That’s a tongue twister to get you going… You may have noticed that we are giving away seeds..we decided that without our annual seed swap, we wanted to send out seeds to our members – some seeds are stock from last year (so may not germinate so well), others are this year’s stock, kindly provided…

London Freedom Seed Bank Seed Saving seed sovereignty

We will be hearing stories from food growers across Lambeth to discover why it’s important to them to save seed. We are also excited to be hearing from experts Helene and Katie. Helene Schulze is co-director of the London Freedom Seed Bank and Regional Coordinator for Southeast England at the Seed Sovereignty Programme. Here her…

Seed Saving seed sovereignty

At our recent seed swap, the Garden Museum was humming with activity as people gathered to share seeds and started to think about the next growing season. We couldn’t believe the number of people who came through the door, eager to get a chance to talk about the next veg or flowers they were going…

Community Franchi Seeds Garden Museum Growing London Freedom Seed Bank Pumpkin Remakery Seed Saving

The team from the London Freedom Seed Bank had us all enthralled last week at Incredible Edible Lambeth’s Seed Saving Event, held at the beautiful South London Botanical Institute. Julie Riehl and Charlotte Dove provided a wealth of information about the whys and hows of seed saving. Charlotte reminded us why it was so vital…

London Freedom Seed Bank Seed Saving South London Botanical Institute

Please join us for our annual Seed Swap in partnership with the Garden Museum. The Seed Swap will now be held in the main nave space of the museum. Please let front desk know that you are coming for the Seed Swap and entry is free. This is a great social event where we will…

London Freedom Seed Bank Seed Saving South London Botanical Institute

We grow a large variety of local and tropical vegetables, herbs, fruit & flowers in this hugely productive wildlife-friendly community garden. We also do a lot of seed saving. All the produce is harvested and cooked on site so volunteers can enjoy free nutritious, organic, carbon-zero meals on a weekly basis. The garden also functions…

Blooming Lambeth Seed Saving

Did you know that in the past 80 years we have lost 93% of the world’s seed varieties? This directly affects us and our diets, as it means that the diversity of food available to us is also being lost. The big drivers in all this loss are the large seed companies who are franchising…

London Freedom Seed Bank Seed Saving South London Botanical Institute

We are working hard to raise awareness of local food activism and promote the growing of food in Lambeth, as well as highlighting the global issues surrounding our broken food system. In the past six months our membership has risen to around 250 (formally signed up, using our newish sign up system) – this includes…

Garden Museum Seed Saving South London Botanical Institute

Over 80 people attended our seed swap at the Garden Museum on 27 January 2018 – it was a big success. There were four themed swapping/sharing tables which were primed with  slightly out-of-date seeds donated by Franchi Seeds and then added to by attendees. We also had guest appearances from Esiah Levy who brought painted…

Franchi Seeds Garden Museum London Freedom Seed Bank Seed Saving

A popular request from our new members, when signing up, is for training. We will curate some of our own training but in the meantime here are some training opportunities that are about at the moment.

Seed Saving