Hosted by the West County Community Seed Bank (read more below!)
Drop in any time
Inviting all interested gardeners to join in cultivating a grassroots community seed bank that supports Sonoma County gardeners with free, locally grown, open pollinated, pesticide and GMO free seeds.
"Planning for your Winter Garden"
10:30-11:30
Seed & Plant Exchange also and at noon a local food potluck!
West County Community Seed Bank is a grassroots organization that meets monthly to share seeds,plants, resources and local gardening information.
Next gathering August 30th
For more information: Sara Mc Camant
829-5234 or saramc@emeraldearth.org
Location:
Salmon Creek School Garden
1935 Bohemian HWY
Occidental
Vision:
To create a grassroots community seed bank that supports Sonoma County gardeners with locally grown, open pollinated, pesticide and GMO free seeds. Anyone can become a member of the West County Seed Library, we ask for a donation of $5.00-$20.00 and a commitment to grow out and donate back seed following the library's protocol for growing clean seeds. No on is turned away for lack of funds. The West County Seed Library will be housed at the Salmon Creek School Garden and will be open to the public monthly for classes, resource sharing and a seed and plant exchange. The West County Seed Library will have resources available to members on growing and processing seeds.
Why save seed and why a local seed bank?
Our rapidly changing world gives us all the more reason to strengthen our local resources and our ability to be self-sufficient. Local seed saving allows us to cultivate plants that do well in our region, with each generation adapting more to the local environment. It also lets us preserve heirloom seeds that are being lost as the seed industry is being concentrated into fewer and fewer large corporations. Seed banks are a great investment; with some plants one seed can return up to 40.000. The abundance seed savers experience should be shared with the community and helps to model a different economic system. We hope to cultivate a network of seed savers in the region to support each other and the seed library, which will be a resource for the expanding community of gardeners and help strengthen our local food system.
For more information contact Sara McCamant 829-5234 or saramc@emeraldearth.org
