We found out about the Populuxe Seed Bank by listening to the inspirational What’cha Growin? Podcast Episode #4 Kelly Gilliam by Gayla Trail of You Grow Girl.
We followed Kelly, It Means Tomato, @xitomatl on Twitter. Her tweets prompted us to follow up on our curiosity about her selfless and proactive, forward-thinking policy of distributing free seed, of glorious, curious heritage varieties, to growers world-wide as strategy to ensure the cultivation, propagation and preservation of her heritage seed collection. This augments the work done by the volunteer growers who collect seed for the library to preserve and distribute. All Kelly requests in return is that the seeds be grown out and distributed amongst green-fingered friends and the stories of the seeds passed on. We received sufficient seed (and a ♥ hand-written letter ♥) to share with a handful of friends before we'd even begun. Be sure to give a donation as well as covering the postage cost, because the the project is self-funded.
You can also purchase seed from the Populuxe Etsy shop, all monies raised support the running of the seed bank.
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