Acknowledgment of Country
We honour and respect all Elders and Traditional Custodians of the lands the Botanic Gardens of Sydney stand on. We acknowledge the lands as significant historical, ceremonial and traditional trade grounds.
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PlantBank is the award-winning home of plant conservation research, germplasm collection and storage in New South Wales.
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The Rainforest Seed Conservation Project aims to increase the global capacity to conserve rainforest plants by investigating the storability of seeds of Australian species and developing methods for preserving those not suitable for seedbanking.
Find out more about our collaborative research projects, including the I Spy A Wollemi Pine survey and our international Meta-Collection project.
PlantBank is the award-winning home of plant conservation research, germplasm collection and storage in New South Wales, located at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.
The Australian PlantBank provides a source of native plant germplasm and associated data as a resource for the future.
Learn about the conservation work and key project details of Australian PlantBank scientists in researching and protecting New South Wales terrestrial orchids. Find out more.