Seed Starting Tips
/Eager to get going in your garden? Start seeds indoors and be ready to plant when the weather is right. A few seed starting tips:
Read MoreEager to get going in your garden? Start seeds indoors and be ready to plant when the weather is right. A few seed starting tips:
Read MoreCommunity Appreciation Day is one of four farm stops on the Winneshiek County Convention & Visitors Bureau Farm Crawl. The family-friendly event includes tours of local farms and food projects, with plenty of food samples and tastings along the way featuring Winneshiek Wildberry Winery, Sherlock Shrimp, and Iowa’s Dairy Center.
Read MoreSeed Savers Exchange is proud to feature Deppe as a keynote speaker for the 36th annual Conference & Campout this July. Her speech, The Art and Science of Selection, will focus on plant selection which according to Deppe “is the heart and soul of seed saving and variety maintenance.”
Read MoreSeed Savers Exchange (SSE) will be hosting a Heritage Plant Sale on Saturday, May 7th, 2016 from 9am-5pm.
Discover rare family heirlooms and historic commercial varieties offered exclusively at Heritage Farm. This is the first day of spring transplant sales at the Lillian Goldman Visitors Center, located at 3074 North Winn Road, Decorah, IA.
Read MoreOur sponsors truly have the power to make a difference. Together, we can empower gardeners to protect biodiversity and share rare garden seeds and plants around the country.
Read MoreIf you have ever questioned if you have the power to make a difference with a donation to Seed Savers Exchange, even a donation of $25, I’m here to tell you the answer is YES.
Read MoreSeed Savers Exchange (SSE) has been holding tomato tastings for ten years. The events have always been popular and we often have guests attending from across the country. But if you can’t make the trek to Heritage Farm in Northeast Iowa, here's how you can set up a tasting of your own.
Read MoreThe 10th annual Tomato Tasting at Heritage Farm near Decorah, IA took place on September 5th, 2015. Hundreds of attendees sampled heirloom and open-pollinated tomatoes to find the best flavor and crown a champion.
Read MoreIn preparation for Seed Savers Exchange' 10th Annual Tomato Tasting, Event Coordinator Jeanine Scheffert discusses the various methods used to classify tomatoes, from color to shape.
Read MoreIn recognition of 40 years’ dedication to saving and sharing heirloom seeds, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has signed a proclamation announcing that July, 2015 is officially Seed Savers Exchange Month across the state of Iowa. In the proclamation, which was signed at the state capitol in Des Moines on June 10, Governor Branstad encourages “all Iowans to honor and celebrate this occasion through appropriate festivities and observances” and commends the staff of Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) for the “diligent efforts and undying passion by which they complete this important work to preserve our rich heritage.”
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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