New seed library coming to the library

“Just being able to bring food security and a learning for growing our own vegetables is so important,” says Jen Rubadeau with the Prince George Public Library. “So being able to offer not only having resources here but being able to supplement with our own resources. We’ve got of books about gardening.”

But unlike checking out books, you can check out seeds without a library card.

The goal is to help novice gardeners get into gardening without the financial outlay of buying seeds. And the Master Gardeners will help you along the way. From seed to shining seed.

“We will be supporting people along the whole journey. From getting the seed packet into growing it, harvesting and eating some and letting some go to seed and then returning them in the fall back to the library and us because that’s what will stock the seed library next year.”

But don’t expect to find seeds for exotic plants, like ghost peppers. The seeds that will be offered are for plants that grow here naturally and easily.

“You will get a variety of vegetables that grow well in Prince George because we don’t know yet who our members are going to be. We asking you to check out one variety. If you’re going to buy lettuce, only buy one because it will be that much easier for you to be saving seeds if you only grow one variety of seeds and then return them in the fall.”

People will be allowed to borrow five packages of seeds with no more than 1 of each variety. You can then attend a seed-saving workshop or two to learn how to successfully save seeds for your own use and to return to the library.

The new seed library will be launched during Seedy Saturday on March 5th.

by Cheryl Jahn

New seed library coming to the library

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