The library isn’t just a place to find knowledge – it’s also a place to find vegetables, herbs, and flowers—or at least to get the seeds for them.
After taking a few years off, the Victoria Seed Library will be back at GVPL’s Broughton branch on Friday, July 9th.
More than 200 seed varieties—most of which, the library says, are relatively easy for beginners to grow—will be available, and, unlike previously, you won’t need to complete a seed-saving workshop to snag some seeds.
“We wanted to make it easier for people to access seeds,” said Lisa Small, fundraising and communications coordinator with LifeCycles Project Society, which partners with the Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL), the city, and the federal and provincial governments to run the project.
“When seeds are shared, knowledge, biodiversity, and community grow alongside them,” she said.
There is a seed-saving workshop slated for Sunday, July 26th at the Welland Community Orchard—you can register here
If you’d like contribute seeds, you can drop them off at any of the GVPL’s branches.
The library welcomes home-saved seeds, as well as unused and partially used commercial seed packets.
