Enthusiastic gardeners just do not seem to be able to help themselves: they typically end up with an abundance of seeds. People will buy seeds packets that contain 50 – 500 seeds whereas they rarely need more than a few plants to satisfy their needs. Since seeds stay viable only a few years at best, what is a gardener to do? What about those people who do indeed just want to try a few seeds of a particular vegetable or flower? Or what about those people who would love to garden but do not have the money to purchase seeds?
This why the Kent County Public Library and the Master Gardeners of the University of Maryland Extension are organizing the 2st Annual Seed Swap. The Master Gardeners have received generous donations of seeds from Kingstown Farm, Home and Garden as well as Walmart. There will be more than enough seeds to share! In other words, you do NOT need to donate seeds in order to receive seeds. However, if you do have surplus seeds, you are encouraged to bring them! Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions about seed starting as well as gardening in general. Children’s activities are provided as well.
The event will take place on the library in Chestertown, on Saturday March 19 from 11am until 1pm. The event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact Sabine Harvey, [email protected]
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