Coming to the Seed Swap?  got seeds to share?

Helpful to bring markers, pens, pencils, bags, envelopes, seed saving containers (nice to move away from plastic, even ziplock bags if possible, it all goes to the landfill in the end)

Please mark all your seed donations  with as much information as possible - plant name, where grown, date collected, etc.   We would love current seed catalogs to put on our information table.   Seed saving websites listed bottom of this email.

Special thanks to our seed donors who generously share with us each year, many families have started gardens from seeds they donated.
Island Seed & Feed & Botanical Interests, all the highest quality heirloom varieties, we are so lucky.

The magic of seeds, they are our past, they are our future.  Like a small computer chip, they are tiny, but they contain vast amounts of information, the blueprint for life... 
seed saving the most permaculture thing you can do, an antidote to GMO's,  do-able in our own backyards.


7th Annual Santa Barbara
Community Seed Swap
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery
 11 AM - 3 PM, Free
 

      Join us for an amazing Free event as we celebrate the 7th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap on Sunday, January 25, from 11am-3pm.  Over 400 people attended last year, sharing seeds and knowledge with other backyard gardeners, plant lovers, and farmers. Come be a part of this seed saving movement, making sure that locally adapted varieties of seed & plants are passed on to future generations.  Children welcome!
Bring seeds, plants, cuttings, and garden knowledge to swap.
Don't have these?
Then come get seeds.

Seeds to sow.
Seeds to grow.
Seeds to harvest.
Seeds to save and share next year.

Activities for all ages: children's crafts,
seed ball making, vertical gardens demo, and more!
Music that will have your toes tapping

Special speakers throughout the day
A gathering of garden friends old and new.


The 7th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap takes place on Sunday January 25, 11am-3pm, at the downtown Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery 40 E. Anapamu St, 93101. FREE, for more info: (805)962-2571, margie@sbpermaculture.org.

A community event sponsored by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Non-profit
 www.sbpermaculture.org


Websites about Seed Saving:
 
Seed Savers Exchange:
www.seedsavers.org
 
Heirloom Seed Exchange:
www.heirloomseedswap.com
 
Seed Savers:
www.seedsavers.net

Seed Matters
www.seedmatters.org

Organic Seed Alliance
http://www.seedalliance.org/

Safe Seed Pledge & Initiative & list of Seed Companies who have taken the Safe Seed Pledge:
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/viewpage.aspx?pageid=261

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(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
 www.sbpermaculture.org

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