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USA: Seed Savers Exchange - http://www.seedsavers.org/
SSE is saving heirloom garden seeds from extinction that gardeners and farmers brought to North America when their families immigrated, as well as traditional varieties grown by Native Americans, Mennonites and Amish. Information, links and catalogues on website. |
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UK: Plants for a Future - http://www.pfaf.org/
A resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have edible, medicinal or other uses. Details of sites in SW England. Comprehensive search engine for UK and US databases. |
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Mexico / USA: Native Seeds/SEARCH - http://www.nativeseeds.org/
Site records work of NS/S to conserve, distribute and document the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seed, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of the American Southwestern and northwest Mexico. Project reports, seeds for sharing and links included. |
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Ireland: Irish Seed Savers Association - http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/
A voluntary organisation dedicated to the location and preservation of traditional varieties of grains, fruits and vegetables. Site has current seed lists and project information. |
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Australia: The Seed Savers Network - http://www.seedsavers.net/
Promoting and organising the preservation, free distribution and exchange of open-pollinated seeds. |
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Canada: Seeds of Diversity - http://www.seeds.ca/
Canada's Heritage Seed Program - a non-profit group of gardeners who save seeds from rare and unusual garden plants for the purpose of preserving varieties in a living gene bank |
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USA: Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - http://www.southernexposure.com/
Workshops, information and links about heirloom and other open-pollinated vegetables that grow well in the southeastern U.S. |
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UK: Garden Organic Heritage Seed Library - http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl/
Details of UK's premier organic vegetable seed bank that aims to conserve and make available vegetable varieties that have been dropped from popular seed catalogues as well as some landraces and a large number of family heirloom varieties that have never been in a catalogue. 800 accessions of open-pollinated varieties are maintained on site and by 'Seed Guardians' and about 40,000 seed packets are made available to members each year. |
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Worldwide: International Seed Saving Institute - http://www.seedsave.org/
Free online seed saving instructions. ISSI is dedicated to seed-saving education and self-reliance for peoples world-wide. Also offers O.P. seeds. |
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Worldwide: Seedsaving and Seedsavers' Resources - http://homepage.eircom.net/~merlyn/seedsaving.html
Comprehensive directory of web resources on seed saving - includes a section on books on seedsaving |
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USA: The Victory Horticultural Portal - http://www.saveseeds.org
an Oregon-based not-for-profit site dedicated to preserving rare seed varieties along with our collective horticultural heritage. Features include historical information and a forum for fostering community. |
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USA: Native Seed Network - http://www.nativeseednetwork.org/
Site covers much of the wild and domesticated flora of utility to humans, and their ecosystems,in the USA. Many links to sister sites of importance. Seed exchange facilitated through site. |
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USA: Southern Heirloom Seeds and Memories - http://www.uga.edu/~ebl/southernheirloom/
Website describes activities at University of Georgia that conserve the legacy of seeds and knowledge unique to the ethnic groups (inc. Vietnamese) and bioregions of the southern United States. Seed swap information posted. |
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USA: Garden State Heirloom Seed Society - http://www.historyyoucaneat.org/
Articles, events and historical seed catalogues for New Jersey gardeners, farmers and avocational historians. GSHSS works with living history farms, sites and museums providing seeds appropriate for the era they portray. |
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New Zealand: Koanga Institute - http://www.koanga.org.nz/
Details about its practical and educational work to establish and maintain a collection of New Zealand Heirloom plants (along with records of their history and culture) to ensure their survival and availability for future generations both as a resource for cultivation and genetic diversity. |
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France: Kokopelli Seed Foundation - http://www.kokopelli-seed-foundation.com
Protects planetary biodiversity and production of organic seeds. Mission, history, and related links. |
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Canada: Comox Valley Growers & Seed Savers - http://www.cvseeds.bc.ca/
Information about events, seed saving workshops and other activities of British Columbia-based organisation that organises "Seedy Saturdays" for seed exchanges. |
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Worldwide: Seed Exchanges - Swapping Seeds with Like Minded Gardeners - http://gardening.about.com/od/gardenprimer/a/SeedSwap.htm
About.com collection of sites on seed saving. Links to several key seed swap resources. |
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Aotearoa New Zealand: Seed Savers (SSANZ) - http://www.seedsavers.org.nz/
Established to facilitate and share information and seeds between regional seed saving groups which maintain and strengthen the agricultural biodiversity of open pollinated, non-genetically engineered plant varieties in New Zealand |
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WorldWide: World Hunger Year - Spotlight on Seed Saving - http://www.worldhungeryear.org/comm_conn/ria_seeds.asp
This page links to 12 of the most effective seed saving efforts around the world. It is part of World Hunger Year's program to identify organizations which create self-reliance, economic justice and food security. |