Seed Share UK

After a successful pilot in April, it’s time to open registrations for the Autumn seed share.

Feel free to copy and post on other forums or email to contacts in the UK who might be interested.

Thanks!

Are you a UK seed saver, hobby plant breeder, seed librarian?

Would you like to grow special mixes for diverse, resilient crops and more relaxed seed saving?

Take part in our next seed share:
late Oct/early Nov 2025.

Email seedshareuk@gmail.com to register interest, ask questions, share what crops you’d like to contribute.

How does it work?

1- Send in between 5-10 packets of home saved seeds, along with a prepaid shipping label with your address (to return seeds).

2- When all the seeds have arrived, they get mixed for each crop type.

3-You will get an email with all the crops available. Choose the 5-10 packets you would like in return.

4-5 Receive your chosen seeds to grow and enjoy. You can select the plants that do best for you and start saving your own mix, adapted to your garden and goals.

There is no obligation to send seeds back at the end of the season, although we hope you will want to share them with your community or participate in a future seed share.

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A sneak peek at a few seeds I’ve received for the seed share.

The list of crops available has just gone out. 12 participants, over 25 crops!

Vegetables

Broad bean mix (and a few field beans)

Pea mix (all mixed or edible pods/shelling/drying), various sizes, up to 2m

Runner bean mix (mainly pods and a few drying types)

French beans, dwarf mix (pods and drying)

French beans, climbing mix (pods and drying types, some semi-climbing)

Cabbage mix (green, red, savoy, pointy, round)

Kale mix (very diverse mix, mainly B oleracea, a few B napus)

Beetroot mix (various colours)

Carrot mix (various colours)

Parsnip mix

True potato seed mix (various shapes and colours)

Tomato mix, indeterminate

Tomato mix, determinate/bush

Tomato, winter storage mix (indeterminate)

Chilli mix (very diverse mix)

Winter squash, C maxima mix (various shapes and colours)

Winter squash, C moschata mix (various shapes)

Courgette mix, C pepo (various colours)

Summer squash mix, C pepo (short season tasty summer squash, exact mix unknown)

Melon mix

Cucumber mix

Lettuce mix (very diverse mix)

Swiss chard mix (various colours)

Red orach

Turkish rocket (bunias orientalis)

Herbs

Coriander mix

Celery mix (mix of stem and leaf types, various colours)

Chives mix

Sweet cicely

Flowers

Sunflower mix

Calendula mix

Poppy mix

Nasturtium mix

Aquilegia mix

Hollyhocks, dark burgundy

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The seed parcels are on their way!

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