April 2025:

The Ginkgo biloba seeds sent to The University of Melbourne have successfully germinated! Each pot (pictured right) contains five seeds (three seeds per pot have germinated so far). Our partner, curator and arborist Virginia McNally, writes:

You can just see the cotyledon poking out in the centre of the marked red circle. The ones in the other pot are looking like real ginkgos with their beautiful distinctive leaves. There is a real buzz about the nursery with people checking their progress very regularly and reporting growth and new emerging seedlings.