By all accounts, it is primed to be a huge year for home-grown veg in the UK. Seed producers and seed banks alike have been overwhelmed with demand as many Brits set up shop on balconies and gardens, facing up to the reality of a long summer of likely lockdown. The LFSB also experienced a…Continue readingResponding to these tricky times
Dear Friends, Imbolc is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring, usually celebrated half-way between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, or on the 1st February. It honours the lengthening days and the return of warmth, as the soils begin to thaw and the daffodils show their heads. As we move from the…Continue readingFebruary Newsletter
As the coldest days of the year are supposedly still ahead, it is difficult to picture lush gardens and long sunny days just yet. But now is the time to get going if you want to get ahead of the curb on the growing front. Even more so if you are giving seed saving a…Continue readingSeed Sowing for Seed Saving – Top Tips for February by Julie RiehlÂ
Caring for a Community Seed Bank Day of Learning @Walworth Gardens (17.11.19, 10:30-4:30) by Sophia Doyle On Sunday the 17th November London Freedom Seedbank and friends came together at the beautiful Walworth Gardens for a Day of Learning about how to create and care for your own community seed collection. A round of introductions revealed…Continue readingReview of our recent Community Seed Bank training day
