Seedy Saturday Lewes 3rd February 2024 Next event is 1st February 2025
Thank you to Lewes Town Council for their grant support
Come to Seedy Saturday Lewes to swap your saved seeds, listen to one of the expert talks, buy unusual perennials, heritage vegetable seeds or find out about the many community gardening projects in Lewes. You can learn how to sharpen garden tools with Peter May or join a willow plant support workshop with Christiane Gunzi. There will be children’s activities, music, and delicious hot food, teas, coffee and cakes. See below for booking details for talks and workshops.
This years talks were Hannah Fox “Propagation of Perennials”, Hannah is head of propagation at Marchants Hardy Plants in Laughton and raises all their plants from seeds and cuttings. Lesley Healey and Helen Sida “Wildlife Friendly Food Growing” talked about how to be both productive growing fruit and vegetables and protect and enhance the biodiversity on your veg plot.
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:
Seed Co-operative Community Seed Company
Gardening equipment and Bird Boxes
Christiane Gunzi. basket and plant support maker
Refurbished tools
Rusty plant supports
Tool sharpening is sometimes provided at The Repair Cafe or come along to next years Seedy Saturday.
