Learn how to save seed effectively and develop locally adapted plants for greater harvests and food security.What is the Ffynnon Seed Circle?
Ffynnon is developing a group of growers in West Wales who want to save seed of one or more types of vegetable, to share knowledge and seeds. Locally grown seeds are locally adapted – providing vigorous plants and bountiful harvests. Seeds can either be saved ‘true to type’ for favourite varieties, or participants will develop a local landrace: breeding genetically diverse and adaptable new varieties.
Ffynnon will put on a series of training events and visits to help you upskill to save seed effectively so that the seed we share is the highest quality.
From complete beginner to established growers, we want you!
Reasons for a Seed Circle
- Save money
- Learn how to save seeds successfully
- Saving seed each year makes plants better adapted to the area and more likely to thrive
- Develop and share new locally adapted varieties, which will be adaptable to changes in climate
- Be part of a network of growers across the planet keeping local control of the seeds we need
- Share your experiences, successes, and failures
- You don’t have to save from every plant in your garden – we’ll share seeds at the end of the year
- Know that the seeds you’re saving and the seeds you’re receiving will be true to type and good quality
- Learn to save seeds commercially and how to gain an income
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