The Louisville Seedbank is a pilot program for 2021 using donated seeds from various non-profits, business groups, and community residents in the city.
A pilot program to distribute free native KY wildflower and agricultural seeds to neighborhood residents across the Shelby Park, Smoketown, & Russell area in order to “bank” them from season to season. The goal is to have monthly free giveaways depending on season (cole crops in March, annuals after Frost, etc) and encouraging urban agriculture in Louisville neighborhoods. The pilot will be focuse
d on the Smoketown, Shelby Park, and Russell neighborhoods Spring 2021 with the goal to make this county-wide similar to checking out books from a library. Eventually, we can find which seeds and cultivars of plants survive Louisville's wild temperature swings and withstand the Urban Heat Island effect.
Has your dill and cilantro flowered? Are this summer’s tomatoes the best ones you’ve grown?
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Join us on the 16th and 23rd of this month to learn how to collect, store, and (most importantly) share your garden seeds!
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We will also pull out seeds for fall gardening. The growing season is FAR from over!
SEEDSWAP Tonight at 7 at the Louisville Tool Library!
September 28th at 7 PM!
Wow! Thanks for the shoutout and support!
We were honored to be invited to Louisville Community Grocery Smoketown event at their new location at Preston & Finzer!
Over 25 families helped with over 275 seedpackets given out 🥰
Thanks to everyone who came out to the seed swap event with Louisville Grows! We had a great turn-out, and we can't wait to do it again soon!
Thank you to everyone who came out to the seed swap event last night! It was great meeting everyone. It was awesome to hang out with Louisville Grows & friends - we're looking forward to the next one!
Louisville Grows Seed Swap & Benefit Night
We will be at Hi-Wire Brewing Louisville with Louisville Grows and Beargrass Thunder tomorrow! Bring seeds to trade, and grab a pint because proceeds go to help urban agriculture and forestry programs!
TOMORROW, Nov. 18th from 6:30-9PM, join Louisville Grows as we partner with Hi-Wire Brewing Louisville for a benefit pint night! Also, we'll be hosting along with Louisville Seedbank Friends a seed swap and giving out free seed packets. All proceeds will support Louisville Grows' urban agriculture program!
NEXT WEEK:
Thursday, November 18th 5:30-9pm
Louisville Grows Seed Swap & Benefit Night with Louisville Grows and Beargrass Thunder at Hi-Wire Brewing Louisville on Baxter Avenue!
https://www.beargrassthunder.com/post/hi-wire-seed-swap-2021
Check out our new landing page! Keep your eyes open for more news and updates very soon.
Join our volunteers: Louisville Seedbank Volunteers
Connect with the community: Louisville Seedbank Friends
The Louisville Seedbank project is sponsored by Beargrass Thunder and Louisville Grows.
https://www.beargrassthunder.com/louisville-seedbank
The Louisville Seedbank is a pilot program currently serving residents of Louisville's Smoketown, Russell, and Shelby Park neighborhoods. The program is sponsored by Beargrass Thunder and Louisville Grows.
! Check out Beargrass Thunder's video tour and interview of KSU's world-renowned paw paw orchard
Kentucky State University has the only full-time pawpaw research program in the world as part of the KSU Land Grant Program.
Happy Give For Good Day!
On this day (Friday, 9/17 12am - 11:59PM), you can support organizations creating positive change for people in need. Go to www.giveforgoodlouisville.org to read more about how your donations will be matched, and select an organization that matches your interest.
We recommend donating to Louisville Grows, who do so much work in the city creating clean and just neighborhoods. Projects like the Louisville Seedbank wouldn't be possible without them.
We'd be remiss if we didn't mention Change Today, Change Tomorrow, another of our favorite non-profits that we see directly providing barrier-free resources, services, programming, outreach and education to the people in need. Let's help them reach their goal of $50k!
We need to support the people who support us all year long, so if you are able, we encourage you to participate and share with your friends and family - every dollar, like, and share counts!
Check out more links and info in the comments of this original post.
https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organizations/louisville-grows
I’m ready to support Louisville Grows on September 17, 2021 during Give for Good Louisville. Learn more about Louisville Grows and all the other organizations participating in .
Get started on your yarden with these quick and easy gardening tutorials for beginners!
https://www.beargrassthunder.com/post/garden-tutorials-lsb
Get started on your yarden with these quick and easy gardening tutorials for beginners by the Louisville Seedbank!
The Louisville Seedbank had our most successful event yet! We have given seeds to almost 100 total families. A special thanks to all of our Louisville Seedbank Volunteers, none of this would be possible without you all!
Welcome to the Louisville Seedbank page! We're a volunteer-based effort currently dedicated to providing residents of Smoketown, Russell, and Shelby Park free seeds and educational info.
We are seeking volunteers to help with giveaway events, seed sorting, outreach, data management, etc. Join our Louisville Seedbank Volunteers group to gain access to recorded Zoom meetings, schedules, and volunteer opportunities!
We also have a general Louisville Seedbank Friends group where everyone is welcome to post articles, discussions, links, and memes related to gardening, urban agriculture, biodiversity, and the Louisville Seedbank!
The Russell Seed Giveaway has been postponed until we confirm an indoor space inside the neighborhood! We are aiming for 3.27.21!
Another successful seed giveaway in the books. A huge thanks to our wonderful volunteers! Thanks to them, more than 30 families in Smoketown and Shelby Park have plenty of seeds to grow food.
TODAY: Our seed giveaway for residents of Smoketown begins at 11:30, and we will be wrapping up around 3:30. Come join us at 900 S Shelby Street! Check the link for more details.
https://www.beargrassthunder.com/post/smoketown-seed-giveaway-3-6-21
Louisville Seedbank Project is hosting a seed giveaway event for residents of Smoketown!
Hello! Please remember we are giving out free seeds to neighborhood residents. If you are coming from outside the neighborhood you are expected to help the Seedbank volunteers in some way.
New and improved logo for some Kentucky seeds :)
Thank you, Take It From Tara for coming to our first Louisville Seedbank Project in Shelby Park. We gave 13 families today seeds today!
Next weekend is the Smoketown Seed Giveaway!
The Russell Seed Giveaway has been moved to Saturday March 20th. Thanks for understanding.
We have rescheduled the Smoketown Seed Giveaway from this Saturday to March 6th due to weather. The Russell Seed Giveaway has also been pushed back a week to March 20th. Thanks for understanding; hope to see you there!
The Louisville Seedbank Project is a pilot program for 2021 using donated seeds from various non-profits, business groups, and community residents in the city. The goal is to have monthly free giveaways depending on season (cole crops in March, annuals after Frost, etc) and encouraging urban agricul...
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