Seed Saving Workshop
Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens
Sun 22 Feb '26 – Sun 22 Mar '26
Overview
Discover the art and science of seed saving in this engaging, hands-on workshop designed to help gardeners preserve their most valuable plants.
Whether the goal is to grow vegetables, preserve heirloom varieties, produce flowers for cutting gardens or flower farms, multiply rare plants, or expand a home garden, seed saving is a rewarding and cost-effective skill.
Learn how to replicate favourite plants year after year, and explore how seeds…
Discover the art and science of seed saving in this engaging, hands-on workshop designed to help gardeners preserve their most valuable plants.
Whether the goal is to grow vegetables, preserve heirloom varieties, produce flowers for cutting gardens or flower farms, multiply rare plants, or expand a home garden, seed saving is a rewarding and cost-effective skill.
Learn how to replicate favourite plants year after year, and explore how seeds can even become a source of future garden abundance.
Participants will learn essential techniques for collecting, cleaning, drying and storing seeds. Topics include vegetables, native plants, flowering species and general garden plants, with insights into why seed saving is vital for protecting heritage varieties and hard-to-find plants.
The workshop introduces the full seed-saving process, from selecting the right plants and harvesting at the optimal time to storing seeds for long-term viability.
Practical guidance will cover germination techniques, fertilising seedlings, potting up, planting out, direct sowing, and understanding factors that affect seed success, including organic methods for managing snails and slugs.
A full morning tea will be provided by the SHBG Cooking Friends, with espresso coffee and herbal teas included in the ticket price.
This small-group workshop includes practical activities. Participants will receive comprehensive notes and complimentary seeds to take home.
Book online now. Tickets are limited to maintain an intimate learning environment.
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A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
Ask all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
Have a step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked
Have at least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high)
Have wheelchair accessible picnic tables (picnic tables require 720mm knee clearance and 800mm maximum height)
Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints
Provide assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Train your staff in disability awareness
Use Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)