After COVID our seed network has taken some time to reconnect. We’ve missed the face-to-face sharing of knowledge and stories that comes with the sharing of seed. While the postal ordering system we put in place during the Pandemic meant that we were able to get valuable seed out to community gardens and growers right…Continue readingTime for collecting this years’ seeds!
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Seeking new steering group members
We are looking for new members to join the London Freedom Seed Bank Steering Group! The London Freedom Seed Bank (LFSB) is a grassroots, volunteer-led network of food growers and gardeners dedicated to saving, storing and distributing open-pollinated seed in London. Together we are building and stewarding a collection of over 170 London-grown primarily vegetable…Continue readingSeeking new steering group members
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London Seed Harvest 2021
London Seed Harvest 2021. By Richard Galpin. An Uncertain Year. As temperatures drop and autumn arrives, our network of London seed savers spend less time sowing, growing and harvesting crops, and more time drying, cleaning and storing seed. The 2021 seed harvest looks to be a very uncertain one. We’ve had reports from growers across…Continue readingLondon Seed Harvest 2021
Building a regional seed network in the Southeast. Helene Schulze is one of the co-directors of the London Freedom Seed Bank. Since July 2020, she is also Regional Coordinator for the Southeast England for the Seed Sovereignty Programme of the UK and Ireland. Here she unpacks what her hopes are for the new role, how…Continue readingBuilding a regional seed network in the Southeast