It’s National Weed Your Garden Day!
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Here at Seed Savers Exchange, we think National Weed Your Garden Day—observed annually on June 13—has a whole lot going for it.
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Still Have Room in Your Garden? Here’s What to Plant Now!
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Odds are good you’ve already transplanted your tomatoes and peppers outside and begun to harvest lettuce, spinach, and other greens to serve up fresh on your dinner plate. Yes, your garden has sprung to life, but if you’re interested in more than just weeding and watering, plenty of crops can still be planted in many regions of the United States.
Read MoreThe Collier Cucumber: Once Nearly Lost, Now Preserved
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One summer during the 1950s, Graham and Margaret Collier of Nashville, Tennessee planted all the seeds they had of their family’s heirloom slicing cucumber. Little did they know, none of the plants would survive that summer’s drought. But that's not where the story ends.
Read More2017 Conference & Campout Workshops
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Explore the vast and connected world of seeds at the 2017 Conference & Campout. Seed Savers Exchange staff, along with experts, chefs, seed advocates and others from across the country will be leading 20+ engaging workshops.
Read MoreButtala named next executive director of Seed Savers Exchange
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The Seed Savers Exchange Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Buttala as its new executive director, effective July 10, 2017. Buttala succeeds John Torgrimson, who announced in July 2016 he would step down from the position after seven years of service.
Read MoreSaving ‘Grandma George’—the Bean, That Is!
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Each April since 1978 John Simmons of Pontotoc, Mississippi, has done what his mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and, yes, great-great-grandmother all did before him: pull out a spade, till the soil, and sow the seeds of the family’s ‘Grandma George’ heirloom beans.
Read More2017 Conference & Campout Preview
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Heirloom vegetable tasting and seed swapping. Hay rides, bonfires, and a good, old-fashioned barn dance. All this—and more—is on tap for the 37th Annual Conference and Campout, to be held July 14–16 at Heritage Farm in Decorah, Iowa.
Read MoreThe Revolutionary Work of Member Sara McCamant
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Seed Savers Exchange member Sara McCamant of Sebastopol, California, has never met a garden plot she didn’t like. “Gardening’s in my blood,” she says. “Growing up in a family of gardeners, I’ve always had a passion for planting things and digging in the dirt.”
Read MoreSneak Peek: 2017 Evaluation Program
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Part of our work at Seed Savers Exchange includes documenting and evaluating varieties from our collection so that we can learn more about the collection. Read about the results for 2016 and what's on the docket for 2017.
Read More‘Grandma Hadley’s’ Lettuce and Why Membership Matters
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It’s April, and that means that gardening conversation in most parts of the country has begun to turn to direct-sow seeds for cool-season crops—crops like ‘Grandma Hadley’s’ lettuce, a rare butterhead variety Seed Savers Exchange has stewarded since 1988.
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