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A weed is simply a plant that wants to grow where people want something else.
- Anonymous
Seeds of Diversity thanks the
George Cedric Metcalf Foundation
and the
Ontario Trillium Foundation
for their support.



Design by
Allison Prindiville

Seeds of Diversity

is a Canadian volunteer organization that conserves the biodiversity and traditional knowledge of food crops and garden plants.



Take a Tour of
Seeds of Diversity's
Canadian Seed Library

Are you a gardener?    Save an endangered plant!

  • Learn to save seeds from the plants in your garden
  • Grow an endangered variety, and help us save it!
  • Multiply seeds for our national Seed Library
  • Discover the amazing diversity of Canada's traditional plants

Not a seed saver?    You can still get involved

Not a gardener?    Support our volunteers who protect your seed heritage

  • Anyone can join Seeds of Diversity, to provide a strong national voice for food biodiversity conservation and good seed policy
  • Your membership and donation support gardeners and farmers who are saving Canada's seeds

Seeds of Diversity is the source for information about heritage seeds, seed saving, plant diversity, garden history and your own garden heritage.

Join members, from coast to coast, who collect and share over 2400 varieties of heritage fruits and vegetables through our national Seed Exchange.

Discover the incredible diversity of heritage plants!

Subscribe to our magazine, Seeds of Diversity, and learn about Canadian gardeners who are making a difference, preserving food biodiversity, documenting Canada's horticultural heritage, and sharing the legacy of the "People's Seeds".

Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Growers Network
and Seeds of Diversity present

Planning Your Farm's Organic Seed Production

The ABC’s of Crop Planning, Crop Economics and CFIA Regulations


April 10-11, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario

Looking for seeds?
Click here for all the vegetable
and fruit seeds in Canada!

Meet us at a
Seedy Event
near you!


Saturday March 13, 2010
Kelowna, BC
Powell River, BC
Saskatoon, SK
London, ON
Cobble Hill, BC
Peterborough, ON
Kingston, ON
100 Mile House, BC
Musquodoboit Harbour, NS
Creston, BC
Gilles, ON

Sunday March 14, 2010
Gatineau, QC

Saturday March 20, 2010
Lindsay, ON
Bridgewater, NS
Madeira Park, BC
Calgary, AB
Terrace, BC
Hamilton, ON
Port Alberni, BC

Sunday March 21, 2010
Edmonton, AB

Saturday March 27, 2010
Duncan , BC
Fredericton, NB

Saturday April 10, 2010
Coaticook, QC
Surrey, BC
Wolfville, NS
Penticton, BC
Williams Lake, BC

Saturday April 17, 2010
Clearwater, BC
Halifax, NS

Thursday April 22, 2010
Fernie, BC

Saturday April 24, 2010
Truro, NS
Hillsburgh, ON

Friday April 30, 2010
Middleton, NS


Details and more events...