Friday, January 3, 2025

2025 Seed Swap Listings

 Washington Gardener Magazine presents the 

Washington Gardener Magazine presents the 
19th Annual Washington Gardener Seed Exchanges
on Saturday, January 25, 2025, 12:30–4:00pm 
National Seed Swap Day!
at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD
 Registration is now open at 
and 
on Saturday, February 1, 2025, 12:30–4:00pm
at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA
Registration is now open at 

Join us for:
Seed Swapping
Door Prizes
Planting Tips
Expert Speakers
Goody Bags
Indoor Plant Cuttings Table

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Saturday, January 25th in Young, Arizona, at 9 am at the Fire Hall.  
We are starting the Pleasant Valley Community Seed Library this year and this will be our very first event. 
For questions, contact: Marialena Murphy, Pleasant Valley Community Seed Librarian, marialenamurphy@gmail.com.

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Third Annual 
Colorado Front Range Seed Swap
A free community event

Saturday January 25th
1:00pm to 4:00pm
Niwot UMC
7405 Lookout Road

What’s a seed swap?
Seed swaps are events where new and experienced gardeners meet to exchange seeds,
network with other gardeners, learn and share your knowledge with others!

Schedule:
• 1p-2p: Seed drop-off, workshops and talks
• 2p-4p: Seed swap starts! ‘Shop’ for seeds for your garden - for free!

What to bring:
• FREE! You do not need to bring seeds to receive seeds.
• Unopened seed packets or saved seeds – please label with variety and date
• Envelopes or other containers, pens/pencils – to label and take home your new seeds

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Seed Swap at the Novato Library

Saturday, January 25, 2025 10 am-1pm
Novato Library 1720 S.Novato Blvd, Novato, California
Contact: 415-473-4204

The Marin Master Gardeners and the Friends of Novato Library Seed Library invite you to celebrate National Seed Swap Day. Get ready for spring planting. Network with other gardeners. Bring seeds you've saved or ones from partly used envelopes no older than 2023--but you do not have to bring seeds to get seeds. Label your saved seeds with variety, date and location grown.  

Activities include: seed swap, planting tips and demonstrations for spring and summer gardens by Marin Master Gardeners, seedlings for exchange, children's activities.

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Seed Savers Exchange with Edible Communities will host ten seed swaps across the United States on Saturday, January 25, 2025. 

Edible Chicago
THE PLANT, 1 – 4 PM, 1400 W. 46th St., Chicago, Illinois, 60609

Edible Silicon Valley
FRESH APPROACH COLLECTIVE ROOTS COMMUNITY GARDEN, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
1785 Woodland Ave., East Palo Alto, California, 94303

Edible Phoenix
UPTOWN FARMERS MARKET, 8 AM – 12 PM
5757 North Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona, 85012

Edible South Florida
LEGION PARK FARMERS MARKET, 11 AM – 1 PM
6447 NE 7th Ave. Miami, Florida, 33138

Edible Capital District
ARTHUR’S MARKET, 3-5 PM
35 North Ferry Street, Schenectady, New York, 12305

Edible Philly
LUNDALE FARM, 2-5 PM
2501 Pottstown Pike, Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Edible Blue Ridge
GOLDEN CACTUS BREWING, 2 – 4 PM
214 5TH St. SW, Roanoke, Virginia

Edible Northeast Florida
ST. AUGUSTINE AMP FARMER’S MARKET, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
1340cC A1A South, St. Augustine, Florida, 32080

Edible Dallas Fort Worth
ROOTED IN, 1 – 4 PM
12804 Pelzel Road, Pilot Point, Texas

Edible Rio Grande Valley
LINEAR PARK, 9 AM – 12 PM
1501 East 7th Street, Brownsville, Texas, 78520

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9th Annual Celebration of National Seed Swap Day:
January 25, 2025  10AM-12PM
Gallant Farm
2150 Buttermilk Hill Rd
Delaware, OH 43015

Delaware County Master Gardener Volunteers, OH
& Preservation Parks of Delaware County, OH

Attendees are invited to come celebrate in
honor of National Seed Swap Day, seeds, along with
materials to learn more about heirloom seeds, will be
available for farm visitors as takeaways. Free, all ages.
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Additional seed swap resources are posted to:

Bookmark this page and check back frequently as we are continually adding seed swap events as we learn of them.


If we have missed your event, please email KathyJentz@gmail.com so we can add you in.
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Friday, January 5, 2024

2024 Seed Swap Listings

 Washington Gardener Magazine presents the 

18th Annual Washington Gardener Seed Exchanges
on Saturday, January 27, 2024, 12:30–4:00pm 
National Seed Swap Day!
at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD
 Registration is now open at 
and 
on Saturday, February 3, 2024, 12:30–4:00pm
at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA
Registration is now open at 

Join us for:
Seed Swapping
Door Prizes
Planting Tips
Expert Speakers
Goody Bags
Indoor Plant Cuttings Table

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Twin Lights is celebrating National Seed Swap Day!  

On January 27, 2024 stop by anytime between 12 PM - 3 PM. 

Come together to exchange nature’s valuable gifts. Bring your native to New Jersey seeds, plants, or cuttings to swap with your community! Complimentary tea will be offered. 

 Pre-Registration is *not* required. Please meet in the Southside auditorium. 

Twin Lights Historic Site is located at: 2 Light House Rd, Highlands, NJ.


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University of Maryland Extension | Home and Garden Information Center 
umd.edu list:


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Ogden Seed Exchange Seed Swap
Saturday, February 17, 2024.
Time: 10 am - 1 pm
Place: Ogden Preparatory Academy, 1415 Lincoln Ave., Ogden, UT
Schedule:
10 am:  Doors open
10:30 am: Breakout "Why Save Seeds // Basic Seed Saving"
11:15 am: Breakout "Seed to Food // Grassroots Help for Those in Need
12:00 pm: Raffle Drawings
1:00 pm: Seed Swap ends
Share and swap locally grown seeds (you don't need to bring seeds to attend), visit local seed vendors, attend breakout sessions, engage in activities for all ages, talk to gardening experts, get your name in drawings for raffle prizes

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6th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap

The event takes place on Jan. 28 at the Santa Barbara Community Arts Center (SBCAW) in downtown Santa Barbara, with both indoor and outdoor space, rain or shine.  

Hundreds attend this free event every year sharing seeds and knowledge with other backyard gardeners, plant lovers, beekeepers, farmers and more.  Come be a part of this seed saving movement, making sure locally adapted seeds & plants are passed on to future generations.  Free seeds offered to help gardeners get started.  Local groups will have seed & plant related exhibits.  

Live music, and kids activities throughout the day.  Tiny Café joins us with warm drinks & snacks, & fun “seedy art” free face painting by Kristen Sell. 

Once again we will honor a Local Food Hero, this year the award goes to Leslie Person Ryan of Sweet Wheel Summerland Farm.  Join us for an award ceremony at 1:30 pm.

  • Bring seeds, plants, cuttings, and garden knowledge to swap.
  • Don't have these? Then come get seeds. Seeds to sow, seeds to grow, seeds to harvest. Seeds to save and share next year.
  • Activities for all ages.
  • Music that will have your toes tapping.
  • Plant and seed-related exhibits from local groups
  • Special speakers throughout the day.
  • A gathering of garden friends old and new.
  • Seed saving is a fun and easy way to connect to the circle of life.

 

A Community Event Hosted by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network

 

Co-Sponsored by Island Seed & Feed, Blue Sky Biochar, Explore Ecology, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, The Plant Good Seed Co., & Seed Saver Exchange.


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Monday, January 2, 2023

2023 Seed Swap Day Listing

 

Washington Gardener Magazine presents the 

18th Annual Washington Gardener Seed Exchanges

on Saturday, January 28, 2023, 12:30–4:00pm

National Seed Swap Day!

at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD

 Registration is now open at 

WGSeedEx2023.brownpapertickets.com

(Now Sold out!) 

and 

on Saturday, February 4, 2023, 12:30–4:00pm

at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA

Registration is now open at 

WGSeedEx2023.brownpapertickets.com

(Spaces still available!) 

Join us for:

Seed Swapping

Door Prizes

Planting Tips

Expert Speakers

Goody Bags

Indoor Plant Cuttings Table


Bookmark this page and check back frequently as we are continually adding seed swap events as we learn of them.

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Friday, January 7, 2022

2022 Seed Swap Day Listing

 

On National Seed Swap Day (seedswapday.com) -- January 29, 2022 -- Washington Gardener Magazine hosted a free, LIVE chat for seed swappers everywhere. 


The hosts were Kathy Jentz of the GardenDC Podcast, and Kim Roman, author of How to Garden Indoors & Grow Your Own Food Year Round. The live, online event featured seed swapping tips and prizes.

You can view the recorded session now at Washington Gardener Magazine's YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/kYYP5pHNOcQ 


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Friday, January 15, 2021

2021 Seed Swap Day


UPDATED:
The recording of the live session is at: https://youtu.be/gAuxwndjpUU

If you would like to view the Seed Swap Day 2021 slideshow, it is posted to: https://issuu.com/washingtongardener/docs/seedswapday2021

On National Seed Swap Day this year -- January 30, 2021 -- we will host a free, LIVE chat from 2:00-4:00pm Eastern Time for seed swappers everywhere. We will explore ways to hold in-person seed swap events during the COVID-19 pandemic and other options for safely swapping seeds. This event will feature surprises and special guests talking about everything seed-related from seed collecting tips to easy propagating tricks.

We hope you can join us for the live session, but if you cannot, we will be recording the event and have it available on YouTube to view anytime. 

Here is our tentative* schedule for the live Seed Swap Day event:
2:00pm Welcome Remarks
2:15pm Experienced Seed Swappers will chat as a group about how to run a SAFE seed swap and seed swapping alternatives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
3:00pm Maureen Farmer of The Farmer's Garden will share some seed starting tips.
3:30pm Mike Lizotte of American Meadows seed company will give the perspective of seed suppliers and will address the rumored "seed shortage."
3:55pm Ending Remarks
*Note that as with all live events, things may switch and change at the last minute.

Consider hosting your own seed swap! Whether just among your neighbors, your garden club/plant society, or your wider community, a seed swap can be a terrific way to get lots of seeds, to meet new friends, and to learn a great deal about what grows best in our area. For a successful swap, be sure to share tips about how to conduct swap seeds with your attendees.

If you plan on holding an in-person seed swap at anytime later this year, please let us know by emailing KathyJentz@gmail.com, so we can add you to our listing by so we can add you in.

If you attend or hold a seed swap on January 30 or anytime later on, remember to use #SeedSwapDay on your social media so we can track and re-share your posts. 
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Friday, January 1, 2021

2021 Seed Swap Listing

> Saturday, January 30, 2:00-4:00pm Eastern Time
Seed Swap Day Virtual Event
or

> Saturday, January 30, 11:00am-1:00pm
McDonough Community Garden SeedSwap
3300 Mcdonough Street, Richmond, VA
Bring out the seeds you don’t need and swap with other RVA gardeners. Don’t hesitate to bring out old pots and tools , books and even compost you don’t need, your fellow gardeners will appreciate it.

> Saturday, March 27
Washington Gardener Magazine Seed Exchange VA/DC
Green Spring Gardens in Fairfax County, VA
The event registration links will be posted in early March to https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/.

> Saturday, April 3
Washington Gardener Magazine Seed Exchange MD/DC
Brookside Gardens in Montgomery County, MD
The event registration links will be posted in early March.
The event registration links will be posted in early March to https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/.
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Saturday, December 28, 2019

2020 Seed Swap Listing


Washington Gardener Seed Exchange 1
on Saturday, January 25, 2020, 12:30–4:00pm 
National Seed Swap Day!
at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD
Seed Swapping and  Indoor Plant Cutting/Division Swap
 Registration is now open at -

Washington Gardener Seed Exchange 2
on Saturday, February 1, 2020, 12:30–4:00pm
at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA/DC
Seed Swapping and  Indoor Plant Cutting/Division Swap
Registration is now open at 

Kendall Co. Master Gardener #SeedSwap
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 9:30 am – 12:00 noon
U of I Extension, 7775 IL Route 47, Yorkville, IL
All are welcome
For more information fellerer@illinois.edu630-584-6166

Chester County Seed Swap
Saturday, January 25th 2020, 10am-1pm
at the West Vincent Township Building, 729 St. Matthews Road, Chester Springs, PA 19425.
The event is from and is FREE to anyone interested in sustainable growing, farming and gardening.

Sustainability Matters Houseplant and Seed Swap
Sunday, Jan. 19 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Winchester Brew Works, 320 N. Cameron St., Winchester, VA

Seed Exchange
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, 
at Blandy Experimental Farm, State Arboretum of Virginia,
400 Blandy Farm Lane, Boyce, VA
Sponsored by the Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardeners Association

The 5th Annual Ohio Valley Seed Swap
Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 10 AM – 2 PM
Wilder, KY

 Saturday, January 25, 2020, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 
 Rowser Building, 1739 Jefferson Davis Highway, Stafford, VA
Sponsored by the Master Gardeners Association of the Central Rappahannock Area. 

2nd Annual Michiana Regional Seed Swap
Saturday, January 18, 2020 
10 AM – 2:30 PM
Goshen College Church Chapel Building
1700 S Main St, Goshen, IN 46526

Third annual Central Indiana Seed Swap
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm,
Hamilton County Fairgrounds, Noblesville, IN 

Delaware County Master Gardeners, Celebrate “National Seed Swap Day”
Saturday, January 25, 2019  1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Gallant Farm, 2150 BUTTERMILK HILL ROAD, DELAWARE, OH  43015
Questions: Delaware County Master Gardeners:  Call 740-833-2030 or email:  blevins.256@osu.edu
PRESERVATION PARKS (740)595-3020/ (740) 524-8600 or email:  contactparks@ preservationparks.com

HWBCO's Annual Seed Swap
Sunday,  Jan 26, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Lily Kunning, Community Herbalist, 757 Garden Rd #203, Columbus, OH 43214, USA
Join us for our annual swap of all kinds of seeds- edible, medicinal, and otherwise.

Central Virginia Seed Exchange: The Seed Time Machine
Saturday, February 29th, 2020, 10am to 12noon 
in the Willow Oaks Country Club Clubhouse, 6228 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, VA 23225
To sign up as a participant, activity sponsor, donor, and/or become a volunteer , please email event coordinator Paul Haden at paulchaden@aol.com.

Su Casa Seed Swap
Sat, February 8, 2020, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
Su Casa Catholic Worker, 5045 South Laflin Street, Chicago, IL 60609
For more information about the host site, visit https://new.sucasacw.org/

4 annual Seed Swap & Saving Seeds Workshop
Saturday, Jan. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at Knox & Lincoln Counties Extension office, 377 Manktown Road in Waldoboro ME
 (snow day, Saturday, Feb. 1). Bring flower, herb or vegetable seeds.
For more information, contact Jean at 563-7564 or godslove@tidewater.net

Central Michigan Seed Swap
Join us for our 6th annual seed swap at the beautiful Chippewa Nature Center in Midland, MI

10th annual Seed Swap 
February 22, 2020 - 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (extended 1 hour this year)
Ogden Preparatory Academy Elementary Gym, 1415 Lincoln Ave, Ogden, UT

8th Annual Appalachian Seed Swap
Saturday April 4, 2020 9-1
Pike Central High School near Pikeville KY. 

4th Annual Seed Swap by Hamilton Lauraville Gardener's Corner
Sat, January 25, 2020, 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Function Coworking Community, 4709 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214

Chico Seed Swap
Saturday, Jan. 25, 12-2 p.m.
Trinity Methodist Church at Fifth Street and Flume, Chico, CA

Arkansas State Park Seed Swap
Saturday, January 25, 2020 / 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Pinnacle Mountain State Park, 9420 Hwy 300, Roland, AR 72223

9th annual Plant and Seed Swap
Saturday,  Jan. 25, 10 a.m.-noon.
Hosted by the Wiregrass Farmers Market at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture, Tifton/Albany, GA
Interested persons can contact Museum Curator Polly Huff via e-mail at phuff@abac.edu.

8th Annual Seed Swap
Saturday, February 22, 2020 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main (Oakland), South Wing Reading Room, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh  PA 15213

Otsego Master Gardeners will host the Annual Master Gardener Seed Swap
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 10-11 a.m.
 Huntington Library (3rd Floor), 62 Chestnut Street, in Oneonta, NY
Details at http://cceschoharie-otsego.org/

Miranda Market Seed Swap
Feb 22, 2-4pm
Miranda, CA

Seed Swap Weekend
1/31/2020 - 2/1/2020, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Warner Park Nature Center, 7311 Highway 100, Nashville, TN 37221

9th Annual Sown and Grown Seed Swap Weekend at Old Salem
Friday & Saturday, January 24th – 25th, 2020
Old Salem Visitor Center, Gray Auditorium  (900 Old Salem Rd.), Winston-Salem. NC

Duke Farms 5th Annual Seed Swap
Sat, January 25, 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Duke Farms, 1112 Dukes Pkwy W, Hillsborough, NJ 08844

8th Annual Community Seed Swap
Tennessee Valley Community Garden Association, in partnership with The Greene Street Market at Nativity, Food Bank of North Alabama and the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network (ASAN).
Friday, January 31, 6pm
Church of the Nativity located at 208 Eustis Ave. E  in downtown Huntsville, AL

Nevada City Seed Swap
Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
207 Mill St. Grass Valley, CA 95945

6th annual Schoharie County Master Gardener Seed Swap
Sat, January 25, 2020 10:00 am
Middleburgh Library, 323 Main St, Middleburgh, NY 12122
 For more information contact Schoharie-Otsego County Cooperative Extension at 518-234-4303 or schoharie@cornell.edu.

Coeur d'Alene Seed Swap
Sat, January 25, 2020 1-3pm
Coeur d'Alene Library, 702 E. Front Ave., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
For more information contact Char Beach at cbeach@cdalibrary.org.

Seed Swap
Sat, January 25, 2020, 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Bloomsburg Children's Museum
2 W 7th Street, Bloomsburg , PA

Annual Seed Swap at Odenton Regional Library
Saturday, January 25, 2020 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Odenton Regional Library 1325 Annapolis Road, Odenton, MD

Seedling and Seed Giveaway
Monday, January 20, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Mack Gaston Community Center, 214 Fredrick Street, Dalton, Georgia

West Seneca Public Library Swap
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 1:30-3:30 PM
West Seneca Public Library Makerspace, 1300 Union Rd., West Seneca, NY
Details at www.BuffaloLib.org

Chicagoland Seed Swap
Saturday January 25, 20208:00 am –4:00 pm
Porter County IN Garden Show
included in $10 fair admission

Seed Swap Chicago Botanic Garden Seed Swap
 Sunday January 26, 2020, 1:30 pm Lecture3 –5 pm https://www.chicagobotanic.org/calendar/event/seedswap

Seed Swap
Saturday February 1, 202010 am –1 pm
Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center
cschottland@2cwlaw.comfor more info

Chicagoland Seed Swap
Sunday, February 2, 20201-3pm
KilbournPark Organic Greenhouse
KilbournPark fieldhouse auditorium (located upstairs) 3501 N. KilbournAve. Chicago IL
https://www.facebook.com/events/565459927635184/

Chicagoland Seed Swap
Saturday February 15, 202011:30 am –1:30 pm
Sand Ridge Nature Center, South Holland, IL
https://fpdcc.com/event/seed-swap/

Chicagoland Seed Swap
Saturday February 29, 2020 10am –1 pm
Evergreen Park Public Library

Chicagoland Seed Swap
Sunday March 1, 2020
Peterson Garden Project
Check for updates: https://www.facebook.com/PetersonGardenProject/

Chicagoland Seed Swap
Saturday March 21, 2020
Chicago Community Gardeners Association
Whitney Young High School, Chicago
Included in conference admission
Check for updates:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/ccga-goals/ccga-annual-meeting/

We have 42 swaps in 19 states so far for 2020.

THERE ARE MORE SEED SWAPS BEING ADDED DAILY TO THIS LIST - KEEP VISITING FOR UPDATES!

If we have missed your event, please email KathyJentz@gmail.com so we can add you in.



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