Seed Packing Party

Share and pack seeds with your neighbors!

Have seeds from this season you want to share with your community? Come pack seeds and get our Seed Library set up for spring!

Bring seeds, pods, flower heads, etc. to pack up and get ready for community use next spring! We will be using books and online resources to find the correct way to pack specific seeds, labeling them, and organizing them for our monthly seed library. This program is intended to create community with other gardeners. Librarian Josie will be in the room with envelopes and other items to help. 

Information about the Seed Library:

This is a community seed library to help gardeners get started, share resources, grow local seeds, explore new seeds and encourage sustainability in the high desert. Seeds may be from local, regional and similarly USDA zoned seed companies, and from local farmers and gardeners.

Seeds are free to take from the seed library. Resources may be limited at the beginning, but we hope to have an abundant supply for the next planting season.

Community members are encouraged to donate seeds from their gardens. Bring your seeds to the library during Seed Library hours. Please have the following information about your seeds available:

The year the seeds were gathered
Common name of the plant
Optional: days to germination, scientific name of the plant, planting depth, plant spacing, days to maturity, sunlight needs of the plant, frost hardiness, culturally important information.

We cannot accept the following types of donated seeds from home gardeners: cucurbits (squash, melon, etc.), corn, GMO patented, or those classified as noxious weeds. And please remember that F1 hybrids will not breed true, please don't bring seeds collected from F1 hybrid plants (like my beloved Sungold tomatoes). 

Seeds will be repackaged into standardized envelopes for ease of storing and sharing, and labeled. Community members will be encouraged to do this step when they bring in their seeds, but staff can help.

If you have specific questions or need more information, be sure to contact us:

Questions? Ask librarian Josie or Erin: josieh@deschuteslibrary.org or erinh@deschuteslibrary.org