{"id":9068,"date":"2025-04-15T14:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T04:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/?p=9068"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T04:07:48","slug":"blooming-connections-seed-propagation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/blooming-connections-seed-propagation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming Connections &#8211; Seed propagation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A seed propagation activity was held last Thursday as part of the Blooming Connections program, which aims to connect Seniors and Elders with environmental activities. Participants from Narrandera, Leeton, and Albury attended, and the session was led by Fleur Stelling, who shared her expertise in propagation. This program is a year-long initiative funded by the NSW Government to foster connections through nature-based activities involving First Nations Elders and Senior Citizens.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 10px; height: 10px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"my-0\">Fleur Stelling is noted for her work in native plant propagation and community engagement in revegetation projects across southern NSW and North East Victoria, emphasising the protection and propagation of locally native plants<span class=\"whitespace-nowrap\">.<\/span> The program aligns with broader efforts to promote ecological restoration and community involvement in native seed collection and propagation, which are critical for landscape resilience and biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-0\"><div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 10px; height: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The next activity in the Blooming Connections series is scheduled for June 13 at Sandhills Artefacts. Interested participants can register by contacting Nioka or Jessie via email or phone:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nioka: ndupond@mli.org.au or 0457 487 971<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Jessie: jmcpherson@mli.org.au or 0438 406 417<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"gap\" style=\"line-height: 10px; height: 10px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">This program is proudly funded by the NSW Government.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seed propagation activity was held last Thursday as part of the Blooming Connections program, which aims to connect Seniors and Elders with environmental activities. Participants from Narrandera, Leeton, and Albury attended, and the session was led by Fleur Stelling, who shared her expertise in propagation. This program is a year-long initiative funded by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":9069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","pmpro-has-access","category-81","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9068"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9071,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9068\/revisions\/9071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}