The Milne Seed Library 2026

The Seed Library has returned! Find non-GMO and (mostly) organic seeds of all kinds that you can take with you to grow vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit.

Below are some updates, basic guidelines and a few links to gardening resources. Please email kwilliams@cwmars.org with any questions.

1. We will start accepting collected seeds, if you have collected any this year or last year, to redistribute to other gardeners, starting Saturday, June 13th!  Please look for the envelopes with labels that request information about your seeds.

2. Even more seeds have arrived and been packaged, as of the week of 6/11, but as of 6/22 most of them have been taken. Staff and volunteers are about to package up quite a few more categories of seeds. Please scroll down to see the most current overview.

3. We ask that you take up to five packets per visit, and just one of each type of seed for the rest of the season. Those under the age of 18 may take seeds with the help of an adult. Please tally which seeds you have taken on the sheet provided.

4. Seeds are grouped by type and then arranged alphabetically by name.  Quantity of seeds in each package are intended for smaller, home gardens.

5. All seeds are non-GMO; most are organic.

6. The Hopi Black Dye Sunflowers sent to us by the Common Seed Project have run out (but we have plenty of the Mammoth Grey Sunflower Seeds). If you have success with the Hopi Sunflower Seeds, the Common Seed folks would love to know about it and receive any photos you take as well.

7. As you make progress, please take photos of your garden work!  Please email pics to kwilliams@cwmars.org, and we hope to share them here towards the end of the season.

8. Provide your email address if you’d like any Seed Library or gardening-related news from the library, or if you'd like to help us with packing seeds into smaller envelopes. Email Kira at kwilliams@cwmars.org or add your name to the list that's in in the library.

9. This year, we will be accepting any seeds from your produce to us if you are indeed collecting them! Envelopes will be provided.... please stay tuned.

   
   

We have Gardening Tools in the Thingdom!

See the list at this link.

Sharon Wyrrick, a local farmer who gave workshops here last year, provided this helpful handout. She will also be here on Thursday, June 4th for a short talk and discussion, "How to Garden like Farmer." All welcome! This was such a great success, thank you Sharon for providing this talk!

STARTING A VEGETABLE GARDEN resources.pdf

Download PDF • 83KB

Seeds Available

Vegetables	Herbs	Fruits	Flowers
Arugula	Basil, Green	Ground Cherries	Amaranth
Beans	Basil, Opal	Melon	Foxglove
Beets	Borage	Watermelon	Nasturtium
Broccoli	Chamomile		Johnny Jump-Up
	Chives
Cabbage	Cilantro		Sunflowers
Carrots	Dill		Zinnia
Cauliflower	Lavender
Corn	Marjoram
Cucumber	Oregano
Eggplant	Parsley
Kales	Sage
Leeks	Thyme
Lettuces
Onions
Parsnip
Peppers
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Swiss Chard
Squashes
Spinach
Tomatoes

Garden beds at the Milne

• This year we'll have THREE standing garden beds in the courtyard that patrons can access. If you'd like to be involved in planting and maintaining these gardens, please email kwilliams@cwmars.org!

• The beds also include Stockbridge beans - originally grown by the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Indians. You can learn more about the crops the Stockbridge-Munsee have grown for centuries in this presentation with Lucy and Ben Grignon.

A few helpful links about seeds and gardening:

Seed Library Network

Common Seed Project

Almanac's Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

A huge thank you goes out to the Friends of the Milne Public Library who have made it possible for us to acquire a large quantity of seeds in bulk and repackage them into household-sized quantities.

Thank you also to the following organizations for donating seeds!