The 2017 Catalog Is Here!
/The latest Seed Savers Exchange catalog is hot off the press. Filled with vivid photographs and informative descriptions, it also contains more than a few exciting new items. What’s new for 2017? Read on
Read MoreThe latest Seed Savers Exchange catalog is hot off the press. Filled with vivid photographs and informative descriptions, it also contains more than a few exciting new items. What’s new for 2017? Read on
Read MoreFlowers that excel at attracting pollinators…tomatoes that have earned “blue ribbon” status…vegetables that stand out on the salad plate…plants that flourish in containers or small spaces. What piques your interest, or that of your friends and family?
Just in time for the holidays, Seed Savers Exchange has created 10 themed seed collections, each ready for shipping, growing, and giving.
Read MoreFruits and vegetables of the past were saved and shared due to flavor, not for the ability to travel thousands of miles and sit on a grocery store shelf.
Read MoreGifted storyteller, seed enthusiast, and longtime Seed Savers Exchange member John Coykendall grew up in Tennessee, home of national treasures like the Grand Ole Opry, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and, yes, the rare Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin
Read MoreBuying gifts for a gardener or seed saver? Or maybe you're making your own Christmas list? We've rounded up some gift ideas that will take the guesswork out of shopping.
Read MoreJohn Withee’s bean collection of 1,186 varieties started with a bean hole.
Throughout his childhood, Friday afternoons consisted of John and his family digging a hole, building a fire in that hole, and lowering a pot of beans into it. They placed hot coals and earth over the pot and filled the hole. The following Saturday night the family dug up the pot and ate the beans. John was one of six kids in a poor family that lived off of beans – and luckily for him, John loved beans
Read MoreJohn Withee (1910-1993) was a medical photographer who rode freight trains cross country, flew to the Arctic in a Piper Cub, climbed mountains, won the Professional Photographers of America National Award, wrote a book, and collected beans along the way. He was an unconventional adventurer long before his 1970s bean fame.
Read MoreRowen White, the chair of Seed Savers Exchange’s Board of Directors, has announced that the organization’s president, John Torgrimson, will leave in summer 2017.
Read MoreSince our Harvest Festival event, we can't stop thinking about squash here at Heritage Farm.
Read MoreDid you know that the seed vault holds childhood memories, whispers from the past, for many?
Read MoreSeed Savers Exchange is a nonprofit, member supported organization that collects, preserves and shares heirloom seeds for our future. Since 1975, SSE and our supporters have collected the seeds and stories that would otherwise have been lost.
Seed Savers Exchange is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of heirloom seeds.
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