SEEDS is a non-profit community garden whose goal is to teach people to care for the earth, themselves and each other through a variety of garden-based programs.  To learn more about what we do, click on the link to any of our programs listed at left.

7th ANNUAL SEEDS HARVEST DINNER

SAVE THE DATE for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH 6:00 PM
at Bay 7 American Tobacco

SIGN UP TODAY FOR SEEDS FALL WORKSHOPS

Four Kitchen Gardens for Fall: Classes taught by Frank Hyman

Fall Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs and Perennial Vegetables Gardening Classes Taught by Frank Hyman and hosted by SEEDS. One hour of slideshow with a handout followed by one hour of Q&A in the SEEDS garden. $15-$25 sliding scale. Cash or check only, payable to SEEDS.

Pre-registration requested by emailing - Frank Hyman HERE

To learn more about Frank, visit www.frankhyman.com.

Check out his instruction video here

Classes listed below will be held at: SEEDS Office 706 Gilbert St.
Durham, NC 27701. 919-683-1197

Sat., September 18, 2:30-4:30 pm - Growing Tree Fruits & Berries

Even a small garden can produce fresh, juicy fruits and berries. Sat., September 25, 2:30-4:30 pm Growing Asparagus, Artichoke, Rhubarb and Other Perennial Vegetables Learn about delicious vegetables that don’t need to be replanted every year.

Sat., October 9, 2:30-4:30 pm - Growing Herbs for Beauty, Fragrance, Flavor (and Deer Resistance!)

Kitchen herbs are drought-hardy, evergreen, fragrant and deer don’t like them.

Planting SEEDS: A garden for inner-city youth

Planting SEEDS: A Garden for Inner-City Youth, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University

Watch Me Grow. Center for Documentary Studies, Duke Univeristy

Community Gardening Tip!!!: Do you want to see your plants boost in their yield? Try blanketing the soil surrounding your garden plants with a layer of leaf mulch. About 2-3 inches will do. It helps retain soil moisture, prevent weeds from sprouting and it insulates the soil, cooling the soil on hot days. With less moisture loss you can speed plant growth. Leaf mulching will also attract earthworms and builds good crumbly soil texture. Rooted in Community (RIC) is a national grassroots network that empowers young people to take leadership in their own communities. We are a diverse movement of youth and adults working together and committed to fostering healthy communities and food justice through urban and rural agriculture, community gardening, food security, and related environmental justice work. Every year, RIC youth and adults from across the country get together for an annual conference to share our work with each other.

SEEDS could plant an orchard for the hungry, the community and the youth! All you have to do is VOTE at communitiestakeroot.com

You can VOTE one time each day! and every day! until the voting ends on August 31!

Edys Fruit Bars and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation will donate an orchard to organizations with the most votes each month from now until August 31!

So add it to your daily routine…
Wake up…brush teeth…and VOTE for SEEDS!!!   

VOTE at communitiestakeroot.com
                     

Visit the DIG youth every Saturday at the

  Durham Farmers Market and shop for produce, flowers and herbs grown without chemicals..  

Hours: 8 am - 12 noon.

Directions to the Durham Farmers Market.  

 For questions about any of our events or programs contact us at   

683-1197 or info@seedsnc.org

SEEDS ~ 706 Gilbert Street ~ Durham, NC ~ 27701

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Our mission: SEEDS educates youth and adults through gardening, growing food and cultivating respect for life, for earth and for each other!

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