We held a seed and seedling swap at the Linlithgow Climate Challenge AGM in May, passing on bought seed that was surplus to requirements and seedlings that hadn’t found a home. But saving seed from your own plants is an even greener idea, and growing heritage seeds would help keep these strains in use.
Jan 30th East Kilbride Development Trust are running a Seed Swap event, including heritage seeds – good links on website with tips of seed saving etc. They are also looking to expand their network of seed ’guardians’, who grow and save selected seeds in their own gardens.
BBC Dig In article on saving seed
The Highland People’s Food Seedbank Project aims to bring communities together to grow heirloom varieties of food, suited to the local environment, and save seed for our unpredictable future. Including Pickle & Dry page on how to store your produce.
Garden Organic seeks to preserve heritage seed varieties, as well as selling a wide range of seeds
The Real Seed Company sells unusual seed types for home growing, with loads of great information on saving seed
Seedy Sunday is a well-established seed swap in Brighton and Hove – if you are interested in helping organise something similar in Linlithgow please get in touch via Contact page!