Plant swap
Bring a plant, and get a different one in return. Bring two…get two. Any plant not chosen in a swap will then be available to other attendees. See complete instructions here.
Presentation by Cathy Christie, KASSI
“Be a Local Hero: Learn How to Grow, Save and Share Local Seeds”
“Our seeds are disappearing.
When seed varieties vanish from the marketplace, they evaporate not only from collective memory but also from the evolutionary story of the earth. Seeds are more like Bengal tigers than vinyl records, which can simply be remanufactured. Once gone, seeds cannot be resurrected.
Goodbye, cool seeds. Goodbye, history of civilization. Goodbye, food.
A seed makes itself. A seed doesn’t need a geneticist or hybridist or publicist or matchmaker. But it needs help. Sometimes it needs a moth or a wasp or a gust of wind. Sometimes it needs a farm and it needs a farmer. It needs a garden and a gardener.
It needs you.”*
Join us for an interactive hands-on session to learn how you can help build local climate-resilient, sustainable food systems by growing, saving and sharing local seeds.
Bring your own seeds to share and swap. Seeds – (including lots of tomato seeds) from the KASSI Living Seed Commons will be available by donation.
We look forward to seeing you there!
* (from The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food by Janisse Ray)
LOCATION
Our in-person Member’s Meetings are held at:
205 Resource Road
Kingston, ON K7P 0K1
The location is fully accessible with ample free parking, and our meeting room is located on the ground floor.
Our Gardening Kingston banner will be located in the hallway outside of the meeting room, but hotel staff at reception will also be able to direct you.
Click on the map image below to link to the Google Map and a more detailed view of the surroundings.
Gardening Kingston 