SEED EXCHANGE 2009

in the Kootenays, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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Seed Exchange, Seedy Saturdays & Sundays:


Saturday February 21: Hidden Garden Gallery in New Denver, 1:00 - 3:00pm discussion on seed saving with Bay Hermann and Jane Murphy. Seed exchange from 3 to 5pm

Saturday February 28: Nelson Library Basement in Nelson, BC 10 am to 1 pm

WORKSHOP
"Do's and Don'ts of Seedsaving" with Netta Zeberoff
11 am to noon

Tables: 250-825-9372
Hosted by WK EcoSociety  250-354-1909

Sunday March 1st 2009, 1 till 4pm at the Slocan Park Community Hall, in Slocan Park, BC. Admission is by donation.

To reserve a table: 250-226-0008

For more information contact:
spiralfarm@yahoo.com

Saturday March 7: Fernie Community Centre in Fernie 10am - 3pm

Hosted by the Fernie Community EcoGarden. This is our 3rd year at the Griz Days event. Several hundred people attend the craft fair which includes festival events, and our large, colourful display attracts many. The display includes Seeds of Diversity information, a seed swap, book display from members' libraries, posters about biodiversity and seed-saving, information about the EcoGarden, and registration for our summer workshops (which include a segment on seed-saving). Our members are on hand to answer questions and share gardening tips.

Contact:
Mary Cosman: mcosman@telus.net

Friday March 13:  Selkirk College Campus in Grand Forks 6:00pm
Adam Forbes, International Heritage Seed Scholar, will be doing a presentation for the Grand Forks Boundary Regional Agricultural Society at 6:00 pm at the Grand Forks campus Selkirk College and of course we will have the dos and do nots of Growing Seed for Seed, and a seed exchange as well. Everyone is invited.


Saturday March 14: St- Andrews United Church in Kaslo,  from 12 to 4:00 pm
Presentation by Abra Brynne & Jeremy Lack from Kootenay Local Agricultural Society at 3pm
For table or info: Aimee  250-353-7691 ext. 207


Saturday March 14: Creston's Seedy Saturday, New Life Church, 1821 Elm Street, Creston
1:00 workshop (by donation)
2:00 seed exchange
Sponsored by the Community Greenhouse, College of the Rockies

Sunday March 15, 2009:
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm at the BRILLIANT CULTURAL CENTER in Castlegar, BC.

Netta Zeberoff CH, RHP, and Suzanne Miller will also share secrets of growing abundant gardens, soil nutrition, seed saving, hybrids, plant propagation, avoiding cross-pollination, saving the gene pool etc.

You will learn how to Save Seeds. What are hybrids? Plant propagation, avoiding cross-pollination, saving the gene pool & other vital information concerning the ever-expanding human population.

Bring those seeds even if they are in the seedpod including those 30-year-old seeds; someone will be happy to plant them. Suzanne Miller will help us sort through them all.

International Food Systems Scholar presenting on Crops and Cultures: The Preservation of Heirloom Varieties

Adam Forbes was awarded the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship 'Crops and Cultures: The Preservation of Heirloom Varieties'. For his PHD Thesis, he is researching 'Seed Saving & Loss of Genetic Diversity' around the world. Adam will share his travels to Ethiopia, India, Italy, Peru, Thailand & Mexico

Gardeners and farmers old and new, are invited to come and exchange their seeds, just in time for the new growing season.

To register for the workshop, reserve a table to trade your seeds; or for more information, please call 250-365-3512 and leave a message or email: netta_herbalist@hotmail.com


For other Seedy Events in Canada:

Seed of Diversity Canada