S.P.R.OUT Seed Library,  Seed & Plant Resource OUTreach

Sprout is a non-profit community based Seed and Plant Resource OUTreach and Library in West Marin.  The SPROUT Seed Library provides seeds and plants to gardeners who in-turn grow-out select plants for seed and return some to the library for others to borrow.           Our goal is to nurture gardeners as earth tenders with uniquely suited plants for our bioregion while supporting genetic diversity and community sovereignty.

SPROUT es una organizacion sin lucro ubicado en la comunidad de West Marin.  Es una biblioteca y recurso de plantas y semillas para jardineros, ellos cultivan las plantas y despues devolver una porcion de las semillas a la biblioteca para el uso de otros.      Nuestra meta es crear jardineros quienes son guardianes de la tierra, cultivando plantas bien adaptados a nuestra bioregion y fomentar diversidad genetica y en la comunidad.

The SPROUT Seed Library,  is a community resource that provides open pollinated, pesticide and genetically engineered free seeds for members to 'borrow,' plant, select plants that display desired qualities, grow those plants out for seed and return some seeds to the seed library for others to borrow. Our seed collection focuses on vegetables, flowers, herbs and medicinal plants. We strive to cultivate plants that are uniquely suited to the coastal influenced garden~ welcoming the entire Bay Area and beyond. As our membership grows, so do our plant and seed resources available for lending. We offer our entire collection for borrow~ select your choice seeds in quantity that you will plant~ we ask you commit to grow-out one variety for seed.

_ For example, you are new to seed saving yet have a garden and borrow broccoli, chard, beets, squash, tomatoes, corn and several varieties of legume seeds.  You note on the easy seed saving list that tomatoes and legumes are self-pollinated, which makes them a good selection for easy seed saving. You attend a SPROUT seed saving class~ learn the basics for seed saving and watch your garden grow. Come harvest time you note the plants of the delicious romano beans you selected for saving and skip over the chosen plants returning when the pods are dry to harvest you seeds for processing and return some to the library for others to borrow. (along with your descriptor list~ telling us about you and your plants journey that season)

 

 

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