Learn about growing amaranth and quinoa- summer grains!

May 25th  West County Community Seed Exchange May Gathering

Join us for a full morning of helping in the seed garden to finish planting our summer crops and then learn about growing and processing the sacred grains amaranth and quinoa.

9 to 10:30-  work in the Seed Garden, please bring tools and gloves

9 to 11- Seed Library open for seed check out- lots of seed available!

11 to 12- Class on Growing and Processing  Quinoa and Amaranth - two pseudo grains that grow great in our climate, are really good for you and just take a little work to make them edible.

St Stephen's Church
500 Robinson Rd, Sebastopol

April Gathering- Seed Saving Basics

Come get your seed for late spring planting and stay and learn the basics of seed saving.  Have you always wanted to understand how to seed save-  Electra de Peyster will take you through all you need to know to start seed saving.

April 27th 9 to 12
Seed Library is open from 9 to 11
Work Party in the Seed Garden is from 9 to 10:30- bring gloves and tools
Class is at 11- Introduction to Seed Saving

St Stephen's Church 
500 Robinson Rd, Sebastopol, CA

West County Community Seed Exchange

Monthly GatheringSaturday, March 30, 2013

9 - 10:30 - Work in the Seed Garden9 - 11 - Seed Library OPEN ( new hours)11 - 12 - Class: How to Plan for Seed Saving in the Backyard Garden

You are invited to get FREE SEED from the 200+ varieties of vegetables, flowers, herbs, and grains in our Seed Library. All seeds were grown out in our Seed Garden or in other parts of Sonoma County. We hope you will grow some of this stock out to seed and return it to us. If you are already a seed saver, please consider donating some of your seeds to us.

St. Stephen's Church

500 Robinson Road, off Bodega Hwy (just west of downtown), Sebastopol

westcountyseedbank@gmail.com

Sonoma County Seed Swap

Calling seed savers and gardeners to come together and share seed, plants and resources, and create a network of seed savers.  Join with other gardeners to share and protect diversity and create a local source for seeds. 

Thursday February 28

Sebastopol Grange

6000 Hwy 12, Sebastopol

Free

6:30 seed swap early entrance for those bringing seed

7- 8:30  open to the general public,

please join us at 7 for  an Opening Circle

You don’t have to bring seed to participate but we hope you will save seed to bring back next year. 

Please bring seed you have saved, excess commercial seed you can share, plants and resources you want to share with other gardeners.  Remember to label your seed well so people know what they are getting and when and how it was grown. 

Seed experts will be available for questions, seed cleaning demonstrations

Sponsored by West County Community Seed Exchange, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, Daily Acts

For more info westcountyseedbank@gmail.com

www.westcountyseedbank.blogspot.com

Sow Seeds  Save Seeds  Swap Seeds 

Next Seed Exchange February 23

West County Community Seed Exchange

Monthly GatheringSaturday, February 23, 2013

9 - 10:30 - Work in the Seed Garden
9 - 11 - Seed Library OPEN ( new hours)

11 - 12 - Class: Growing Calorie Rich Crops

You are invited to get FREE SEED from the 200+ varieties of vegetables, flowers, herbs, and grains in our Seed Library. All seeds were grown out in our Seed Garden or in other parts of Sonoma County. We hope you will grow some of this stock out to seed and return it to us. If you are already a seed saver, please consider donating some of your seeds to us.

St. Stephen's Church

500 Robinson Road, off Bodega Hwy (just west of downtown), Sebastopol

westcountyseedbank@gmail.com