Across the Upstate, public libraries are working to give residents a new way to access seeds for their gardens. Seed libraries offer library patrons the chance to receive free seed packets to grow ...

What Are Seed Libraries and How Do They Work? The invention of the seed library was a community-driven response to challenges around food, poverty, health and wellness, and sustainability. Seed ...

Seed libraries, where libraries and other public spaces stock planting seeds for people to “borrow,” are becoming increasingly popular. They contain seeds like cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs and squash.

Among the study tables and the stacks of books and the periodical reading rooms, at public libraries from North Berwick to Milbridge to Bangor, seeds have suddenly taken root in the catalog — often ...

Seed libraries continue to grow in popularity as gardeners learn the fun, cost savings and unique seeds they offer. The concept of “borrowing” seeds from a library and returning seeds later, harvested ...

The Lorain Public Library System participated in a seed libraries program last year in coordination with the Cleveland Seed Bank. The program was such a success that the Lorain Public Library System ...

With last summer’s memories of growing Chinese long beans the length of her arms, Khadija Mason trekked back to the place where she’s gotten plenty of free seeds — the Uniondale Public Library. “It’s ...

LIVINGSTON — You could say that seed libraries are sprouting up all over. And the Livingston-Park County Public Library has joined this blossoming trend. Outreach Services Librarian Suzanne "Suzi" ...

Check it out: Seed libraries are sprouting up all over Southern California. The intent is to promote gardening and to “plant-it-forward” by preserving seeds either native to Southern California or ...

Growing a vegetable or pollinator garden is a popular hobby these days, and fall is the right time of year to start. The East Baton Rouge Parish Library is here to help — 10 of the 15 library branches ...

Looking to get into gardening this spring? The local library has you covered. The Livonia and Westland public libraries are both opening seed libraries this spring, and Redford Township's library ...