exchange seeds at the tool LIbrary, Year-Round!
Open during regular tool library hours (Saturdays 10am-1pm & WEdnesdays 6-8pm)
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In response to overwhelming feedback from members and neighbors, in 2020 Green Lents revitalized our Seed Library with donations from Portland Nursery and the community. Growing food and connecting with one another through the pandemic, helping each other and creating the network for a sustainable food system in Lents and SE Portland is our Food Justice goal - for every resident. The Seed Library is an evolving storehouse of Organic and Non-GMO seeds that is free to all, and hopefully will become an ongoing source of heirloom seeds suited for our unique planting zone and climate. What is more sustainable than growing each others' seeds for years and years? |
How it works!
Borrow: Choose what you'd like to grow and take what you need.
Grow: Plant and grow your seeds! Feel free to also check out our gardening books and pamphlets.
Return: Harvest seeds from your healthiest and tastiest plants. Bring back extra seeds following instructions below.
Donate:
Besides gardening tools and seeds, we also have a rich gardening book lending library, monthly Plant Swaps (Mar-June, Sept-Oct), and seasonal Garden Workshops, including seed saving!
Borrow: Choose what you'd like to grow and take what you need.
Grow: Plant and grow your seeds! Feel free to also check out our gardening books and pamphlets.
Return: Harvest seeds from your healthiest and tastiest plants. Bring back extra seeds following instructions below.
Donate:
- Any organic/non-GMO vegetable, herb and pollinator-flower seed packed for the current planting year.
- Seeds must be cleaned, dry and winnowed from husks and chaff.
- Use our fill-in labels (available at the Seed Library), or print them at home (CLICK HERE), and enter as much planting info as you can about your variety.
- Use our zip-lock seed bags (available at the Seed Library), or use your own sealed and water-proof bags, and include enough seeds for one or two plantings. Include label.
- Bring to the Tool Library during open hours, and put in Donation Box, next to the Seed Library.
Besides gardening tools and seeds, we also have a rich gardening book lending library, monthly Plant Swaps (Mar-June, Sept-Oct), and seasonal Garden Workshops, including seed saving!
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The desire of Lents residents to grow their own food is strong. Our food-desert reality sheds a stark light on the food insecurity and food injustices so many neighbors have, and continue to face – we hope that the seed library will help all of us on the road to self-sufficiency and community resilience. Food sovereignty means no one will go hungry. Like a message sent in a bottle to our future selves, when we save seeds, we get to write our own story.
Additional information about seed saving, food justice, and seasonal planting:
https://www.seedsavers.org/how-to-save-seeds
https://civileats.com/2020/04/21/gardening-is-important-but-seed-saving-is-crucial/
https://portlandnursery.com/seasonal-tips
Email kristin@greenlents.org for more info, and follow us on Instagram & Facebook for events, updates and cool seed pics!
Additional information about seed saving, food justice, and seasonal planting:
https://www.seedsavers.org/how-to-save-seeds
https://civileats.com/2020/04/21/gardening-is-important-but-seed-saving-is-crucial/
https://portlandnursery.com/seasonal-tips
Email kristin@greenlents.org for more info, and follow us on Instagram & Facebook for events, updates and cool seed pics!
If you want to change the world, plant a garden.
