The Gene Bank of the Crop Research Institute organized an expedition to Hiiumaa islets. The seed collection destinations were Kõrgelaid, Hanikatsi, Saarnaki and Kaevatsi. Ants Bender and Sirje Tamm, the breeders of grasses, and Külli Annamaa, the Head of the Gene Bank, participated in the expedition. There were collected the seeds of spherical hay, timothy, foxtail, blue-bead. In total, the gene bank's collection was renewed by 10 seed samples. The collected material can be used by breeders in the breeding of new varieties of grasses.