Seed Library Exchange Program

Coming in April 2023! We are starting a seed library for Stratham. With our seed library, you can donate and exchange seeds --you can even harvest the seeds and plant them again. The seed library will kick-off on April 1, 2023.

Seed Library Guidelines:

Only take seeds you are willing to commit to growing with organic practices, including not spraying with non-organic pesticides.
Know your site. Don't take seeds that need full sun if you have shade.
Feel free to participate in seed sharing with us. Nothing more than 3 years old. Please only open-pollinated or heirloom seeds. No invasive species.
You are borrowing seeds from our library. Please try to let one or two plants go to seed and return those seeds to us at the end of the year.
It's okay if you can't return seeds of the same variety you borrowed. Also, consider donating a seed packet.
Remember to sign out your seeds on the sign-out sheet.

New to gardening? Here are some resources to help you get started:

UNH Extension has a helpful fact sheet on how to start plants indoors from seeds.

UNH Extension's Yard and Garden Education Center is a great resource for gardening information, and they have volunteers and staff available to answer your gardening and soil questions.

NH Audubon Pollinators has helpful tips on how to make your garden welcoming to pollinators. You can also watch this video they created on creating a wildlife-friendly garden.

NH Fish & Game also has some helpful guidelines on creating a wildlife friendly backyard garden.

New Hampshire Public Radio has a compilation page of their New Hampshire gardening stories.