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It was not a watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented.
- Mark Twain
Seeds of Diversity thanks the
George Cedric Metcalf Foundation
and the
Ontario Trillium Foundation
for their support.



Design by
Allison Prindiville

Seeds of Diversity

is a Canadian volunteer organization that conserves the biodiversity and traditional knowledge of food crops and garden plants.



Take a Tour of
Seeds of Diversity's
Canadian Seed Library

Are you a gardener?    Save an endangered plant!

  • Learn to save seeds from the plants in your garden
  • Grow an endangered variety, and help us save it!
  • Multiply seeds for our national Seed Library
  • Discover the amazing diversity of Canada's traditional plants

Not a seed saver?    You can still get involved

Not a gardener?    Support our volunteers who protect your seed heritage

  • Anyone can join Seeds of Diversity, to provide a strong national voice for food biodiversity conservation and good seed policy
  • Your membership and donation support gardeners and farmers who are saving Canada's seeds

Seeds of Diversity is the source for information about heritage seeds, seed saving, plant diversity, garden history and your own garden heritage.

Join members, from coast to coast, who collect and share over 2400 varieties of heritage fruits and vegetables through our national Seed Exchange.

Discover the incredible diversity of heritage plants!

Subscribe to our magazine, Seeds of Diversity, and learn about Canadian gardeners who are making a difference, preserving food biodiversity, documenting Canada's horticultural heritage, and sharing the legacy of the "People's Seeds".

Looking for seeds?
Click here for all the vegetable
and fruit seeds in Canada!

Meet us at a
Seedy Event
near you!


Saturday February 4, 2012
Qualicum Beach, BC
Brantford, ON
Pickering , ON

Saturday February 11, 2012
Niagara area, ON
Montréal, QC
Salt Spring Island, BC
Bridgewater, NS
Stratford, ON

Sunday February 12, 2012
St. Andrews, NB

Saturday February 18, 2012
Lillooet, BC
Victoria, BC
Hamilton, ON
Plessiville, QC
Play- SEEDS -Toronto, ON

Sunday February 19, 2012
Saint-Apollinaire, QC
Kaslo, BC

Saturday February 25, 2012
Kitchener, ON
Mississauga, ON
North Bay, ON
Thunder Bay, ON
Vancouver , BC
Yorkton, SK
Kamloops, BC
Truro, NS
Picton, ON
Sooke, BC
Lanaudière, QC
Prince George, BC

Monday February 27, 2012
Toronto-Symbolic Seed Exchange, ON

Saturday March 3, 2012
Ottawa, ON
Regina, SK
Richmond, BC
Robert's Creek, BC
Saint-Vallier, QC
Winnipeg, MB
Toronto , ON
Courtenay, BC
North Vancouver, BC
Fernie, BC
Enderby, BC
Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Sunday March 4, 2012
Québec, QC
Pembroke, ON
Perth, ON
Nanaimo, BC
Sudbury, ON
Brandon, MB
Slocan Park, BC

Wednesday March 7, 2012
Cobourg, ON

Saturday March 10, 2012
Kelowna, BC
London, ON
Saskatoon, SK
Toronto, ON
Powell River, BC
Cobble Hill , BC
Nelson, BC

Sunday March 11, 2012
Peterborough, ON

Saturday March 17, 2012
Scarborough, ON
Calgary , AB

Sunday March 18, 2012
Gatineau, QC
Edmonton , AB

Saturday March 24, 2012
Duncan, BC
Toronto, ON

Sunday March 25, 2012
North York, ON
Red Deer, AB

Saturday March 31, 2012
Halifax, NS
Port Alberni, BC

Saturday April 7, 2012
Mission, BC

Saturday April 14, 2012
Coaticook, QC
Surrey, BC

Saturday April 21, 2012
Aurora, ON


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