Imbolc – Gathering with Seeds
Friday 10th February 3-5pm at The Salisbury Centre, free (please book through Eventbrite)
Join the Salisbury Centre Seed Library and Edinburgh Seed Network for a creative Imbolc celebration of learning and gathering with seeds! More details here
Workshop: Growing and Seed Saving in Small Spaces
Saturday 11th March 11:00-1:30pm at The Salisbury Centre, free (please book through Eventbrite)
A hands-on beginner’s workshop on growing and seed saving in small urban spaces. Want to learn how to grow from seed to seed but don’t own your own garden or land? This is a practical workshop that focuses on what we can grow in pots and containers, on window sills, in a raised bed or a community garden. More details here
Salisbury Centre Seed Library – Field Day
Friday 17th March 2:30-5pm at The Salisbury Centre, free (please book through Eventbrite)
Join our small team of budding community seed savers as we prepare for the coming growing season. This is a relaxed, hands-on and learning-by-doing session that involves different tasks and learning opportunities including some garden planning, weeding, preparing raised beds, building seed cages out of wood, wire and netting, and sowing some seeds. We will also have plenty of opportunities to discuss any questions or reflections around urban growing and seed saving.
More details here
Ongoing
Seed Swap Boxes
There are a number of pop-up seed swap boxes throughout the city organised by various community groups. These are featured on our map.
(Image courtesy of Northfield Community Growing Group
Past Events
You can also find out about what’s happened at past events in our Event Headlines.
Workshop: How to Grow for Seed Saving
Friday 25th March 2-5pm at The Salisbury Centre, free (please book through Eventbrite)
An introductory interactive workshop on how to get started with urban seedsaving, growing from seed to seed. From controlling cross-pollination, knowing how many plants to grow to get healthy seeds, and choosing what to plant where, learn with experienced seed saver Hannah Brazil. More details here
‘Sowing Seeds of Community’ – Spring Equinox celebration
Saturday 19th March 12-6pm at The Salisbury Centre, free
Join the Edinburgh Seed Network at the Salisbury Centre to celebrate the spring equinox, the official launch of our free community seed library and to creatively explore all things seed related. This season is all about ‘Sowing Seeds’…..out in the garden but also sowing care, resilience, ideas, actions and (new) connections. Amongst the many offerings there will be a seed swap, so bring any open-pollinated seeds you’d like to share!
More details here
Seedlibrary Storytelling Evening – Crack a Story: Plant a Seed
4th December 2:50-5pm at The Salisbury Centre, free (please book through Eventbrite)
The second evening in our ‘seedy’ storytelling series with herbal storyteller Amanda Edmiston (Botanica fabula). Amanda will share some stories with us and we will explore feeling into and writing our own stories related to a particular plant and its seeds and think about how to pass them on and share them with others. There will also be space for a crack – the scotish word for a conversation – to discuss, ask questions, and explore the deeper meanings of these stories and how they speak to us and our world today. More details here
Seedlibrary Storytelling Evening – Crack a Story: Plant a Seed
13th November 2:50-5pm at The Salisbury Centre, free (please book through Eventbrite)
As COP26 comes to an end, join us for a reflective and inspiring evening around the fire. We will be discussing and creatively exploring human-nature relationships and the role of seeds through stories and folklore told by the wonderful herbal storyteller Amanda Edmiston (Botanica fabula). More details here
Workshop: Introduction to Community Seed Saving
18th September 1-4pm at The Salisbury Centre, free (please book through Eventbrite)
Join us at the Salisbury Centre Seed Library Project for a hands-on introductory seed saving workshop in the thriving food and wildflower garden at the Salisbury Centre. We will practically explore various seed-saving techniques and how to store different types of seed. As well as adding to the Centre seed library, we will also discuss creative ways to start saving and sharing seeds in your own community! More details here
Edinburgh Climate Festival 2021
14th August 12-7pm at Leith Links East, Salisbury Centre stand, free
The Edinburgh Climate Festival 2021 is a free, family friendly & community-led marketplace event. It aims at celebrating and inspiring climate action and sustainability through community involvement. Featuring performances, stalls, kids’ and adults’ activities and more, this is not to be missed!
More details here
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Workshop: Seed Sharing & Seed Swap
5th June 2-4pm at The Salisbury Centre, free (please book through Eventbrite)
Join us at the site of our first community seed library – the recently founded Salisbury Centre Seed Library Project – for a workshop exploring community seed sharing, seed circles and a seed swap! More details here
Edinburgh Seed Network Open Meeting
7th May 6-7pm online, free (please book through Eventbrite)
The Beltane edition of our Open Meeting to give everyone an opportunity to meet each other and share projects and ideas with others in the network. The event will be held on Zoom and everyone is welcome.
17th April 11.30am-4pm at Leith Walk Police Box
Free seeds and seedlings to give away or exchange, making a pallet planter with Edinburgh Tool Library, advice on how to grow a garden anywhere from the volunteers who transformed Leith Walk Police Box garden during lockdown. More information at the Facebook Event.
15th April 6-8pm online, free
An online seed exchange open to all. Edinburgh Seed Network, Permaculture Community Classroom and Leith Community Croft. See Facebook event for Zoom joining details.
Edinburgh Seed Network Open Meeting
2nd April 6-7pm online, free (please book through Eventbrite)
We’re running our first online event as Edinburgh Seed Network to give everyone an opportunity to hear more about the idea behind the network, meet each other, and share ideas about what you want to see happen next. The event will be held on Zoom and everyone is welcome. Please book through Eventbrite.
Workshop: How to Grow for Seed Saving
4th March 6-8pm online, free
Interactive workshop about growing for seed facilitated by experienced seed saver Hannah Brazil. This workshop is part of The Salisbury Centre’s Living Lighter Project. Find out more and book a place on the Salisbury Centre website.
If you are running or know about an event that could be useful for seed savers in Edinburgh that you would like to see here, please let us know using the form below.
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