Seed Hunters spring update
30 October 2017
The Seed Centre team have been clocking up some k's recently in the hunt for rare SA flora.
Seed Hunters
Follow the SA Seed Conservation Centre seed hunters as they travel the state helping protect our threatened plants from extinction.
Seed hunting in the APY Lands
31 August 2017
Our expert volunteers headed north recently, collecting over 100 plant specimens and recording over 1,500 images!
'Tis the season
03 August 2017
With seed season on the way, our Seed Hunters are planning which rare finds on the wish-list they're going to target.
Seed Hunters - they're big in Japan!
23 February 2017
The work of the South Australian Seed Conservation Centre turns up all over the world.
Flinders finds
08 February 2017
On the hunt for rare and endemic species for a special Botanic Gardens project.
Threatened orchids work
05 September 2016
The Seed Hunters find some orchid-saving allies in Kildare College students.
Perusing the peas of SA
23 May 2016
We all recognise the iconic Sturt's Desert Pea, but it's worth getting to know our state's other dazzling Swainsonas.
A breakthrough on the Finniss River
26 April 2016
An breakthrough on the Finniss River
Rare finds in Kangaroo Island
16 March 2016
The Seed Hunters head to the rugged Kangaroo Island with plenty of target species in mind.
Travels through Witjira
11 February 2016
The Seed Hunters travel to the beautiful Witjira National Park on the Simpson Desert's edge, making some rare finds.
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15 March 2024
The Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium is very pleased to announce that the Director of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia, Mr Michael Harvey, has been elected as the new Chair of the Council of Heads of Australian Botanic Gardens.