recognise the deep knowledge held by Australia’s First Nations Peoples, developed over thousands of years of connection to Country.

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