The St. Albert Seed Library launched in the spring of 2020. We are in our 5th year now and have shared 1000s of seeds with our community. Our goal was to share seeds, provide opportunities for our community to learn about seed saving, increase food security, and provide seeds and education to support pollinators native to our area. Our seeds are sourced through donations from seed companies - thank you West Coast Seeds! And from donations from our local gardeners.
We have over 260 active registered members and many more who have benefitted from seed sharing through the seed library. We share seeds with our local schools, community groups, food bank, and at many events through the year.
Increased food security, increased knowledge of seed sovereignty and seed saving, sharing native seeds to grow and share species that support pollinators, encourage our community to grow together
Gardening is an amazing way to grow as a community. It brings people together to learn and share gardening experiences. It benefits both mental and physical health. Improves food security. Benefits our environment.
One of our favourite project this year is our One Seed, One Community initiative where we have 70 community members growing out the same variety of seed. This years seed is Parris Island Cos Lettuce. Our goal is to create a shared experience learning to grow and save the seeds together. At the end of the project we should have an abundance of seeds to share with the community next year. This variety was chosen because it's easy to grow the lettuce and save the seeds and will provide and easy to grow nutritious food.
https://www.sapl.ca/services/st-albert-seed-library.html