Seed Saving

Saturday 24th July 2010, 10am til 4pm

By Harvest Brighton & Hove

Seed Saving Workshop

All food growers should be seed savers! This course will explain why it is important to save your own seeds, and will be covering in detail all the practical steps needed to go successfully from seed to seed. Whitehawk Community Food Project maintains the largest seed collection in Brighton of over 100 varieties of vegetables. The course will cover when and how to collect seeds, how to plan ahead to save seeds, which crops are easy to save, and which good varieties to look out for. Participants are welcome to bring seed to share and swap and there will be seeds available to take home afterwards.

What you will need on the day:

This course will be taught outdoors so please dress warmly and wear waterproof shoes and jackets. All tools and materials will be provided by the trainers. There are toilet facilities on site. Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided.

Trainers: Whitehawk Community Food Project

Fees: £25 (discounts available)

for more details visit www.harvest-bh.org.uk/news/125-save-money-save-seeds