July 2017
Green Challenge Film Fest: Inhabit
The 2017 Green Challenge Film Fest continues with a free screening of the award winning documentary Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective. Inhabit's director, Costa Boutsikaris explores the many environmental issues facing us today and examines solutions that are being applied using the ecological design process called "Permaculture". Permaculture employs principles found in ecosystems to help shift our impact from destructive to regenerative. Inhabit provides an intimate look at permaculture peoples and practices ranging from rural, suburban, and urban landscapes. This inspiring film offers the possibility that humans…
Find out more »August 2017
August Seed Library Hours
The seed lending library will be open and available. Please stop by to borrow some seeds for your garden. There will be knowledgeable people on hand to answer questions relating to care for your seeds. How it works: 1. Stop by during open hours to select seeds from our lending library. Availability of seeds is determined by season. 2. Submit your email address with the seeds that you borrow. 3. You are highly encouraged to return seeds to library. After…
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Movie: Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds -- worshiped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. This documentary follows passionate seed keepers who are protecting a 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of all seed varieties have disappeared. A cadre of 10 agrichemical companies, including Syngenta, Bayer, and Monsanto, controls over two-thirds of the global seed market, reaping unprecedented profits. Farmers and others battle to defend the future of our food. Green…
Find out more »September 2017
Seed Saving Demonstration and September Library Hours
Join us for an educational evening on how to save seeds. We will cover the three basic methods of processing seeds: dry, wet, & fermentation. The presentation will be about 10-15 minutes. This will be followed by a demonstration of all three methods. If you'd like to get your hands dirty please bring your own fruits and dried seed pods with you for processing. This last part is optional. If you wish to participate in the hands on portion, please…
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October 2017
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January 2018
Seed Exchange: Swap & Donate
Calling all gardeners, seed keepers, and heirloom enthusiasts! Join the SJ Seed Circle Library for an evening of seed swapping and saving. It is that time of year again. We will be holding our annual seed swap. Please bring your own seeds, if you have any. We are doing something a little different this year. We are encouraging people to donate locally grown seeds to the seed library separate to participating in the seed swap. Participants are encouraged to bring…
Find out more »February 2018
Make & Take Herbal Salve
Make & Take Herbal Salve This "Seed to Sovereignty" workshop will turn beautiful, sunlight-filled calendula flowers into healing herbal salve. Using organic oils and organically grown calendula blossoms you will learn how to make the herbal infused oil needed to make this soothing salve. Each participant in this hands-on class will go home with a tin of vegan or traditional beeswax salve to brighten the cold winter days and prepare for spring. $5 materials fee is payable when you register.…
Find out more »December 2018
Soap from the Garden
Please join the South Jersey Seed Circle Library for our final Seed to Sovereignty event of the year. Using organically grown luffa gourds and calendula flowers from the 2018 harvest we will teach you how to make cold process soap. You will go home with a soap recipe, detailed instructions, and plenty of resources to help you make soap at home. If you've ever been interested in cold process soap making, save the date for this event. A variety of…
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