The Great American Seed Up!
An Incredible Hands-On Seed Saving Experience
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The 2018
Great American
Seed Up
Friday Eve & Saturday
September 21 & 22, 2018
$7.50 per person/per event
See 2017’s Seed List
We’re adding MORE seeds this year!
Friday Evening, Sept 21st – 5pm to 9pm!
Click HERE to Register for Friday
Doors open for seed buying at 5 pm, seed room open until 9 pm.
We will have a presentation of the movie “Modified”
Saturday Sept 22nd – 10am to 2pm!
Click HERE to Register for Saturday
Doors open for seed buying at 10 am and you can buy seeds till 2 pm.
Classes on Seed Saving, Container Gardening, and Seed Storage
at 11 am, 12 pm & 1 pm.
Uptown Farmers Market &
North Phoenix Baptist Church
Building B
5757 N Central, Phx 85012
Registration – $7.50 per person/per event
includes access to all seeds plus…
Friday Evening registration will include a presentation of the movie Modified.
Saturday registration includes in-person classes.
Both Friday & Saturday tickets include recorded versions of 3 seed classes!
This local seed saving festival centers on seed diversity and education
After the phenomenal success of our other Great American Seed Up events – farmers and gardeners across the Southwest will have another unique opportunity to collect, preserve and learn about local seeds once again. On September 21 & 22, 2018 the Great American Seed-Up will take place in Phoenix, Arizona at the Uptown Farmer’s Market which is held at North Phoenix Baptist Church. Here is how it works.
- Register for your choice of days
- Attend the event, take classes
- Scoop your seeds, experience the amazing energy!!!
Imagine walking into a room filled with over 60 varieties of climate appropriate seeds ready to literally be scooped up and taken home for planting or saving. This is exactly what the Great American Seed Up is all about. “The idea is to give valley residents and opportunity to learn about seed saving, and then to harvest as many pounds or ounces of seed to take home,” says Farmer Greg Peterson, Urban Farm Founder and local seed saver. We are partnering with the Uptown Phoenix Farmers Market and holding the event at North Phoenix Baptist Church. The event features a seed bazaar with bulk quantities of popular vegetable seed varieties available for purchase at bulk discounts.
Attendees are encouraged to buy and share the seeds with their neighborhood and community groups to spur local gardening and seed saving efforts. “We’re trying to get seeds in the hands of the people,” says Seed Up co-organizer Bill McDorman of Seedsave.org. “The more seed diversity we have growing in our neighborhood gardens and backyard plots, the more resilient we’ll be as a community. These seeds are the best varieties we can find in bulk to help you start your seed saving adventure.”
Also featured at the Seed Up will be presentations and workshops with seed experts to spread knowledge about traditional and modern seed saving practices. Discussion topics will include: how to save and store seeds, planting and starting seeds, how to start a seed library, how to properly store your new seeds and how to grow a garden using your new seeds. The Great American Seed Up is presented by Seedsave.org, The Urban Farm, The Micro Farm Project, and Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance.
Are children welcome? Click HERE to learn more.