West County Community Seed Exchange Monthly Gathering!

Saturday February 28^th   

St Stephen’s Church   500 Robinson Road, Sebastopol

                 9:00 - 10:30 – Join the work party in the Seed Garden

                          9:00 - 11:00 – Seed Library OPEN- drop in anytime between these hours to check out the hundreds of varieties of  locally grown seeds!

                         11:00-12:00 Free Workshop-Introduction to SEED SAVING

Learn about:

•               Seed families

•               Easiest seeds to save

•               Pollination, population size and isolation

•               Wet and dry seed processing methods

•               Simple seed storage methods

Taught by: Electra de Peyster- Sonoma County Master Gardener with specialization in seed saving and food gardening.

Electra has been teaching seed saving since 2005 and has volunteered at West County Community Seed Exchange since 2009.

She is the founder of SeedStewards, a project that provides seed saving information and promotes seed conservation and the importance of maintaining genetic biodiversity.

www.westcountyseedbank.blogspot.com