Gardeners can this month reap the rewards of others’ seed deposits.

Taranaki Seedsavers is presenting a seed-saving workshop at Hollard Gardens on Sunday, 24 July, and participants will have access to a 'bank' stocked with robust, healthy seeds, and learn to select the plants that reproduce these qualities.

“Local plants perform better in local conditions and when seeds are collected from the best specimens, the subsequent generations tend to be acclimatised, strong and healthy, with a better and tastier yield, and higher resistance to pests and disease,” says Taranaki Regional Council’s Regional Gardens Manager, Greg Rine.

The workshop will be held from 2pm to 4pm, at 1686 Upper Manaia Rd, Kaponga. It is part of a year-round programme of free public events at Hollard Gardens, Tupare and Pukeiti, the three heritage properties owned and managed by the Taranaki Regional Council on behalf of the people of the region.

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