We hope you are enjoying the Spring so far! Our first two trainings took place in mid-March and were well appreciated by everyone who attended. Thank you to Charlotte Haworth who led the first training at Oasis Nature Garden in Stockwell. Charlotte has posted an online version of the training on her blog, so please check…Continue readingNext workshops Saturday 11th April and Saturday 25th April
Category: Skills & Training
We are pleased to announce our upcoming workshops for this spring. These workshops will provide you with the information necessary to start saving seed this year. We will cover choosing which varieties to save, considerations for avoiding cross-pollination, choosing which plants to select, and the practical aspects of saving seed from your plants. Growers and…Continue readingRe-skilling workshops – Spring 2015
Hello fellow seed savers, With spring nearly here we’re kicking into gear at the London Freedom Seed Bank ready for the new growing season. We have been carrying out germination tests on the seed that was donated back to the bank by our freedom seed savers at our festival last October, in preparation to redistribute…Continue readingTrainings to be announced and upcoming events
We have awakened to the realisation that we are losing something of great importance: As food growers and farmers we have lost our knowledge of how to save seed and our crop diversity … and we no longer hold the seed sacred! In Oct 2012 Vandana Shiva and the International Permaculture Network made a call…Continue readingWhat is the Freedom Seed Bank?