by Blair Darvill | Nov 9, 2015 | Native Seed
We’ve recently returned from another successful three week seed collecting mission into the deep-red heart of the Pilbara, where above average winter rainfall produced a bumper crop of seed. It was a great season where 150kg’s of native seed was collected from...
by Blair Darvill | Aug 14, 2015 | Revegetation
The Cape Life team recently completed a large scale revegetation project along denuded banks and flood plains of the Warren River, approximately 15km south east of Pemberton. The Warren Catchments Council (WCC) contracted Cape Life to plant provenance seedlings in...
by Blair Darvill | Apr 8, 2015 | Training
Cape Life recently took on two work experience students studying Certificate II in Conservation and Land Management at the Bunbury South West Institute of Technology (SWIT). Jess and Sarah have so far processed a variety of Banksia seed and have begun putting together...
by Blair Darvill | Jan 2, 2015 | Coastal Rehabilitation
The Harvey Shire recently received funding from a successful Coastwest grant application and Cape Life will be assisting them to implement Stage 2 of their Myalup Dune Restoration Project. This is a community coastcare project and will involve volunteers from...
by Blair Darvill | Jan 2, 2015 | Native Seed
Each year the Cape Life team head up to collect seed in the Pilbara to fulfill orders from our partners at Nindethana Seeds. The seed collected in this region is integral to large scale rehabilitation projects in the iron ore industry. In just under three weeks we...
by Blair Darvill | Jan 2, 2015 | Native Seed
The South West seed collecting season is well under way with bushland areas full of the ‘snap crackle and pop’ sounds of mature seed being released. We are in full swing at Cape Life collecting native seed for WA seed merchants, and for organisations...
by Blair Darvill | Dec 29, 2014 | Native Seed
The Revegetation Industry Association of Western Australia (RIAWA) has recently released a set of accreditation guidelines for the collection, storage and processing of native seed. This is to ensure minimum standards are set for all aspects of the native seed...
