On a bright and unseasonably dry October day, the London Freedom Seed Bank (LFSB) celebrated its’ 10th Birthday at the Garden of Earthly Delights in Hackney. We would like to extend a special thank you to the Garden of Earthly Delights community, our network and everyone else who made the event as incredible as it…Continue readingLFSB 10th Birthday Party
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Seeking new steering group members
We are looking for new members to join the London Freedom Seed Bank Steering Group! The London Freedom Seed Bank (LFSB) is a grassroots, volunteer-led network of food growers and gardeners dedicated to saving, storing and distributing open-pollinated seed in London. Together we are building and stewarding a collection of over 170 London-grown primarily vegetable…Continue readingSeeking new steering group members
Richard Galpin reports on some of the new varieties available for the first time through the London Freedom Seed Bank. We reported in the Autumn that it had been a difficult year for our network of growers, and that we were anxious to see how seed stocks would be affected. As seed continued to arrive…Continue readingSeed Requests Open for the 2022 Growing Season
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London Seed Harvest 2021
London Seed Harvest 2021. By Richard Galpin. An Uncertain Year. As temperatures drop and autumn arrives, our network of London seed savers spend less time sowing, growing and harvesting crops, and more time drying, cleaning and storing seed. The 2021 seed harvest looks to be a very uncertain one. We’ve had reports from growers across…Continue readingLondon Seed Harvest 2021