19th Annual Old Timey Seed Swap
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Join us for a casual potluck gathering and seed swap April 2nd 2016 from 1pm-6pm.
With spring around the corner, we're excited to invite you to the 19th Annual Old Timey Seed Swap! Originally organized by the UGA Anthropology Department and Professor Dr. Bob Rhoades in 1998, this is a celebration of heirloom seeds, local food sources, traditional agriculture, and good conversation as folks share stories and swap seeds, plants, and bulbs. Why swap seeds? There are hundreds of varieties of heirloom seeds throughout the South with fascinating histories linked to families through generations of seed saving. Since the 1900's however, thousands of varieties of heirloom vegetables, flowers and fruit have disappeared. Once lost, these varieties can never be recovered —their important genes and a piece of American history are lost forever. Swapping seeds helps preserve the varieties that remain so they can be used for agriculture for years to come- help save them! So join us! Bring your heirloom seeds to swap, your questions or your gardening stories and knowledge, picnic blanket or chairs, musical instruments, or even a potluck dish to: Grove Creek Farm 10 Legacy Rd. Crawford, GA 30630. Potluck will be at 2pm this year. Q: What is an heirloom seed? |
If you're new to this, you don't have to have seeds to swap to come and learn, just bring more seeds the next year! Photos from Seed Swap 2014.
Interested in more information or becoming a vendor next year? Please contact Daniella Adams (organizer) at dani@grovecreekfarm.org or (706) 614-4293.
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For more information about heirloom seeds this is a good article
There are many sources online for heirloom seeds, if you don't happen to have one in your family history. These are just a few:
Seed Saver's Exchange
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
There are many sources online for heirloom seeds, if you don't happen to have one in your family history. These are just a few:
Seed Saver's Exchange
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
