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The St Arnaud Field Naturalists Club hosted a “Natural Seed Collection and Storage” Workshop at the St Arnaud Raillery Hub Community room on Wednesday 15th April. The Buloke and Northern Grampians Landcare Network kindly sponsored the event. The Workshop was presented by Mr Lindsay Ezard, a well-known St Arnaud resident, who has been in the native seed collecting and selling business for over 20 years. Lindsay gave a very informative presentation and later back at his shed, showed us some methods and demonstrated tools and equipment he uses to separate, store and scarify seeds. A couple of examples of the interesting information gained from the workshop: Buloke and casuarina seeds are only viable for three months after harvest. Sow with a very light covering of sand. The commercial value of seeds is notable. Orange picking bags make good seed collection bags. You need to know the common and botanical names of the species you pick seeds from. Ethical seed collection requires permission, if it is not from your own land holding. If you missed this event and need more information about this and other events that the St Arnaud Field Naturalists will organise in the future, please contact the St Arnaud Field Naturalists Club by email starnaudfieldnats@gmail.com .

One of my favourite trees for our district is Eucalyptus woodwardii . Native to Western Australia, this species comes from dry inland regions with low rainfall, open sunshine and well-drained soils — conditions not unlike our own here in St Arnaud. Perhaps that’s why it settles in so comfortably and performs so reliably in our climate. With our hot summers, modest rainfall and often gravelly or sandy soils, it proves itself year after year. It establishes readily, grows quickly, copes well with dry conditions and tolerates frost without fuss. Its growth habit is both upright and gently drooping, giving it a graceful yet sturdy presence in the landscape. The large, glaucous grey leaves — beautifully powdery and bold — stand out against our dry country backdrop. Then come the flowers — big, brilliant yellow blossoms that light up the tree and provide valuable nectar for pollinators. At a time of year when colour can be scarce, they are a real highlight. What I admire most is its toughness. It is truly a no-nonsense tree: resilient, adaptable and dependable. For St Arnaud gardens and landscapes, Eucalyptus woodwardii  offers that rare combination of strength, beauty and practicality. It may hail from Western Australia, but it feels perfectly at home here. Carol.

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