It’s Easy! Seed Saving 101

Perfect for native plants, heritage veggies and garden favorites! All the basics on how to collect and save seeds from native wildflowers as well as your garden favorites. We will learn how to determine when various types of seeds are ripe, how to clean different kinds of seed and how to test for quality. Information will be given on proper seed storage so that it remains in optimum condition. Collecting and saving seeds is interesting, rewarding and best of all – it’s fun! Helpful handouts and a list of seed-gathering supplies will be available for download.

Jeanne McRight founded Mississauga’s award-winning not-for-profit organization Blooming Boulevards in 2019 and is currently busy as its President and Board Chair. In 2015 she initiated an amendment to Mississauga’s Encroachment By-Law, allowing residents to create habitat gardens that support declining insect populations on city boulevards. Her popular webinars on native plant habitat gardening topics reach a world-wide audience. Conservation gardening is Jeanne’s joy and passion, but more than that, she is a deeply committed advocate for environmentally sustainable horticultural practices.