How Does a Community Seed Library Work?

During planting season, members take out seeds from the library and grow them. They save seeds from the plants they grow and hopefully at the end of the season, return more to the library than they initially took, thereby helping to build the collection.

Borrowing Seed

Once you are a member you are welcome to take up to five packets of seed at a time. If you successfully grow the plants and harvest seed from them, we ask that you return some of the clean, dried seed to our collection. If you have never saves seeds before, Seeds of Diversity has simple instructions for saving tomatoes, peas, beans, and lettuce. We encourage beginners to try saving seed from these vegetables first.

Donating Seed

Anyone can donate seeds to our collection. Perhaps you have some seeds that have been saved in your family for generations and you want to ensure they won't die out. We would love to help! We accept any open-pollinated varieties, but try to focus on vegetables that are easy to grow and save. We do not collect genetically modified seed or seed from hybrid plants.