Our Mission
Our mission is to create a culture of learning, sharing, and community through sustainable seed saving that reclaims seeds as a public resource, encourages biodiversity as an alternative to transgenic modified seeds, fosters self-reliance over dependence upon large food producers, increases food security, promotes a healthy diet and develops seed adapted to thrive in the soils and climate of our region.
WSU Seed Library is Offering Remote Services!
Over 250 Members in the Seed Library! Anyone can become a member of this program. Borrow, Grow, Return.
The WSU Office is closed to the public at this time. However, the WSU Seed Library is offering our community seed inventory to Members remotely! We encourage gardeners to borrow seeds, grow plants, and return the seeds you save at the end of the season.
The process of becoming a Member is simple:
- Check the available seed list (below).
- Fill out the form below to email us your requests for up to 3 seed packets.
- Select your seed delivery option
- This form will serve as your Member Form for you which will include a preferred form of contact. This will remain completely confidential.
A couple of things to remember: 1) although these seeds are free and come from community-saved seeds, it’s important to support our professional seed companies and local nurseries; and 2) you can donate excess produce to your local Food Bank.
Thank you for doing your part to support community food resilience.
Karen Seabrook
Seed Library Inventory
Inventory changes seasonally
Seeds Available: March – May*
List of available seed is coming soon!
Sow Outdoors | Sow Indoors to Transplant |
Arugula | Broccoli raab |
Asian greens | Broccoli head |
Beet | Brussel Sprouts |
Mustard | Cabbage Red |
Mescluns | Collards |
Peas Sugar | Eggplant |
Peas Snap | Kale red, Nero Toscana |
Peas Shelling | Lettuce |
Turnips | Peppers Early Jalapeno |
Peppers Healthy Speciality Sweet | |
Herbs | Peppers Habanero |
Cilantro | Tomotoes Cherry |
Parsley | Tomato Early Slicer |
Tomato Paste | |
Flowers | |
Nasturtiums | |
Phacelia Mammoth (5ft tall) | |
Phacelia (18 in. tall) | |
*Some plants, like lettuce and radishes, can be replanted every 2-4 weeks, for a continuous harvest.
*Consult the VEGETABLE PLANTING GUIDES to decide whether to start plants indoors or direct sow into your garden
EM057E Home Vegetable Gardening in WA, pages 13 – 14
West Coast Seed Regional Planting Charts for B.C. Canada (choose coastal chart for conditions most similar to the Olympic Peninsula)
Please note that these guides have been developed for large geographical regions and the direct sow and transplant months may vary depending on your location. In fact, most gardens have their own microclimates. To determine your microclimate, check out this WSU publication:
For more information about seed saving:
WSU Saving Seeds, Seed Saving Chart,
http://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/
To access WSU large catalog of free gardening publications, click here: https://pubs.wsu.edu
Events 2021
Online education opportunities will be listed on the WSU Extension Calendar:
Seed Library on JC Library Book Mobile ~ Starts March 1st, 2021
last full week of every month, March-September.
To view the recording, please click HERE
“With the seed vendors scrambling again this year to provide enough seeds for your garden the WSU Seed Library is offering a project aimed at teaching the backyard gardener how to save seeds from their favorite crops thereby increasing their resiliency. This is a hands-on learning project to teach the practical applications of preserving genetic diversity and maintaining your favorite seed varieties. The Seed Library will provide the seeds: two locally developed varieties, a sweet corn developed at Sunfield Farm by Ezra Sullivan and a black bush shelling bean from Oatsplanter Farm. You grow the plants, harvest some for eating and save seeds from the best plants. Please join us for a Q/A after the lecture with Katie Miller, a professional seed developer and educator from Organic Seed Alliance.”




