The Millennium Seed Bank is the most diverse wild plant species genetic resource with the aim of storing and conserving seeds from common, rare or endangered useful plants. It is home to over 2 billion seeds, hidden securely underground in rural Sussex, making it the world’s largest underground seed bank.

Seeds are largely collected by global partners as part of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, as well as during field work led by Kew scientists. Suffolk Wildlife Trust have been partners in the project since 2014, and grant funding has allowed us to target the collection of seeds from specific tree species. Trustees, Anna Saltmarsh and Pip Goodwin have been volunteering collecting seeds from rare trees and plants at Bradfield Woods and other nature reserves across Suffolk.