Healthy Hectares in Broadford

Learn about native grasses, identifying the strength and weaknesses on your property, animal handling, pasture management and grazing. Includes a property visit and Lunch. Bookings Essential.

Presenter: Cath Olive, Euroa Arboretum
Property planning, landclasses, identifyingthe strengths an d weakness es on yourproperty.

Presenter: Carolyn Prentice, Veterinarian
Animal Health, Biosecurity, Animal Handling.

Presenter: Peter Mitchell – BLMG –Broadford Land Management Group
local farmer with mix of native grass and introduced grass, hills and flats. Managing hill country with care.

Presenter: Henry Marszalek
Managing hill country with care. How to use the cattle yards,  a visit to Henry/s farm to demonstrate his way of managing his property.

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Tree Storey – Grow Back or Die Back

Financial incentives are available for eligible landholders to:

  • Fence remnant vegetation (min. 1 hectare)
  • Enhance remnant vegetation
  • Revegetate with indigenous species (minimum 20 metre corridors)

Got an idea to do vegetation works on your property? Then please complete and submit the form on the back or get in touch with Jenny Wilson to discuss your idea. Jenny Wilson, Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority 168 Welsford Street, Shepparton tel. (03) 5822 7700 email. jennyw@gbcma.vic.gov.au www.gbcma.vic.gov.au. Download the form –  EOI Tree Storey…

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A day with Taungurung on the Seven Creeks

This Saturday 17th March in Euroa, spend a day with the Taungurung on the Seven Creeks. Weaving, traditional fish traps and spears. Learn what it was like to live on Seven Creeks with the Traditional Owners – the Taungurung.

A free Event in Euroa from 10am – 3pm

Looking forward to seeing you at the Taungurung day tomorrow.  We will be located below Memorial Oval next to the Seven Creeks.  To access, you can park at Memorial oval and wander down.  If all else fails as there will be lots of activity on the oval tomorrow, follow the walking path – you’ll find us next to the creek with picnic rugs – drop in and join us.

Cathy Olive
Euroa Arboretum…

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Order your 2018 Plants now

Order your 2018 plants now

It’s time to place your order at the Euroa Arboretum Nursery – Begin to think about what to plant next Winter.
The Arboretum will plant the seeds and prepare your order, you may pick up from April onwards. Prices are on our website.
Simply download the interactive form, save it to your computer, complete and upload from this page – www.euroaarboretum.com.au/plant-order-form
You can also visit the nursery any Monday or Thursday from 9am-4.30pm

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2017 Finalist

Award Finalist

2017 FinalistThe Euroa Arboretum is a finalist in the Parks Victoria, Environment Sustainability Award. A great achievement for all involved and the community of Euroa.

Euroa Arboretum Inc – Parks Victoria Environmental Sustainability Award

Euroa Arboretum Inc has overseen the transformation of a farm paddock, into a showcase site for natural resource management. 25 years after the land was donated to the Euroa community, the property is now a popular public reserve, supported by an educational facility, offering comprehensive land restoration services. The Arboretum’s motto is ‘Growing back the bush’ and one of their main objectives is to provide seed for revegetation work.

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Fifteen years of Silver Banksia

First plantings at Euroa Arboretum – 2004

• 6provenances–157 plants planted initially.

• 86plantsdiedinthe first year.

• Another30inthe following year.

Lesson – Site selection is important for best success.

Seed Production at Euroa Arboretum

  • 9 provenance sources from original plantings from the Strathbogies and Tooborac.353 plants originally planted over a number of years.
  • 80 trees we can still identify in 2015. 30 plants have lost labels.
  • Only 6 provenances now represented that we can identify.

Lesson – clear labelling and record keeping is critical to ensure your seed production area has the diversity you intend and for long term tracking.

Seed Collection

banksia seed

  • Our first big seed collection was 2013. This followed quite a mild, wet summer. We collected about 1kg of seed that year.
  • 2014 – 1kg, 1.5kg – Repacholi
  • 2015 – 31g, 500g – Repacholi
  • 2016 – 5g.

Lesson – do we need to locate our seed production areas in locations with mild summers, and better sources of moisture?

Germination

  • Seeds tend to germinate best in cooler months.
  • They are slow to germinate as the weather warms up, but can respond when in shade house conditions.
  • Population health makes a huge difference to germination success. Small, isolated populations are much less vigorous seedlings.
  • Seedlings tend to have issues with dampening off in nursery conditions as they get bigger.

GBCMA – Silver Banksia Rescue Project

The Silver Banksia project started in 2012 with funding from Caring for our Country for 6 years.
Initially there was a shortage of seed to meet the demand.
For the initial 3 years, 2000 Banksias were produced and given to landholders who had expressed interest and had suitable sites.
Now, approximately 5,000 Banksias have been produced for the past 2 years and given to landholders with the right attitude and site suitability

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Euroa Arboretum - Growing Back the Bush

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work. We pay our respects to the rich cultures and to the elders past and present.