Seed Sense: Mastering Seed Saving, Storage and Collection

Seeds are one of the most interesting parts of the plant world; because packed into what is sometimes just the size of a grain of sand, is the potential for an entire plant.

There are many reasons to collect seeds for replanting from year to year – perhaps to save money or for the challenge and surprise. And many gardeners carefully save seeds of a family heirloom they wish to pass down to future generations or from a specific plant variety that can’t be found in seed catalogs to share with friends and family.

Seed saving is a fun activity and the seeds of many garden vegetable plants are easy to collect and save. Join us in October for presentations on how and when to collect seeds from typical vegetable varieties, common garden flowers and native plants. Registrants will also learn collecting and saving seeds to assure that they are viable the following year and why proper seed packet labeling is so very important. There will be a presentation on all the different types of seed heads and how learning this can help determine when and how to collect its seeds.

After the presentations, spend some time at our informational tables discovering different types of seed storage, how to determine seed viability, seed cleaning techniques…. And speak with some of the presenters to have your questions answered. Lastly participants can take a walk with us through a Berks Nature wildflower garden. See in person how to determine if a seed head is ready for collection and how to collect seeds on the go.

FREE EVENT!

Registration ends Thursday, October 3rd.

Please note, end times are approximate.