Our Mission

Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. We are a non-profit organization of gardeners dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.

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Calendar of events

Seed Savers Exchange Calendar of events

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Join today and help preserve garden biodiversity.

By becoming a member of the Seed Savers Exchange and/or the Flower and Herb Exchange you may choose from thousands of heirloom vegetables and fruits or flowers and herbs. You will have access to twice as many vegetable varieties as are available from all of the mail-order seed catalogs in both the U.S. and Canada. Read more

July 18-20, 2008


SSE's 28th Annual Convention will be held on the weekend of July 18-20, 2008 at Heritage Farm. Read more

Spring plants arrive for sale!

August 30, 2008
Tomato Tasting

Labor Day Weekend

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What's New

Seed Savers Exchange

Making a deposit for preservation

Seed Savers Exchange has recently sent an initial shipment of 485 varieties of vegetable seed to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway for safety duplication. Learn more about this important effort

Seed Savers Exchange

Join us for SSE's 28th Convention

SSE's 28th Annual Convention will be held on the weekend of July 18-20, 2008 at Heritage Farm.
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SSE's Lettuce Collection

The SSE Collection contains over 1100 different accessions of lettuce. Learn more