Saving Seeds – Preserving the Biodiversity of our Food Heritage

Saving seeds in one’s garden is an inexpensive way to perpetuate beloved vegetables and flowers and adapt them to your particular garden environment. Join us to learn about how to save your favorite seeds and about seeds saved by the Hopi since the time of their ancestors. Native seeds and self-saved seeds are particularly well adapted to the harsh growing conditions of Arizona.

Part I – Seed saving basics – Richard Sidy, Gardens for Humanity

Why save seeds?
What types of seeds can the home gardener save?
How to save seeds — Easiest seeds to hardest;
When plants “naturalize” – the wild garden.

Part II – Preserving Native Seeds – Kayo Parsons-Korn, Friends of the Well

Goals of the traditional use garden at Montezuma Well;
The heritage of indigenous agriculture the Verde Valley;
Saving Native Seeds once grown in the Verde Valley

Free to anyone in the community, donations are welcome.