Lessons Learned from the Kew MSB Seed Conservation Techniques Training Course

Heather Schneider, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

In the fall of 2017, Dr. Heather Schneider from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden attended the Kew Millennium Seed Bank Partnership’s three-week Seed Conservation Techniques Training Course. The course brought together conservationists from all over the world to improve conservation seed banking practices used by MSB partners. The course covered a variety of topics from seed biology to field work to processing and storage. At the end of the course, students were encouraged to create an action plan for improving their own seed bank techniques at home. Dr. Schneider will discuss some lessons learned and changes implemented at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden resulting from this course.