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Seed Packet folding work party Sunday, April 12th from 3-6 pm, followed by a potluck.

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VV Seed Collectives/Projects/Libraries/Banks and Resources

VV Seed Saving Collectives/Projects/Libraries/Banks

Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective

Dunbar Seed Saving Project

Grandview-Woodland Village Seed Library

Hastings-Sunrise Village Seed Library

Kits Village Seed Savers/Kits Seed Libraries

-- 3 libraries: Kits Village Seed Library (roving), Kits Village Seed Libraty @ Kits branch Library, VPL, and Kits Village Libray @ MLA David Eby's office.

Main Street Neighbourhood Village Seed Library

Marpole-Oakridge Neighbourhood Food Network Seed Library (previously at Marpole Place Neighbourhood House)

Mt. Pleasant Seed Library (at Mt. Pleasant branch Vancouver Public Library)

West End VV/WE Neighbourhood Food Network Seed Library

RESOURCES

VV DIY Seedpack template info page! Create your own seed packets. Seed packet template.

Download "How to Grow a_Seed Collective" by Robin Wheeler here, and then do it!

Download "A Guide to Seed Saving, Seed Stewardship & Seed Sovereignty" by the Seed Ambassadors Project (Jan 2010), and then do it!

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Comment by Cylia on October 8, 2012 at 8:54am: Looking for a low cost/free venue hopefully close to or in Cedar Cottage area to host a seedsaving workshop -- beginner level -- in the next few weeks. Please contact me if you know of a place or can offer a meeting space. Thanks. Cylia

Comment by Robin S. on September 11, 2012 at 10:27pm: Calling all seed geeks!
If you love seeds and the people who grow them, if you are the people who grow them, or if you want to be the people who grow them, save this date - November 9-11 is the BC Seeds Gathering 2012. Check this link for further details http://www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca/events/bc-seeds-gathering-2012/
Robin

Comment by Cylia on December 12, 2011 at 7:48pm: The Cedar Cottage seed saving collective is hoping to be able to offer black turtle (bush) bean, cranberry bean, dragon tongue bean, kintoki bean, black-seeded Simpson lettuce, darlaine pea (soup) and ancho hot pepper to "grow out". We will be testing for viability in the spring and may need to purchase more seed.

Contact if you’re interested in helping out. Our next meeting will be in January 2012.

Comment by Cylia on December 3, 2011 at 8:33am: I have begun to post 2012 Seedy Saturday (Sunday) events on our wordpress account located at http://ccseedsavers.wordpress.com/ . The first one is late January. Feel free to subscribe to get the latest news.

Comment by Cylia on May 25, 2011 at 8:39pm: The Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective is holding a Community Seed Saving workshop this Sunday at Strathcona Community Centre from 1-4 pm.

Please pre-register at to hold your spot.

More info can be found by going to our webpage

http://ccseedsavers.wordpress.com/

I hope to see you there. Thanks. Cylia

Comment by Cylia on April 16, 2011 at 6:03pm: Attention organic gardeners (of all skill levels): the Cedar Cottage Seed Savers Collective is looking for several volunteers to support its seed bank by growing out a couple varieties of seed. You don't need to live in the Cedar Cottage neighbourhood to participate! We provide you with free seed and ongoing support and guidance throughout the growing season. At harvest time, volunteers may keep half of the bounty for themselves while the other half is returned to the seed bank. Please email [email protected] if interested. And feel free to visit our blog! http://ccseedsavers.wordpress.com

Many thanks from the CC Seed Savers Collective.

Comment by Amy Tran on April 10, 2011 at 2:24pm: The Environmental Youth Alliance is having its annual "Spring Seed Swap" event on Saturday, April 16th, 10am-1pm at the Eco-Pavilion in the Strathcona Community Garden. We'd like to encourage gardeners from all over the city to come by to exchange seeds and to browse through the seed collection that EYA is happy to share, especially with new gardeners! For more information on this event, please contact , or message me.

VV event page: https://villagevancouver.ca/events/eyas-spring-seed-swap

Comment by Amy Tran on April 4, 2011 at 11:58am: Hello: I'm very glad it went well. Thank you - still feeling a bit foggy but I'm sure a few more days of rest will help immensely.

Yes, agreed that we should be concentrating on our own seed collective for the time being. The question of seed purity is something that has to be seriously considered, and I know that it keeps coming up in our meetings.

I hope to email the group within the next few days in regards to our next meeting and items that need addressing.

Comment by Cylia on April 4, 2011 at 11:42am: Hi Amy: I hope you're feeling much better. It was a good group and discussion.

I am open to both ideas, with enough seed being kept for purity and heritage value, while extra seed could be donated to seed libraries. It's one way to get people engaged in learning about seed saving.

For now, we can concentrate on our seed collective. We're not quite at the seed giving away stage. Also, there is the question of seed purity.

Comment by Amy Tran on April 4, 2011 at 11:33am: Hey Cylia - sorry to have missed you, Peter, Ross (and everyone else!) yesterday at the Seed Savers forum. Really wish I could have been there... :( The seed library Ross mentioned was this one that recently started up in San Francisco: http://www.bcfoodsecuritygateway.ca/modules.php?name=Content&pa... (the page has a further link to http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/4/prweb8264038.htm)

The one I've known about for a little while now is the one in Richmond, California: http://www.richmondgrows.org/ I love that the seed lending library itself operates out of their public library.

Perhaps we should discuss this concept at our next meeting? It could certainly tie in to our concept of a seed bank, and how we should be operating it. It would seem that the "seed library" would require a lot more work as it is open to the public (with a pre-requisite orientation, whether in-person or online) whereas our "seed bank" is a more closed entity, and more for exchange with other seed banks/collectives...would you agree?