Bio-Regional Seed Bank Internship with Kay Baxter, Koanga Institute

Learn everything you need to know to set up your own bioregional seed bank - Your future food security!

The Koanga Institute holds a significant and valuable collection of NZ heritage seed (vegetables, herbs and flowers), and has international recognition for their unique work in the field of seed saving and seed production. The founder of the Institute – Kay Baxter has been dedicated to saving these seeds and making them available in NZ. Over the past 30 years, Kay's work for the Institute has ensured the survival of more than 700 NZ heritage seed lines, many of which are now available to members and home gardeners. A major focus of our research in the past few years has been finding ways for home gardeners to increase the nutritional density of their produce, adapting biological agricultural methods to suit home gardeners.