The Seed Library at Woodbury Public Library is a collection of seed packets and growing instructions designed to encourage people to plant, save, and share seeds.

Our seed library is about…

• Encouraging our community to dig in and garden.
• Reconnecting our community to the traditions of growing tasty, healthy food.
• Reconnecting our community to the outdoors and wildlife.
• Educating our community about growing, harvesting, and saving seeds.
• Creating a community-sustained seed collection at our Library.
• Providing information, instruction and education about sustainable gardening.

How it works:

• You must have a library card from a library in Gloucester County to participate.
• Seeds are “checked out” from the library with the understanding that you will grow the seeds.
• We hope that you will save seeds from the plants, and return a similar package of seeds to the library at the end of the growing season.  Alternatively, you may donate some produce to your  local food bank (see below for a list).
• There is no fine if the seeds are not returned.

Seeds Currently Available for Checkout:

• Beans Hidatsa Shield Figure (dried)
• Eggplant Violetta Lunga
• Sweet  Basil
• Asian Greens Chinese Broccoli
• Rutabaga Gilfeathers
• Pumpkin Tan Cheese
• Pumpkin Seminole
• Winter Squash Sibley
• Tomato Red Fig
• Tomato Earliana
• Tomato Principe Borghese

  *NEW FOR 2017*

• Blauwe Groninger Kale
• Nanticoke Squash
• Maule’s Philadelphia Butter Lettuce
• Belleville Sorrel
• Carrot Calliope Blend Seeds
• Dragon Carrots

Documents to help you get started:

• Seed Library Application: Fill in this brief form and return it to the Library to make your seed request.
• Planning a Garden: This is for the gardener who is just starting out. It’s an overview of how to plan a garden, how to start seeds, a planting chart, and how to plan a harvest.  Seed and plant sources are included in this document.
• How to Save Seeds:  This document covers the seed-saving process. If you’re an established gardener, this will help you along your seed-saving journey.
• Garden Journal: This document can function as a traditional journal that you print out and write, or you can use the fill-in-form function built into the file. There are instructions in the document on how to use it as a form. If you choose to use the form function, you can submit your journal to the Library Seed Bank project which is collecting local gardening information for public reference and historic record-keeping.  There is an email link in the document if you choose to submit it. Please stop the library, check out some seeds, and browse our collection of gardening and seed-saving books. If you have any questions, please contact the library!

 Food Banks:

Brought to you by:

www.libraryseedbank.info