Category: PROGRAMS + PROJECTS
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Introduction to Seed Saving
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Can you grow tomatoes in a wet summer in Canberra?
If you read any advice on growing tomatoes in a wet season, all reports say “Don’t grow in a wet season!”. But you can still grow tomatoes in Canberra in wet condition and get a yield if you apply a few tips and tricks. Including; maintaining good drainage, watering to avoid splashing foliage and increasing…
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Join the Seedy Chat
Whether you are an experienced seed saver or just starting out, whether you are part of a local seed savers group or seed library or just saving seeds in your backyard, you are very welcome to join the conversation. This event will have a Q& A approach, helping you get the information you are looking…
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Seed Savers Online Forum: Connecting Seedy People Across Australia
Are you curious to learn more about seed saving? Do you have some tips and tricks and knowledge to share? A group of volunteers is building an online community for seed savers from across Australia to share knowledge and experiences, ask questions and give answers all about seeds and seed saving. It’s free to join…
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Seed Savers submission to the Capital Food and Fibre Strategy
Canberra Seed Savers Cooperative is a not-for-profit registered cooperative and network of local food growers and farmers who grow food from seed to seed (eating along the way) and harvest and share those locally grown seeds across our community. We work to protect our abundant, common heritage of open-pollinated food seeds. We are passionate about…
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Seedlings for Community
Every spring and autumn, volunteer seedling growers work together to grow seedlings from seed and materials provided by Canberra Seed Savers and to donate those seedlings to Canberrans in need or who would like to try growing food but may not have the means to buy seedlings. All seedlings are seasonally appropriate and locally grown…
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Growing Spring & Summer Seedlings
Spring and Summer are great times to grow food plants in Canberra. As the weather gets hotter, they need a bit more care and attention but it’s easy to do and your reward is yummy, super fresh herbs and veggies, sustainably grown by you! These are some of the plants which grow well in Canberra.…
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Seedlings for Community – join us in growing for our community
This season the fabulous volunteer growers at Canberra Seed Savers will once be growing seedlings to give away to those in need in our community! You can be part of it by contacting us at canberraseedsavers@gmail.com. We’ll be monitoring the Covid-19 situation and following all lockdown rules and public health advice. This may mean that…
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Autumnal Seed Saving
March and April is a popular time for seed saving – in Canberra we grow so many summer and autumn crops that, as the days shorten and the weather cools, get ready to end their annual life cycle once again. Nature’s beginning – and end – is seeds and herbaceous crops will be flowering and…
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Seed Savers Growing Community
Join us in growing lots of spring seedlings to give away to our fellow Canberrans who are having a hard time at the moment. Whether you can grow 20 extra beans or 100 extra tomatoes and a tray full of lettuce, you’re very welcome to join in on the Seed Savers Growing Community project. How…