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Don't shake the tree when the pears fall off themselves.
- Slovakian Proverb
Seeds of Diversity thanks the
J.W. McConnell Family Foundation,
the October Hill Foundation,
and the
Bauta Initiative on Canadian Seed Security
for their support.



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Seeds of Diversity

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

Read our
March 2012
e-bulletin!

 



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 nearly 3500 varieties of heritage fruits and vegetables through our national Member 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!

Seed Savers Survey
Canadian gardeners – our first survey is for you!

We are surveying farmers and gardeners to understand the challenges, opportunities and needs of individuals and organizations working to build a resilient and sustainable Canadian seed system.

Do the survey and turn 30 minutes of your time into generations of good food in Canada.

A collaborative research effort of the Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Studies at the University of Wollongong (Australia) and the Bauta Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, a project of USC Canada delivered in partnership with Seeds of Diversity Canada and supported by the W. Garfield Weston Foundation.
Your 2012 Member Seed
Directory is online now!


3489 varieties of heritage seeds available to Members only
Meet us at a
Seedy Event
near you!


Saturday May 26, 2012
Surrey, BC

Saturday June 2, 2012
Pollination Party: St. Agatha, ON

Wednesday September 12, 2012
Seed Saving Workshop, Kitchener, ON

Saturday September 29, 2012
Workshop: Seed Saving, ON

Friday November 9, 2012
ECOSGN Conference Montreal , QC


Details and more events...