Events | Greening the Silver City
Greening the Silver City
| A selection of four local stories on bush regeneration have been collected and displayed as part of Greening the Silver City: seeds of bush regeneration Exhibition. One of the success stories of local bush regeneration is Troy Gully. 95,000 trees were planted in the catchment area (pictured) on over 3000 acres of council land and private properties with an 85% success rate. Since the replanting there has been a gradual reduction of salination, and emergence of native grasses, reeds and other plants (pictured). |  |
| Glenwood Merino Farm Norm and Pip Smith from Glenwood Merinos have a holistic approach to the landscape, livestock and their business. This property in Wellington has been in the Smith family for over 100 years and breeding Merino Sheep since 1898. Currently it is primarily a Merino breeding property, including 600 stud ewes and 3500 flock ewes. Glenwood is a SRS® merino stud where the sheep are bred using a new breeding system, a genetic selection process. These sheep are non wrinkly, eliminating the need for mulesing. Glenwood has not mulesed since 2005. |  |
| Images courtesy Glenwood STIPA - Native Grasses Association Inc. STIPA is a not-for-profit organisation formed in 1997 by concerned landholders. It focuses on the practical aspects of native grasses and their use in farming. Their primary role is educating landholders and property managers about the value of native grasses and the need to manage and maintain them. The pastures are now dominated by winter and summer native perennials. |  |
| The native grasses on the left of the fence and the grazed paddock on the right, still showing good ground cover. Harold Grant If all plant lovers could grow their own local species then Harold’s dream would be realised — the preservation of local species across Australia. Harold Grant has been sourcing, selecting, sorting and selling native seeds from the Western Plains landscape for over 30 years. Pictured here in his garage Harold has used a variety of purchased and adapted tools for cutting, sorting and storing the seeds. Back to Top |  |