Seed Library of Los Angeles, sharing free plants and protecting personal food supplies
June 18, 2011 | 5:59 am
Los Angeles Times...
The Seed Library of Los Angeles has opened with some lofty goals: Members not only provide free seeds to fellow gardeners but also want to become a preserve of local agricultural diversity. Across the country, like-minded people are doing similar work. Seed library members borrow seeds, grow plants and allow a plant or two to go to seed at the end of the season. In L.A., those seeds are returned to the library, which will grow 10 of each batch to confirm purity before distributing the rest.
"People are drawn to seed libraries because they feel a certain powerlessness over their food supply," said David King, who is garden master at the Learning Garden at Venice High School and founder of the seed library. Members also seem drawn to playing a role in the cycle of life that's at once romantic and DIY-inspired. "What could be more poetic and life-sustaining than a seed library?" asked founding member Sarah Spitz, a founding member of SLOLA, which members pronounce SLOW-lah.
PHOTO: The Learning Garden
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