Seeds Libraries Movement

Have a seed library or interested in starting one? Check out Seed Libraries, a national organization to support existing and emerging seed libraries, and join our social network. We also have a downloadable "seed library toolkit" on the website. If you have opened a seed library, please take a moment to fill in our Seed Library Survey or email us at richmondgrows@gmail.com and let us know the name of your library, location (ex. public library), town or area served, state and the name of a contact person and your email. Please "Like" Seed Libraries on Facebook. There is also a University Seed Libraries Association on Facebook and Seed Library Locator map. There are also downloadable plans and instructions for a portable Share Seeds station from Eating in Public, a group based in Hawaii.

Sister Seed Lending Libraries

California
Alameda Free Library (Green Minds, Green Thumbs) - The City of Alameda 
Seeds for Life - Arcata
Bay Area Seed Interchange Library (BASIL) - Berkeley     
SPROUT Seed Library - Bolinas
Camarillo Public Library - Camarillo - Opens Oct. 2013
Chico Seed Library - Chico
The Seed Library at the Round Valley Public Library - Covelo
Domes Seed Lending Library- UC Davis Seed Savers Alliance
East Palo Alto Seed Library- East Palo Alto, in collaboration with Collective Roots
Folsom Lake College Seed Library - Folsom
Hayward Public Library - Hayward
Seeds for Life Bank, A Living Seed Bank - Humboldt
Hall Middle School Seed Lending Library - Larkspur
SEEDS Library of Laguna Beach - La
Seed Library of Los Angeles (SLOLA) - Los Angeles
Proyecto Jardin - Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
Mariposa County Library - Mariposa
MVPL Seed Library - Mountain View
African American Library - Oakland
Seedfolks Seed Library- Oakland
Cesar Chavez Public Library - Oakland
Mother Lode Seed Library - Placerville
Colonial Heights Seed Library, Sacramento Public Library - Sacramento
El Cajon Branch Library - San Diego
Santa Barbara Seed Library - Santa Barbara
Santa Clara Seed Share - Santa Clara
UCSC Demeter Seed Saving Project - Santa Cruz
Museum of Art and History run by Reskilling Expo- Santa Cruz
Live Oak Public Library - Santa Cruz
Hayes Valley Farm - San Francisco - Farm being closed for housing development; will be moving to West Edition Public Library shortly
JCCSF Rooftop Garden Seed Library - San Francisco - opening Sept. 2013
Pocket Seed Lending Library - San Francisco
San Francisco Public Library, Portrero Hill Branch- San Francisco
Santa Clara Seed Library, Santa Clara Public Library, Saratoga Branch - Saratoga
West County Community Seed Exchange - Sonoma County
Springstowne Seed Lending Library - Vallejo, a branch of the Solano County Library
Yorba Linda Seed Lending Library - Yorba Linda
In process:
Alameda County opening multiple sites, including Fremont - list of libraries to be published when they open
Healdsburg - part of Healdsburg Transition Town
Ecology Center - San Juan Capistrano 
Mt. Shasta Ecology Center
Big Pine Paiute Tribe - Big Pine

Alabama
Magnolia Springs Seed Lending Library - Magnolia Springs

Alaska
Dillingham Public Library Seed Library - Dillingham
Growing Ester's Biodiversity (John Trigg Ester Library) - Ester


Arizona
Rio Salado Seedshed Library - serving the Rio Salado and Gila River Watershed - Mesa
Native Seeds/SEARCH - Tuscon
Pima County Public Library - Tuscon, 5 branches!
Valley Permaculture Alliance Seed Library - Phoenix

Arkansas
Faulkner County Seed Library - Conway

Colorado
Basalt Seed Library - Basalt
Grass Roots Seed Library - Granby
The Farmette - Lyons
Mancos Public Library - Mancos
Manitou Springs Seed Library - Manitou Springs
Westcliffe Public Library - Westcliffe

Connecticut
Fairfield Woods Branch Public Library - Fairfield

Florida
Fort White Seed Lending Library - Fort White
Grow Gainsville  - Gainsville
STEM (Seed Trade Exchange Martin County) - Martin County, Stuart
Central Florida Seed Library - Orlando area
Florida School of Holistic Living Seed Library - Orlando
Seed for Thought Seed Library - Seminole State College - Sanford
In Process:
George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

Georgia
Perry Library - Houston County
Savannah

Hawaii
Share Seeds - portable seed libraries

Idaho
Eagle Public Library Seed Library - Eagle
Sandpoint Seed Library - Sandpoint
Common Wealth Seed Library - Boise

Iowa
Decorah Public Library Seed Lending Library - Decorah, in collaboration with Seed Savers Exchange
Fairfield Public Library - Fairfield
Ely Seed Library - Ely
Barlow Seed Lending Library - Iowa Falls
Minburn Seed Lending Library - Minburn

Illinois
Chicago Seed Library - Chicago
Hull House - Chicago 
GEEE - Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago
Holly House Garden Seed Library - Dekalb Area
Du Quoin Seed Library - southern Illinois

Indiana
New Castle Seed Library - New Castle

Kansas
Delano Witchita Seed Library
Jay Johnson Public Library - Quinter

Kentucky
OCPL Seed Library - LaGrange

Louisiana
Randle Brown Memorial Seed Lending Library - Keithville

Massachusetts
Concord Seed Lending Library - Concord
Groton Public Library's Seed Lending Library - Groton
Hardwick Grows Seed Lending Library - Hardwick
Seed Library Littleton - Littleton
Springfield City Library - Pine Point Branch

Michigan
Caro's Seed Lending Library - Caro Area District Library - Caro
Hopkins District Seed Library - Hopkins
Wheeler Public Library Seed Library - Martin
Alger County Seed Library - Munising
Virge and Imme's Seed Savers' Project - Pickford
Michigan Land Use Institute (seed saving initiative)  - Traverse City

Minnesota
Duluth Public Seed Lending Library - Duluth
Eden Valley Area Seed Library - Eden Valley
Red River Seed Library - Moorhead
Free Seeds Library - St. Paul
St. Paul Seed Library (Sun Ray Branch) - St. Paul
Anishinaabe Seed Library - White Earth Indian Reservation

Missouri
Hermann Library Seed Library - Hermann
Local Harvest Seed Library - St. Louis

Montana
Five Valleys Seed Library - Missoula

Nebraska
Common Soil Seed Library - Omaha
South Sioux City Seed Library - South Sioux City

New Jersey
Catherine Dickson Hofman Seed Library - Blairstown

New Hampshire
Hooksett Seed Lending Library - Hooksett
Langdon Library Seed Library - Langdon

New Mexico
Seed Broadcast Mobile Seed Library - Anton Chico
Maclovia Garden
Mora Grows Seed Lending Library - Mora
Portal-Rodeo Seed Library
Taos Seed Exchange - Taos

New York
Broome County Public Library Seed Lending Library - Binghampton
Canastota Seed Exchange - Canastota
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County - Ithaca
Urban Seed Library - New York City
Pine Plains Seed Library - Pine Plains
Somers Seed Lending Library - Somers
Tully Free Library Seed Library - Tully

North Carolina
Sylva Sprouts Seed Lending Library - Sylva

Ohio
Cincinnati Area Seed Library - Cincinnati
The Seed Library at the Cleveland Public Library - Cleveland - 4 branches
Licking County Library Seed, Sprout and Share Library - Newark (mobile and in library)

Oregon
Coquille Valley Seed Library - Coquille
Green Lents Seed Library - Portland
Portland Seed Library - Portland
Tillamook County Seed Lending Library - Tillamook County
Evans Valley Community Seed Library - Wimer


Pennsylvania
Coudersport Public Seed Library - Coudersport
Jenkintown's Library Community Seed Program - Jenkintown
Philahdelphia Seed Exchange - Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Seed and Story Library - Pittsburgh - 2 branches


Rhode Island
David St. Germain Seed Library - Providence

Texas
Sustainable Food Center - Austin
Franklin County's Seed Sharing Library - Mt. Vernon

Vermont
Huntington Seed Library - Huntington
Montpelier High School - Montpelier
Rutland Free Library - Rutland
Warren Seed Library - Warren
Windsor Seed Library - Windsor

Virginia
Washington County Seed Savers Library - Abingdon
Chesterfield Heirloom Seed Exchange - Chesterfield
Shenandoah Seed Library, Rockbridge Regional Library - Lexington
Goochland Library Community Seed Lending Library, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College - Richmond


Washington
Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Public Library - Bainbridge Island
Lopez Community Land Trust - Lopez Island
Olympia Seed Exchange - Olympia
Orcas Island Seed Library - Orcas Island

West Virginia
Heirloom Seed Lending Library - Summers County Library - Hinton
Southern Area Library Seed Library - Lost Creek

Wisconsin
Green Lake Seed Library - Green Lake
Hayward Weiss Seed Library - Hayward
Wonewoc Public Library's Seed Lending Library - Juneau County
The Seed Library - La Crosse Public Library, La Crosse
Walworth County Seed Library - Lake Geneva

Canada
Alberta
Populuxe Seed Bank - Edmonton
Seed Swap Library - Pincher Creek

British Columbia
Richmond Food Security Society - Richmond
Seed Library at Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Vancouver
Kerrisdale Seed Library - Vancouver
Kits Village Seed Library - Vancouver

Nova Scotia
Pictou-Antigonish Seed Library - Pictou-Anguish
Home Heirlooms Seed Library - West Hants County

Ontario
Grimsby Grows Seed Lending Library - Grimsby
Halliburton seed library (name?) - Halliburton
Markham Grows Seed Lending Library - Markham
Orillia Seed Library - Orillia
Lanark County Grows, Perth and District Union Library - Perth
Seed Library (at Picton) - Prince Edward County
Toronto Seed Library - Toronto
Vaughan Seed Library - Vaughan

Mexico
Sonora

Africa
University of Namibia - Windhoek, Namibia

Asia
India
Annapurna (means "who gives us food") Seed Bank - Assam

Japan
Shanti Kuthi - Ikeda, Nagano Prefecture


Oceania
Australia
Inner West Seed Savers - Sydney



Europe
Belgium
Mouscron - located in a private residence

England
Hackney Living Library - Hackney
Women's Environmental Network - Tower Hamlet,  London
London Seed Library - London

France
Strasbourg

Germany
Berlin Seed Library - Berlin

Slovenia
Seed Guardians Seed Library - Ptuj, Maribor

Spain
Semilla Besada Seed Library - Granada
Grupos de Consumo Agroecologico - Madrid


South America
Brasil
Rio de Janeiro - focus is a tree seed lending library

If you create a seed lending library, please let us know at richmondgrows@gmail.com. We'd be happy to welcome you into the family.

Seed Library - Co-operatives and groups
Hudson Valley Seed Library - Hudson Valley, NY
Heritage Seed Library - United Kingdom, dedicated to preserving rare heirlooms

Other Seed Organizations
Kohala Center - Hawa'ii - a public seed initiative
Organic Seed Alliance - lots of great, free downloads on seed saving
Seed Ambassadors Project - resources on seed saving
Native Seed/SEARCH - dedicated to preserving native seeds of the Southwest
Navdanya - an organization founded by Vandana Shiva that has promoted seed sovereignty and helped open over 111 living seed banks in India