TO GET SEEDS:
Email nyackseedexchange@nyacklibrary.org. We will put your orders together and notify you when they are ready for pick up at the library. Please note that orders are limited to no more than 20 packets. You may place more than one order in a season. Our inventory will be posted here and on Facebook (Nyack Seed Exchange).
Use the Google search links to see information on each variety. Filter the inventory with the green buttons on the right side of the “Searchable Seed List” tab — for example, just see all the varieties of “sunflowers” or “beans” etc.
Nyack Seed Exchange is a place for gardeners to share seeds and experience, to learn about seed saving, to become better gardeners, and to build community. Seeds are available for checkout; we ask gardeners to save seed from self-pollinating plants that are easy for seed saving, such as tomatoes, peas, beans and lettuce. Members are encouraged to return saved and store-bought seed to replenish our collections. As members learn more about seed saving, they might want to try seed saving from cross-pollinating plants categorized as “Advanced.”
We ask members to clearly label saved seed donations (use our seed packet labels as a guide), including whether seeds were organically grown. We support organic gardening, but we will accept donations from all gardeners. Most of our commercial donors have signed the Safe Seed Pledge, and many of our seeds are organic. Please join our Facebook group, Nyack Seed Exchange, and join the discussion!
Our seeds and programs are free to members (and everyone is welcome to become a member), but we do have expenses. If you prefer to make a financial donation, please make your check out to The Nyack Library with a note in the memo: “seed library.” You may also donate though PayPal. Please add “seed library” in the notes. Thank you!
Donate to Seed Exchange Program
Nyack Seed Exchange gives thanks to our generous donors: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Burpee, Fedco Seeds, High Mowing Organic Seeds, Hudson Valley Seed Company, The Living Seed Company, Ocean State Job Lot, Pinelands Nursery, Redwood Seeds, Renee’s Garden, Salerno Seeds, Seed Savers Exchange, Seeds of Change, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Sow True Seed, and University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension.
Please check their websites (and YouTube!); they are an excellent source of information. We also thank the individual gardeners who took the time and trouble to save and donate seeds to us, and the volunteers who helped organize it all.
Special thanks to Dan White, for designing our logo.
And eternal gratitude to Todd Moore, for refining our inventory.
When you donate saved seeds, please provide as much of the label information as you can!
You can print a “Seed Label Template”.
Please make sure your seeds are dry before packaging for donation.
- How to Save Seeds – a wealth of information, presented simply
- Seed Saving for Beginners – webinar by SSEHeritageFarm (Seed Savers Exchange; they have MANY useful posted videos)
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Rockland County – soil testing, composting, gardening, horticulture diagnostic lab
