This free event celebrates the upcoming gardening season and brings gardeners together to share seeds, garden stories, and resources. The swap is at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington in conjunction with the Exploring Human Origins exhibit.

- Bring your own non-GMO seeds to share and exchange, noon-3pm
- Workshops on Seed Saving with Mara Welton at 11:30am, Indigenous Vermont Agriculture with Fred Wiseman at 1pm, and Growing Food in Small Spaces with Julie Rubaud at 2:30pm
- Seed starting activities for kids hosted by Green Mountain Compost
- Tool lending program and gardening books for sale by Friends of the Fletcher Free Library
- Community garden plot sign-up with Burlington Parks Recreation & Waterfront
- Learn about heirloom seeds and order Ark of Taste vegetable starts with Slow Food Vermont

The 7th annual Burlington Seed Swap is presented by Vermont Community Garden Network in partnership with the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington Parks Recreation & Waterfront, Green Mountain Compost, Slow Food Vermont, and Red Wagon Plants. Donations appreciated to benefit the Community Teaching Garden scholarship fund. For more information, call 861-4769 and go to http://vcgn.org/seedswap-2017/#workshops for full workshop descriptions.

WHAT TO BRING: Your own saved seeds, extra purchased seeds, seeds brought back from another region or country. Please label with variety and date harvested. (No GMO seeds please.) If you don’t have seeds to share, consider bringing another garden-related item to swap (a garden book, extra tools, garden preserves, a snack). Donations are also welcome for the Community Teaching Garden scholarship fund.

HOW IT WORKS: All the seeds will be sorted into categories on tables. Participants add their seeds and select the seeds they want, putting them into provided envelopes. There will be a separate area for saved and special seeds (heirlooms, small quantities, unusual varieties, etc.) so that participants can talk to each other about the seed origins. There will also be extra seeds donated by High Mowing Seeds and Gardener’s Supply, so everyone will have seeds to bring home.

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