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Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. Since 1975, our members have been passing on our garden heritage by collecting and distributing thousands of samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners.

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Upcoming Events

  • June 17, 2013—Portland, OR
    Seed to Table Benefit
    Beast Restaurant with Naomi Pomeroy
    Details

  • Events at Heritage Farm

  • May 4-31, 2013
    "Talking Trees" art exhibit
    "Grassfed" art exhibit
    Find out more here

  • June 22, 2013
    Dinner and Lecture with David Buchanan
    Details and registration

  • July 19-21, 2013
    Conference and Campout
    Details

  • August 10, 2013
    Isolation Methods Workshop
    Information & registration coming soon

  • August 24, 2013
    Seed-to-Table Dinner
    Information & registration coming soon

  • August 31, 2013
    Tomato Tasting
    Information & registration coming soon

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    Join Seed Savers Exchange and help protect our food and gardening heritage.

    2013 SSE Calendar

What's New

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  • Free Webinar: Isolation Techniques

    Join us May 28 at 7:00 p.m. Central Time for a free webinar discussing isolation techniques for seed saving. This webinar will discuss different ways to avoid cross pollination in your garden.

    Click here to learn more and register

  • Dinner and Lecture at SSE

    Join SSE and author David Buchanan on June 22nd at Heritage Farm for a night of fresh food and learning.

    Click here to read more

  • SSE Benefit

    Fundraiser for SSE in Portland, OR

    Join celebrity chef Naomi Pomeroy at her restaurant in Portland, Oregon for a five-course benefit dinner complete with wine pairings.

    Click here to read more

  • Transplants Now Available to Purchase

    Don't have time to start your garden from seed? We are pleased to offer high quality pepper, tomato, and ground cherry transplants to help get you started. Purchasing transplants is a great way to easily try several different varieties.

    Click here to shop our transplants

  • Event: Cow Art. Talking Trees. Rare Plants.

    Seed Savers Exchange will host two month-long outdoor art exhibits at Heritage Farm during May. The SSE Visitors Center will be selling rare heirloom plants throughout the month.

    Click here to read more

  • Sowing the Joy of Heirloom Seeds

    In the latest blog post from SSE co-founder Diane Ott Whealy, she describes the pleasure of speaking to schools about the living connection seeds give us to our past and future.


    Click here to read more