Description

Until relatively recently seed saving was an integral part of every gardener’s growing calendar. Rediscover this forgotten skill and open up the fascinating world of seed with our Seed Saving Seed Collection. Also makes an ideal gift for a keen gardener or for teaching children about pollination in a hands on way.

Contains everything you to start seed saving:

Contents

Seed Saving Supplies:

• Detailed cultivation and seed saving notes (preview them here)
• A copy of our ‘Quick Guide to Seed Saving’
• Marking Wool
• Isolation Bags
• Seed Packets
• Plant Labels
• Permanent Marker

Seeds:

• Lettuce: May Queen
• Sweetcorn: Golden Bantam
• Tomato: Golden Sunrise
• Winter Squash: Uchiki Kuri

We’ve put this collection together to accompany our Seed Saving & Sowing workshops at Sawston Village College and we hope some of you will join us there. The accompanying notes and Quick Guide to Seed Saving provide everything you need to get started though, as well as links to further information. You can also grow along with us online by following us on Facebook or Instagram, where we’d love to see how you get on too. Happy seed saving from Ross & Sarah at The Garden Gate!

The Seeds

The varieties in this collection are all open pollinated heirloom varieties suitable for seed saving and have been carefully selected by us to demonstrate different aspects of pollination and seed saving.

The Equipment

Included with the seeds are some essential seed saving supplies to get you started: labels and pen (when seed saving it’s especially important to keep track of which varieties have been sown and where), red wool (for marking which plants or fruits you’ve selected for seed saving), pollination bags (for preventing unwanted cross pollination) and seed packets (for storing all your saved seed!).