The Castlemaine Seed Library has been running for over five years with people 'borrowing' seeds to plant and grow food, and then 'returning' seeds once the plants have run their course.


 
In this episode Seed Library founder Grace McCaughy and coordinator Eliza-Jane Gilchrist talk about the value of seeds and all that we can learn from them.
 
We discuss how the seed library began and how it works as well as big ideas like the value of local seed banks in a changing climate, multinational seed trade, the resonances between seed collecting and art, and how we can foster a love of gardening and appreciation of all the cycles of nature in the next generation.


Resources and Links
The Castlemaine Seed Library                                          
Eliza-Jane Gilchrist – artist             
Castlemaine Library              
The Hub Foundation                                               
Castlemaine Community House Community garden                  
Growing Abundance                          
International peasants movement         
Useful seeds Bendigo                            
CSIRO soil science book for children       
Entangled Life – book       
Lost Seeds NSW seed company                      
Scale Free Network                        

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