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Sunday, March 10th; Fifth Annual LI Regional Seed Consortium Swap!
March 10, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sponsored by Suffolk County Community College’s Eastern Campus Office of Student Activities, this is the largest Seed Swap on Long Island, attracting several hundred people and has been billed by some as the “Woodstock for seed savers, gardeners and local farmers. The popular program teaches gardeners the best 
ways to collect seeds, and offers an opportunity to swap seeds with all attendees.
ways to collect seeds, and offers an opportunity to swap seeds with all attendees. There will be a panel discussion on why and how we save seeds at 11- 12 noon. The swap meet will follow at 12 to 2 pm. A Farmers Market, featuring locally produced seed and other seasonal products and a display area for related environmental non profit organizations to set up their displays in the cafeteria, between 10 am and 3 pm.
Gardeners are invited to bring packets of seed or leftover seeds to share and swap with others looking for seeds to plant this spring at the general swapping tables. There will be a special area set aside for more experienced seed savers who collect seed from their garden heirlooms and rare varieties to share. This area is typically a noisy venue where containers of seed are divided up into small packets and cultural information and seed histories are discussed. In the last few decades, thousands of varieties of garden vegetables, grains and flowers have been lost. Seed swaps and exchanges help to prevent this kind of loss.
Specialists will be on hand to answer questions on how to save seeds, how to start plants from seeds and general gardening questions.
Admission to the Seed Swap is free although we encourage you to bring one of more full or partly full seed packets for the general swapping tables.
