Next Monthly Meeting:
Sat. May 18th, 2:30 to 4 pm at The Learning Garden (Enter at Walgrove, first gate south of Venice Blvd.)
May’s meeting will feature Mastergardener Nancy Cipes on the art of Edible Landscaping.
Why not have an edible landscape in your yard, or viable container gardening on your balcony? Mix and match your food producing plants with the plants in your landscape to create a habitat that works for both appearance and food production. Yes, you can have your landscape and eat it too! The Learning Garden is here to help you succeed!
Fri. May 31st, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BRANCH SLOLA Monthly Meeting 11 am to 12:30 pm at the Sepulveda Garden Center, 16633 Magnolia Blvd, Encino, CA 91436May's SFV meeting will feature Albert Chang who will give us an opportunity to learn more about basic seed saving, including isolation distances, seed harvesting and storage techniques.
Now is a great time to join the Seed Library of Los Angeles, SLOLA.
You do not have to be a member to attend, yet with a $10 donation, you become a member for life. You'll have access to our library of seeds that you can borrow from, to plant and return seeds when you have abundance.
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The time to start planting is now!The library will be open for distribution at the end of the meeting.
For easy seed checkout, you can download:
Current Inventory 5.2013
Seed Check Out Form-
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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference Invitation for Input and Proposals
January 19 – 21, 2012Port Townsend, Washington Organic Seed Alliance invites you to help shape the Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference by providing suggestions for content and speakers and submitting proposals for presentations, posters, pa… Continue reading
Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference Invitation for Input and Proposals
January 19 – 21, 2012Port Townsend, Washington Organic Seed Alliance invites you to help shape the Sixth Organic Seed Growers Conference by providing suggestions for content and speakers and submitting proposals for presentations, posters, panels and roundtable discussions. This is … Continue reading
The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 3
The diversity of the first generation of Two Mary Corn. Years ago, when I first started teaching plant propagation for UCLA Extension, I bought a book called, Breed Your Own Vegetables by Carol Deppe. It proved a bit daunting and I put it down. I did… Continue reading
The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 3
The diversity of the first generation of Two Mary Corn. Years ago, when I first started teaching plant propagation for UCLA Extension, I bought a book called, Breed Your Own Vegetables by Carol Deppe. It proved a bit daunting and … Continue reading
The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 2
Corn is one of the most hybridized plants in our world today, but most of the hybrids developed in the past 50 years have nothing I want in my garden. This ancient race of corn, at present not precisely identified, from the Native Seed/SEARCH col… Continue reading
The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 2
Corn is one of the most hybridized plants in our world today, but most of the hybrids developed in the past 50 years have nothing I want in my garden. This ancient race of corn, at present not precisely identified, … Continue reading
The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 1
For all of the history of agricultural civilization, the farmers and gardeners saved their seeds to have something to plant next year. As soon as humankind began to depend on crops grown in tended fields, saving seeds was as much a part of the pr… Continue reading
The Forsaken Garden: The Food Humanity Forgot, Part 1
For all of the history of agricultural civilization, the farmers and gardeners saved their seeds to have something to plant next year. As soon as humankind began to depend on crops grown in tended fields, saving seeds was as much … Continue reading
The Seed Industry
From this morning’s brainstorming session, reasons why we dislike Genetically Modified Organisms, especially Monsanto. It was at my insistence that ‘Evil’ was added to the list; no other word describes my perception of companies that strive to be… Continue reading
The Seed Industry
From this morning’s brainstorming session, reasons why we dislike Genetically Modified Organisms, especially Monsanto. It was at my insistence that ‘Evil’ was added to the list; no other word describes my perception of companies that strive to be in control … Continue reading