
Keeping heirloom seeds in our gardens and on our tables.
Keeping heirloom seeds in our gardens and on our tables.
Seed Savers Exchange's Mission
Seed Savers Exchange stewards America’s culturally diverse and endangered garden and food crop legacy for present and future generations. We educate and connect people through collecting, regenerating, and sharing heirloom seeds, plants, and stories.
Our mission is dependent on you.
Together, we can ensure these varieties are around for generations to come. Join our community today.
Connection is sown in community.
Seed Savers Exchange offers a mix of virtual and in-person events throughout the year. Learn from our knowledgeable staff as well as experienced growers and seed savers in our network, and support our nonprofit mission to save America’s heirloom seeds.
My fascination with seed diversity started when I saw a colorful display of dry beans in one of the seed catalogs I had requested.
Read MoreWhat?! I have to toss some of these perfectly healthy seedlings I worked so hard to start? Which do I save and which do I not? That is the reaction of many a new gardener upon first learning that thinning seedlings is a necessary step to ensure healthy growth of plant starts. The reality is that, if left in crowded environs, your seedlings will eventually suffer.
Read MoreJeanine Scheffert, an artist native to Decorah—and Seed Savers Exchange’s education and engagement director for nearly a decade—looks at a project (any project) like a canvas, full of opportunity and potential.
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