Planting is a powerful action—a tangible way to invest in the future well-being of people and the environment. That’s why it’s worth doing well, especially in this era of climate change when plants face increasing environmental hardships from warmer conditions, more frequent extreme heat days, longer dry periods, more intense downpours, and so on.

When we give plants the best chance of surviving, they can work their magic in contributing to biodiversity, carbon sequestration, shelter, aesthetics, and all the other benefits that come from revegetation and restoration.

But how exactly do we give plants the best chance of success?

Murrumbateman Landcare Group has an excellent online guide, covering considerations at the stages of planning through to preparation, planting and monitoring. Planting ‘climate ready’ plants is in keeping with the latest scientific advice and are available from YAN nurseries.

There’s also an important Q&A session coming up at 7pm on Thursday,17^th July in Murrumbateman. This is your chance to discuss the nuts and bolts of good planting and other Landcare topics with an expert panel of ecologists. You're invited to submit questions in advance!

One of the key planting principles is matching each species to its preferred location in the landscape. Planting a riparian species on a rocky ridgeline is an obvious no-no. But there are plenty of ways we can fine-tune our species selection and site placement to improve survival and long-term success.

We encourage everyone to access YAN’s climate ready plants, explore the Murrumbateman planting guide, and attend the Q&A to dive deeper into these practical strategies—to take your planting efforts to the next level.

Written by Sonya Duus, Project Officer, YAN Climate Climate Ready Revegetation Project [email protected]

The Climate Ready Revegetation Project has been assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust. Landcare Australia Michael King grants enable us to purchase seed from diverse provenances.

Sourcing seed from a wide range of provenances is a core part of YAN’s Climate Ready Revegetation project. Through our partnership with the Botanic Gardens Sydney, we now have the opportunity to assess whether seed from diverse provenances is delivering the genetic diversity we aim to achieve.

Over the next three years, we will sample three plant species grown from our carefully sourced Climate Ready seed, starting with Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora).

On Thursday, 27 March, YAN’s Climate Ready Team welcomed special visitors Marlien van der Merwe and Tricia Hogbin from the Botanic Gardens of Sydney’s Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, along with Michelle Dawson from AdaptNSW, to the Murrumbateman Landcare Nursery.

We presented Marlien and Tricia with 12 seed collections of Eucalyptus melliodora, which their team will germinate and sample for genetic analysis. Marlien and Tricia then showed us how to take leaf samples from our nursery plants before heading out to two of our Climate Ready trial sites. There, we collected additional leaf samples from planted-out Yellow Box, as well as some beautiful old remnant trees.

Photo Credit: Tricia Hogbin

We were grateful to catch up again with Michelle, as she and her AdaptNSW team have provided invaluable support and advice to our project over the last seven years.

Photo Credit: Tricia Hogbin

To top off the science, we enjoyed a shared meal, featuring delicious home-grown produce from some of our wonderful trial hosts.

We can’t wait to learn about the results from the genetic testing!

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This project has been assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust. Landcare Australia Michael King grants enable us to purchase seed from diverse provenances.

Written by Sonya Duus, Climate Ready Revegetation Project Officer

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