Heritage Fruits Group - The Heritage Fruits Group is a non profit group within Permaculture Melbourne whos aims include saving, for future use, heritage varieties of fruits from all over Australia which may be held in private, business and government collections.

We aid in the preservation of these by conduction grafting days, teaching people to graft and grow fruit in their own situations, and each year we are usually asked to save a family's favorite old variety. We also collate a large database of varieties and curators which include photopraphic information as well as documentation of varieties.

In 2000 the Heritage Fruits Group took on the responsibility of managing, documenting and extending 'the collection' of over 200 varieties of apples at Petty's Orchard. This will be extended to include our collections of plums, pears and other heritage fruits in the future. The collection also demonstrates a number of commercial and heritage varieties in different tree management techniques and trellis systems; this is the largest collection of apple varieties on mainland Australia.

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VEG Victorian Educators' Group - The Victorian Educators' Group is a group of Permaculture teachers who work in cooperation rather than competition. We share ideas and teaching strategies, course content, philosophy and sometimes projects.

An ongoing project of VEG is the updating of " A Syllabus for Permaculture Design in Cool Temperate South Eastern Australia."  This is a resource to help Permaculture Educators plan Permaculture Design Courses. It covers the whole PDC curriculum as required by The Permaculture Institute and includes additional material relevant to our local bio-region. Educators interested in using this resource are invited to contact us.

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All of the above groups can be contacted regarding membership and activities.

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