[Seedgeeks] Lobataland Seed Swap 12/4: Mark your calendars!

[lauren and rainier]

hello, seedgeeks.  if you're in the bay area of
california, the ecology  center (check them out at
www.ecologycenter.org) in berkeley has a seed
interchange library  (where  you can check out seeds).
 

ALSO, there is a seed-saving workshop this saturday,
also sponsored by the ecology center/b.a.s.i.l.  the
info is below;  i believe the workshops are held
monthly.  more info  is  below :)  

have a beautiful weekend and keep them fingernails
dirty :)

This Saturday, November 13, 2004
 Seed Saving Workshop

 Introduction to seed saving for the backyard, school,
and community
gardener. Find out when and how to harvest seeds from
your garden and discover a good way to keep your
favorite   vegetable varieties year after year. Learn
which plants are easiest to start with, and for
more advanced seed savers, share and learn new
techniques. We'll
cover seed saving in detail, including botany and
pollination, types
of seeds (heirlooms, hybrids, open-pollinated), wet
and dry seed
processing methods, equipment, and seed storage.
Also, learn about
BASIL, the Bay Area Seed Interchange Library. Bring
some unprocessed seeds to clean. Stop buying seed from
multinational corporations and foster some
biodiversity of your own! Taught b Christopher Shein.
Christopher runs Wildheart Gardens, an edible &
 native permaculture nursery, design and landscaping
business in
 Oakland.   He teaches at  Merritt College, and helps
run other urban
agriculture projects.

Time: 	10 am - 1 pm.
Location: 	Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, near 
Dwight Way, Berkeley.
 Cost: 	$10 EC members, $15 others, no one turned
away.
 Info: 	Beck, 510-548-2220 x233.

> > > > Ecology Center
> > > > 2530 San Pablo Ave
> > > > Berkeley, CA 94702
> > > > www.ecologycenter.org
> > > > 510-548-2220 x233
> > > >
> > > > The Ecology Center is a membership
organization
> > > > providing
> > > > environmental information and direct services
to
> > > > promote sustainable
> > > > living and a healthy, socially just world.
> > Please
> > > > support this
> > > > community resource for the environment by
> > becoming
> > > > a member or
> > > > making a donation.
--- Wolfgang Rougle <wdrougle at ucdavis.edu> wrote:

> Seedgeeks post:
> 
> dear friends,
>   On Saturday, Dec. 4, from 9 am - 1 pm, in the
> Student Farm Fieldhouse, 
> it's the first annual bioregional seed swap for our
> lovely Terra Lobata, 
> the home of the valley oak!  Bring native seeds as
> well as those for 
> imported plants which have worked well for you here
> in the lower 
> Sacramento Valley.  This is a great chance to clean
> out those "seldom 
> seed" cobwebby seed boxes as well as hunt through
> your neighbor's seed 
> collection for a great find.
> 
>   Bring your own seed packets to take your treasures
> home, and if you 
> wish, some food to share at lunchtime.  
> 
> See you there!
>   Love,
> -Wolfgang
> 
> DIRECTIONS:
>   There's a UCD parking lot nearby.  I don't know
> how much it costs.  Come 
> by bike or by foot.
>   The Fieldhouse is located on Extension Center
> Drive on UC Davis land.  
> >From Highway 80 (she's a mighty good road), take
> Hwy 113 north.  Take the 
> Hutchinson Drive exit and head right on Hutchinson. 
> Before you get to the 
> first light, hang a hairpin left on Extension Center
> Drive.  Pass TAPS on 
> your right.  Enter the Ecological Garden through the
> sidewalk between the 
> great big feathery trees.  The Fieldhouse (or Bulb
> House to you old-
> schoolers) is the yellow building with the green
> trim, open doors and 
> meowing cat.
>   From Davis, take Anderson south, or Russell west,
> until you hit LaRue 
> (the southern continuation of Anderson).  Take LaRue
> to Hutchinson and 
> continue as above.
>   From the EC Gardens tool shed, head due south to
> the edge of the gardens 
> and follow the "olive tree path" south to the paved
> road beyond the 
> vineyard.  Turn left and walk a couple minutes until
> you see a white 
> cement sidewalk on your right, leading to the
> Fieldhouse.
>   
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