What is the Seed Library?
You can use (or “borrow”) seeds from the seed libraries at the NE Seattle Tool Library and Shoreline Tool Library for free! No prior gardening skills needed! We ask you donate (or “return”) seeds at the end of the growing season.
Seed donations keep the library stocked for the next season. If you want to help keep the lending library stocked, pick a variety or two of your plants and let them mature all the way to seed production. If you have never saved seeds before, we can help you discover which seeds are easier to save. Here is information on the life expectancy of some seeds.
A seed library is a simple way of preserving and sharing a diverse array of seeds. It spreads the love of gardening, strengthens access to food resources in the community, keeps rare plants circulating, and protects the food source diversity. Our seed libraries are a part of the King County Seed Lending Library network.
Send us pictures of what you have grown using the Seed Library along with what the NE Seattle Seed Library or Shoreline Seed Library means to you along with anything else you’d like to share with the community!
