Growing locally adapted seed for our community.
Building a more resilient food system one seed at a time!
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Seed Library
We are a grass-roots, all volunteer organization.
We grow open-pollinated, organic seeds to share with the community at no charge.
Seed Library open on Wednesdays from 4:00-5:30 pm
& most
fourth Saturdays.
Closed November-January.
Seasonal seeds also available at Sebastopol's Public Library
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Seed Garden
Most of the seed we offer in our seed library is grown on site at our seed garden.
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Learn about growng seeds at our weekly work parties
Monday morning 9am-11am
&
Wednesday 4:00pm-5:30pm
weather permitting
Education
April 11th
11:30-11:30am
Corn -A Dynamic Staple Crop
​An introductory class about flour corn, its origins and cultural history. Learn how to grow, process for flour and masa and save seed.Will highlight corn varieties grown at Community Seed Exchange, Sebastopol and Bayer Farm, Santa Rosa.
Taught by Electra de Peyster core volunteer at the Community Seed Exchange since 2008. Her deep interest in corn began in 2017 after taking a class with indigenous seed keeper, Rowen White. Electra has also been a Sonoma County Master Gardener since 2004 and specializes in food gardening and seed saving.
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