Exeter Seed Bank

Come and join us for our first seed-packing session of the year at the beloved Exeter Phoenix. This Saturday 2-4pm in the workshop room.
We’ll be sorting and packing donated seeds for Exeter Seed Swap 2027, with plenty of friendly chat and a warm cuppa along the way.

Got some spare seeds to donate? Bring them along. New to seed saving? Come and find out more. Everyone’s welcome.

Free | Exeter Phoenix | Everyone welcome

A seasonal meal and talk connecting people, nature, and our community garden. 15 Oct.

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We will have a seed donation box at the Exeter Quayside Farmers’ Market tomorrow, Saturday 19 September 10am-1pm. Exeter Quayside Farmers’ Market

Thank you to Laura Hopes for giving us a literal wall of thatch and hay from her installation ‘Portals’ at Traction Project Space 🌾
We’ll be putting them to good use on our allotment, firstly as seating at our allotment association party this Sunday, then mulch and compost, and our very own Johnson-Su compost heap.

We are delighted to be hosting the beautiful touring storied seed library here at Churston. Created by Exeter Seed Bank , it contains a variety of seeds, some from unusual places, and you can read their stories via the QR code or on the info provided. Come and have a nose and take a few sunflower or marigold seeds home. 🌱 Libraries Unlimited

Please join us for the next DAR raising money for Palestine Seed Bank (twinned with Exeter Seed Bank (ESB)) & The Hands Up Project this time in a new location Totnes Civic Hall. Supported by Totnes Friends of Palestine
Ticket link in our bio. 🔗
We know the best parties are made by friends telling friends, so please help us out, help the cause and help us raise lots of money for these amazing, vital projects. As always, you can expect loads of world-traversing global musical goodness and all of Somatic‘s latest finds on the clarity of the Sutra Sound System

September newsletter:

September Update: Exeter Seed Bank News & Events Expect community seed swap tables with over 6,000 free seed packets, exhibitions from Exeter Seed Bank, our annual community café serving tea, coffee and vegan treats. We will have stalls from gardening, soil and seed-saving organisations and a books table from Exeter Bookcylce.

This month’s Upbeet! 🌱 We’ll be meeting at the Exeter Picturehouse Café Bar, from 7–8pm on Friday 25 September.

We’ve also recently set up a proper WhatsApp Community! 💬 We’ve created different channels for our various projects and interests, so it’s an easy way to stay connected and find out what’s happening.

If you’d like us to send you a link to join, just comment with 🫘 below and we’ll get in touch!