How to Save Your Own Seed
Written with beginner and experts in mind, this 68 page handbook is greatly expanded from the previous edition, giving seed savers the most up-to-date information on seeds, flowers, and pollination. It demystifies the techniques of saving seeds from common garden vegetables, giving simple detailed instructions for each type. Order here
Every Seed Tells a Tale
Seventy-eight of the best articles from the pages of Seeds of Diversity and Heritage Seed Program magazine. Chapters include fascinating stories of heritage vegetables, fruits, grains and flowers. Stories are told of modern-day seed savers who have rescued these precious garden treasures. Our indigenous peoples, pioneers, scientist-breeders, immigrants and others in our past are brought to life in these pages. Order here
Seed Library Gift Adoptions
Adopt a seed variety into the Canadian Seed Library in your loved one's name. Our Canadian Seed Library is a collection of Canada's rarest seeds (and some not so rare), kept viable and available for future gardeners and farmers. Your seeds, your collection, brought to you by the work and donations of hundreds of people. $250 guarantees the protection of a variety in perpetuity, or donations in smaller amounts will be pool to form full adoptions. Go here to learn more or here to donate. Adoption is forever, and gift recipients are recognized permanently for their gifts.
For new donors...the gift that gives back!
You can also give a gift directly to us! The federal government has announced a "First-Time Donor's Super Credit." If you haven't donated to charity within the last 5 years, donate now & receive a credit of 25-54% on on top of your usual tax credit! Learn more.