Seed Broadcasts from Manitou Springs Seed Library

Seed Broadcast Mobile Seed Story Broadcast Station was at Manitou Springs Seed Library on July 3rd. It is located at the Manitou Springs Public Library and housed in a gorgeous antique library card catalog. The seed library is open and free for the public use.

Click on highlighted text to hear the seed stories from these folks!

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Local gardener and seed library participant, Katherine Garcia, came by to visit the Broadcast Station and used the copy center and bulletin board to take home some seed saving documents. She talked about how hands-on gardening was instrumental for actually learning how to grow food and save seed. She posted a request for Osha seed (If anyone reading has successfully grown this and has some to share...please leave a comment below and we can get you connected.) Katherine also shared a seed story with us.

David Woolley helped organize the Seed Broadcast event at the Manitou Springs Public Library and spoke with us about the creation of the seed library, its organization, mission, and the questions that have come up to grow this community effort into a viable seed sharing mission. He also shared his personal Seed Stories.

We also interviewed several of the Manitou librarians, who assist patrons in using the library and also help keep it properly archived and organized. Librarian, Deb Ehret, has also participated in the public seed library and taken sunflower seeds home to plant in her yard. She talked about how she planted her new home in Manitou Springs with these seeds and also how people from the local community spent hours perusing the seed library.

Margaret Morris, the Director of the Manitou Public Library, has been instrumental in helping to organize the seed library. She talked about how important this seed archive is, and how librarians are a perfect match to help manage these seed libraries as living collections. She joined us in the Broadcast Station to check out some of the Seed Stories and browse our broadcast hub, which provides audio, video, and document feeds of seed saving, seed library, and seed sovereignty materials from online sources. She also discussed the recent fires, which caused huge devastation north of Manitou Springs, and forced many Manitou residents to be evacuated from their homes, leaving their gardens to fend for themselves in this time of extreme draught.

Thank you Manitou Seed Library for sharing your seed stories with us and we hope that the monsoons soon arrive and provide abundant moisture for your gardens, mountains, and rivers!

See all stories here.

Manitou Springs, CO Seed Library - David Woolley's broadcast

David Woolley helped organize the Seed Broadcast event at the Manitou Springs Public Library and spoke with us about the creation of the seed library, its organization, mission, and the questions that have come up to grow this community effort into a viable seed sharing mission. He also shared his personal Seed Stories…check 'em out.

Also, here is a link to Manitou Seed Library web site...Manitou Seed Library

Tour kick-off

After putting finishing touches to the Mobile Seed Story Broadcast Station, the team poses for a group photo before Jeanette and Nina hit the road.  (Left to right: Josh Hart, Nina Dubois, Jeanette Hart-Mann and Bill Man)

 

Mobile Seed Story Broadcasting Station Tour

The Seed Broadcast Mobile Seed Story Broadcast Station is preparing to take off on its 2012 tour this Monday, July 2.  See the left side bar of this blog for tour dates, times, and locations.

Join us for a day of seed broadcasting and share the stories of your seeds, gardens, farms, and the local food you love.

 

The SeedBroadcast Mobile Seed Story Broadcasting Station, seed libraries, farmers, gardeners, and folks who love local food, are teaming up for public seed story broadcast events across the country. Please join us! Come and share your personal seed stories. We would like to interview you and hear more about your seed saving, gardening, and farming passions, the local food you cherish, and information about your local seed library. Also, stop by, copy, and add to the Broadcast bulletin board - a cork board wall presenting seed saving and organizing how to’s. You can also help create a mural on the Broadcasting Station with collaged images of the seeds you love. Seed Stories will be available to listen to, along with a Seed Broadcast video, Letter From a Seed Broadcaster.

Bring some of your favorite seeds, so we can take a picture of you with your seeds to include on the Mobile Seed Story Broadcasting Station mural.

You can also follow us on our tour by signing up for email updates from this blog....join us for a cross country Seed Story Broadcast and keep listening... 

Click here for a downloadable version of this tour flier.

We will also be posting fliers for each Broadcast stop on this blog as we travel.
Stay tuned as we tour the country, and join us in listening to the Seed Stories of amazing seed savers, farmers, gardeners, and folks who love local food.

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What stories will your seeds share?