Seedy Saturday Lewes 7th February 2026.
10am to 3pm Lewes Town Hall, Fisher Street Entrance
What is Seedy Saturday Lewes? Its a one day event with a magnificent Seed Swap, seed potatoes and shallots for sale, talks and workshops, independent seed merchants, heritage seeds, children’s activities, reconditioned garden tools and metal plant supports, home baked cakes, and local produce lunch. Learn how to make a willow plant support or restore your rusty secateurs. Seedy Saturday Lewes is a CASH EVENT entrance fee is £2 for adults (children are free) come prepared with your coins!
Over a thousand visitors came to Seedy Saturday 2025 - take a look at the Seedy Saturday Lewes blog to find out how it went.
We are delighted to announce our speakers
10.30am Andrew Gaunt: “Future Gardening Challenges”. There are many changes, including climate, pests and diseases and prohibitions of movement, coming in the near future for gardens. Andrew will look at what they are and what they mean for the garden of the future. Andrew is a Plant Health and Seeds Inspector for DEFRA, joint chair of Sussex Plant Heritage Group and holds the national collection of ornamental gingers.
12.30pm Sarah Mayfield: "Planting for Moths”. Sarah is the award-winning creator of the Moonshadow Moth Garden and is a tutor at Plumpton College. She will be talking about day to night gardening and how to plant with the entire lifecycle of the moth in mind.
Marianne Angeloni-van Niekerken of Crafty Basketry will be teaching Willow Weaving Workshops at 10:00 to 12:00 or at 13:00 to 15:00. £50 each. Pre-booking is essential directly with Crafty Basketry
Choose to make either an obelisks or a cloche in either the morning or afternoon session. Marianne will also be teaching how to use willow weaving techniques in the garden and how to maintain your structures so as to keep enjoying them for years to come. Contact Marianne to book or for more information.
Peter May will be demonstrating how to care for and sharpen garden tools (bring your secateurs and have a go) at 11am and 1.30pm.
We are very grateful to the seed companies that have sent or are offering donations of seeds for the Big Lewes Seed Swap including Plant World Seeds, Marshall Garden, Tamar Organic Seeds, Real Seeds and our local Goldcliffe Garden Centre.
If you would like to help volunteer at this event, see contact button below.
This is a CASH EVENT entrance fee is £2 for adults (children are free) come prepared with your coins!
Saving seeds for Seedy Saturday Lewes 2026? please ensure they are packaged in small amounts and clearly labelled with the type or variety, location, and the collection date.
Thank you to all our volunteers, stallholders and visitors without whom Seedy Saturday Lewes could not take place.
Thank you to Lewes Town Council for their many years of grant support
Why we need to save and swap seeds
What is there at Seedy Saturday Lewes?
Watch previous expert talks given at Seedy Saturday. Thanks to Tony Dowmunt for filming and editing the films.
How to save your seeds
Read our seed saving tips, package and label your saved seeds marking with type, variety and date harvested.
Contact us to borrow the DVD 'Seed to Seed', short films on producing and saving seeds.
Helpful Gardening Tips:
Stewart Boyle on Growing Trees from Seeds .
Heritage and Organic Seed Suppliers:
Garden Organic Heritage Seed Library
Gardening equipment and Bird Boxes
Refurbished tools
Rusty plant supports
Tool sharpening is sometimes provided at The Repair Cafe or come along to next years Seedy Saturday.
