Canberra Seed Savers

Canberra Seed Savers We work cooperatively to protect our heritage of open-pollinated seeds and grow a locally-adapted Living Seed Bank to share with our community.

We aim to educate and inspire more seed savers🌱 Join with us and be a member of the Canberra Seed Savers Cooperative! Canberra Seed Savers is a co-operative of home food growers and farmers across the Canberra and Southern Tablelands region. We grow from open-pollinated seeds and (as well as eating great home grown-food) we harvest, save and share seeds for next season. Along the way, we work to e

ngage more people in our community and share the abundance. We're building a living seed bank, keeping the seeds growing across many diverse gardens, farms and balconies, building community and environmental resilience. Together we work on projects like the Mobile Seed Libraries and Seedlings for the Community as well as running festival and market stalls, workshops and having regular get-togethers and seed swaps. There's lots to be done from growing seedlings to packing seeds to becoming custodian of a seed variety. And everyone is welcome. Join Canberra Seed Savers: https://forms.gle/rdGYmcr4XtJ7kp9K6
($10 waged/$5 unwaged/student per year)

Joining Canberra Seed Savers co-operative is a great way to get more involved, get your hands dirty, be part of making the decisions about what we do next, meet and work with great people, and access seeds from the seed bank. Membership is $10 waged or $5 unwaged/student per year and as members we access seeds from the seed bank according to our contributions of home grown seeds, creative efforts and labour that benefit the cooperative and to help meet our collective aims. For example, if you can't contribute seeds right now, come along to a Seedy Saturday and help to sort the seed collection and take home some seeds to grow 🙂

*Canberra Seed Savers Cooperative Ltd is a not-for-profit, non-distributing cooperative registered in the ACT. Members do not receive dividends or share in profits from the Cooperative. We are based at the Canberra Environment Centre, corner of Lennox Crossing and Lawson Crescent, Acton.

We’re very sad to say our seed swap scheduled for this Saturday has to be postponed. We’re rescheduling as soon as we ca...
03/09/2026

We’re very sad to say our seed swap scheduled for this Saturday has to be postponed.

We’re rescheduling as soon as we can - and will post updates when we have a new date and time. 🫘

We look forward to enjoying spring with you soon. 🫛🍓

SEED SWAP IS POSTPONED! We will reschedule asap!🌱🌻🍅🫛🫘Can’t wait for our Spring Seed Swap! This Saturday! 2-4pm at Canber...
31/08/2026

SEED SWAP IS POSTPONED! We will reschedule asap!

🌱🌻🍅🫛🫘
Can’t wait for our Spring Seed Swap! This Saturday! 2-4pm at Canberra City Farm 2 Dairy Road Fyshwick.

SEED SWAP IS POSTPONED! Not happening on Saturday 5 September. We will reschedule asap!

Our favourite time of year has arrived! Our spring seed swap & festivities - seed demos, kids craft & a crop swap table! 🫘

If you have seeds to swap, bring them along and take some home some new gems for your garden. You can take home an equivalent amount of seeds to what you donated! Please make sure that seeds you bring are grown without the use of chemicals.

If you have no seeds, you're in luck because we have LOTS! You can browse our seed library and purchase packets of locally grown seeds from herbs, vegetables and flowers!

Or simply come along to enjoy the festivities!

🫟 There will be craft for kids (and the young at heart)
🫟 There will be seed saving demos - come and try it out!
🫟 We will also have a table with our native seeds set up outside for chats and demos.

🌻 Crop Swap Table! 🌻 If you’ve got some extra produce (or bulbs, cuttings etc.) and you’d like to swap, bring them along too!

WHEN: Saturday 5 September, 2-4pm
WHERE: Canberra City Farm, LESS Building, 2 Dairy Road Fyshwick

🌱All ages (bring the kids!)
🌱Free! No RSVP necessary - pop by briefly or stay for chats!
☕️Tea, coffee and some snacks provided - feel free to bring something to share.

If you would like to volunteer to help at the event we would love some newbies! Sign up to help out here https://forms.gle/guKbtAApqsGkaLpT6

Any questions? email at [email protected]

CALLOUT: for native seeds! Our native seed group is looking to expand our box so would be very excited for donations - just make sure they are collected legally (ask us if you want more info on this). Our group focuses on educating and learning together, demystifying native seeds and getting super excited and plant nerdy in the process.

22/08/2026

SEED SWAP IS POSTPONED! Not happening on Saturday 5 September. We will reschedule asap!

Our favourite time of year has arrived! Our spring seed swap & festivities - seed demos, kids craft & a crop swap table! 🫘

If you have seeds to swap, bring them along and take some home some new gems for your garden. You can take home an equivalent amount of seeds to what you donated! Please make sure that seeds you bring are grown without the use of chemicals.

If you have no seeds, you're in luck because we have LOTS! You can browse our seed library and purchase packets of locally grown seeds from herbs, vegetables and flowers!

Or simply come along to enjoy the festivities!

🫟 There will be craft for kids (and the young at heart)
🫟 There will be seed saving demos - come and try it out!
🫟 We will also have a table with our native seeds set up outside for chats and demos.

🌻 Crop Swap Table! 🌻 If you’ve got some extra produce (or bulbs, cuttings etc.) and you’d like to swap, bring them along too!

WHEN: Saturday 5 September, 2-4pm
WHERE: Canberra City Farm, LESS Building, 2 Dairy Road Fyshwick

🌱All ages (bring the kids!)
🌱Free! No RSVP necessary - pop by briefly or stay for chats!
☕️Tea, coffee and some snacks provided - feel free to bring something to share.

If you would like to volunteer to help at the event we would love some newbies! Sign up to help out here https://forms.gle/guKbtAApqsGkaLpT6

Any questions? email at [email protected]

CALLOUT: for native seeds! Our native seed group is looking to expand our box so would be very excited for donations - just make sure they are collected legally (ask us if you want more info on this). Our group focuses on educating and learning together, demystifying native seeds and getting super excited and plant nerdy in the process.

Lots of fun on a lovely sunny (although slightly windy!) afternoon at the Canberra Environment Centre with a lovely bunc...
22/08/2026

Lots of fun on a lovely sunny (although slightly windy!) afternoon at the Canberra Environment Centre with a lovely bunch of people talking about Growing Herbs and Veggies from Seed.

Thanks to the Canberra Environment Centre for hosting us and to all the lovely people who came along, got their hands dirty and played with the seeds!

SPRING SEED SWAP SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2PM-4PMCANBERRA CITY FARM DAIRY ROAD , FYSHWICK
18/08/2026

SPRING SEED SWAP
SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER
2PM-4PM
CANBERRA CITY FARM
DAIRY ROAD , FYSHWICK

18/08/2026
Our Spring Seed Swap is coming up on the first Saturday in September and we're looking for volunteers to help on the day...
18/08/2026

Our Spring Seed Swap is coming up on the first Saturday in September and we're looking for volunteers to help on the day!

When: Saturday 5th September 2-4pm
Where: Canberra City Farm, 2 Dairy Road Fyshwick

If you can help out, please fill out the form (it's super quick) and we'll be in touch: https://forms.gle/guKbtAApqsGkaLpT6

There's a huge range of things to do: set up or pack down, hanging out at the Seedy Craft corner helping kids make Seedy Creatures, taking photos, doing the Donations Table or Point of Sale or keeping the tea, coffee and treats table stocked! We need all the help we can get to make it a great afternoon so please let us know if you think there's another contribution you'd like to make.

Because our food system starts with seeds ! :)
11/08/2026

Because our food system starts with seeds ! :)

Hey hey!So we're testing your seed ID skills (not deliberately) by accidentally packing some sweet peas seeds in snow pe...
05/05/2026

Hey hey!

So we're testing your seed ID skills (not deliberately) by accidentally packing some sweet peas seeds in snow peas packets.

Sweet peas are a flower and NOT EDIBLE! Their seeds are round and a dark brown or black. About the size of a pin head.

Snow peas seeds are the size of peas and a light brown colour. They could also be wrinkly.

So! If you have recently bought a packet of snow peas seeds from us , take a clear pic and send it to us, telling us which one you think it is!

If you do indeed have sweet peas instead of snow peas, we can also arrange to get the snow peas to you!

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2 Dairy Road Fyshwick
Canberra, ACT
2608

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