Donate seeds

Instructions

This section provides instructions, printable labels, forms and additional information to donate native seeds seeds and plants.

You can check our YouTube channel to find tips to help you harvest and donate seeds. You can also watch this video by Tall Prairie Center on the Basics of Seed Collecting.

VASCAN is the reference used to determine whether a species is native or not.

You can watch this video by Sundaura Alford-Purvis to learn how to navigate VASCAN.

instructions

seed envelope labels and DONATION FORM

If you prefer to buy seed envelopes, you can buy the smallest size you can find (typically coin size n.1)
Print and put the appropriate labels (you can also handwrite the information)
Download and fill in this form and submit it to the Library before or during the Seed Exchange Event (you can also submit a hand written form)

Have questions? Please contact us

additional resources

Get an overview of the process of collecting, storing and growing native plants by watching:

Tim Alamenciak
Bob Wildfong (Seeds of Diversity)
Paul Heydon

You can also read Simple Protocols for Collecting Wild Plants Native to Northeastern Canada, Brittany Rantala-Sykes and Daniel Campbell.