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Menai High Seed Savers

Date Founded: 
2008-08

MENAI HIGH SCHOOL SOWS SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE

MENAI high school is going seedy! The school is well known in the area for its animal keeping programs, regularly winning ribbons at Agricultural shows. Now it has a seed exchange.
To complement these activities, Menai High School has joined hundreds of other groups across Australia, by becoming a Local Seed Network for the international organisation, Seed Savers’ Network.
Principal Edith McNally, herself a keen gardener, was only too happy to lend support to the program, which aims to preserve heirloom and heritage vegetables for the future. This sees Menai High School Seed Group as the first run through a high school anywhere is Australia.
The school invites members of the public to donate seed that has a special history or grows well in the Sutherland area to the school for growing and distribution.
Co ordinator Marianne Lavidis, tells us that she has always been passionate about saving seed. “Most commercial seed is grown by multi-national companies for the commercial vegetable industry. Some seed is bred in much colder climates than here, such as Tasmania and Victoria. Some seed is even bred overseas.
Not only will the vegetables often be tasteless (being bred for transport and shelf life), they will often not do well in the back yard garden.
A much better choice is seed saved locally by other backyard growers. Often people have been saving seed themselves for ages, and have unusual varieties, perhaps with a multicultural background. These plants usually grow more easily and are resistant to  pests. Some of my favorite names are “Old Women Meet and Gossip Cabbage”, and ‘Lazy Housewife Bean.”
So if you want to learn more about seed saving or to donate your local, interesting, multicultural or fun vegetable seeds, contact Marianne at Menai Seed Savers, High School, Gerald Rd, Menai, 2234. 02 9543 7000.

 

Contacts
Public Phone: 
02 9543 7000
Public Email: 
marianne_bags@yahoo.com.au

Location

Menai High School
40 Gerald Road
Illawong, NSW
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