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Need Seeds?CLICK for Seeds available & growing instructions. Look BELOW for the list of seed libraries, what they are offering, and hours of operation.
Planting GuideHere is a Planting Times Guide listing of what to plant each month of the year (in Spanish too).
Guidelines for Getting Seeds
Little Free Seed Libraries Arlington Market 6462 Arlington Blvd. 8 AM - 9 PM Daily
Joe's Market 95 W. Macdonald 7 AM-10 PM Daily
3911 Cutting Blvd. (located on S. 39th St. fence) Open 24/7
Easter Hill United Methodist Church
Happy Lot Farm and Garden 104 1st St. Open 24/7
Happy Lot Farm and Garden, 104 1st St.
The Latina Center
3701 Barrett Ave. (on fence 38th St.), Open 24/7
The Latina Center, 38th & Barrett Ave.
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Got Seeds?Help grow seed for the community. You can save something you are currently growing or we can provide the seed. No previous seed saving experience required. Become a Grow a Row Seed Steward!
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New to Gardening?Classes - Free, OnlineSeed Saving in a Time of CrisisMonday, Sept. 14 6-8 PM Register
FREE, online Zoom link will be emailed an hour before class Learn how to save seeds from common vegetables such as beans, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers. 94% of commercial varieties that were available 100 years ago are gone and the biodiversity that we have left will be stewarded by community members like you. Explore how seed saving can enrich your life, save you money, and preserve biodiversity. Help save heirlooms of the past and breed heirlooms of the future. Create more resilience in your life and community by saving seeds! 
Greenway Gardens 6th Street by Lincoln Elementary Open 24/7 (on fence)
North Richmond Farm 323 Brookside Dr, Open 24/7 (on fence)
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Envelopes - Grow Out Program
Return quality seed that is well labeled. Use our envelope labels (make a copy) or see if the variety you are growing already has a label pre-made on our Grow Out Program list.
NOTE: Some plants readily cross pollinate, such as sunflowers, corn, and brassicas. If you are saving seeds from these plants and did not cage or hand-pollinate them, write "Crossed?" on the packet.
NOTE: Some plants readily cross pollinate, such as sunflowers, corn, and brassicas. If you are saving seeds from these plants and did not cage or hand-pollinate them, write "Crossed?" on the packet.
Help Us Grow Local Seed
Our intention is to grow more local seed for the benefit of the community. We're focusing on preserving varieties that have cultural significance or are rare or unusual while increasing food security and local resilience. What can you do to help?
- Grow out seed - Never saved seeds before? We'll start you with "super easy" things you can save. Click on our Grow Out List plants and email us about what you'd like to grow. Pick ups of the seeds, seed saving instructions and return envelopes are at Richmond Grows.
- Join East Bay Local Seeds - We're a group of individuals, seed librarians, public librarians and nonprofits working together to vision and create a network of local seed to be shared through and among seed libraries. Email us to get info about our next meeting.
Face-Place-Story
Video about Richmond Grows' Co-Founder Rebecca Newburn's garden
