August is the perfect month for saving lettuce seed and so in early August a group of us headed to Walworth Garden to find out about the work of seed buddy and artist Richard Galpin. Tucked away in a quiet corner of the otherwise immaculate garden, Richard has created a seed saving bed and is trialling…Continue readingWalworth Lettuce Trials
Guy Roberts is one of our amazing team of Seed Buddies who has been matched with a community garden this year to promote seed saving and to grow crops for the Freedom Seed Bank. He is working with Streatham Common Community Garden in south London, a historic walled garden dating from the early twentieth century.…Continue readingSpring peas in Streatham
The Seed Buddies programme launched with a successful training day at the Regent’s Park Allotment Garden in October 2016. The day was attended by 18 food growers and gardeners from across London who have been selected to be the next generation of seed savers for the Freedom Seed Bank. The training was delivered by seed…Continue readingSeed Buddies programme takes root
Hello all, There are a few spaces left on our next training with Peter Brinch of Open Pollinated Seeds. It will be held next Saturday 25th April from 10.30 to 1.30pm at Regents Park Allotment. The training will cover all aspects of seed saving with plenty of opportunity to ask questions. Saturday 25th April at Regent’s Park Allotment Trainer:…Continue readingNext re-skilling training Saturday 25th April
