Category: Community Seed Library News
Help the Seed Library Grow This Spring
Posted January 28, 2025
Are you ordering seeds for your own garden this year? If you have some left over, consider donating them to JMU’s Community Seed Library! We are happy to accept store-bought seeds, partially used packets, or seeds saved from your garden. […]
Help the Community Seed Library Grow This Fall
Posted November 11, 2024
Do you have seeds left over from your garden planting this year? Consider donating them to JMU’s Community Seed Library! Visit us in Rose Library! The free JMU Community Seed Library is now located on the first floor of Rose […]
JMU Community Seed Library Now in Rose Library
Posted August 1, 2023
We’ve moved! The free JMU Community Seed Library is now located on the first floor of Rose Library, right around the stairs from the main entrance. Come visit! Visit the self-service seed cabinet any time the building is open to […]
The Seed Library is Moving and Shaking
Posted April 3, 2023
Now in Rose Library: In preparation for the Carrier renovation, the Community Seed Library has moved to Rose Library, across from the elevators on the first floor. You can donate or pick up seeds at Rose Library or Massanutten Regional […]
Shenandoah Valley Ever Green: Winter 2023
Posted February 13, 2023
Have a need for seeds? There’s a library for that
Posted February 13, 2023
Support the JMU Community Seed Library on #GivingTuesday
Posted November 29, 2021
This #GivingTuesday, consider making a gift to support the JMU Community Seed Library at JMU Libraries. Our seed library provides seeds to any member of the community (no library card necessary!) and accepts donations of seeds from local seed savers. […]
Feature Friday: JMU Community Seed Library
Posted March 13, 2021
(All photos pre-COVID.) In February 2020, over 100 people packed into the lobby of Carrier Library for the grand opening of JMU’s Community Seed Library, organized by JMU Libraries. A few weeks later, the COVID-19 pandemic sent many of us […]
Community Seed Library: Donate or Request Seeds
Posted October 2, 2020
The Community Seed Library is a self-service seed sharing library, provided by JMU Libraries, and available to all. No library card necessary! Please consider donating seeds to the Community Seed Library. We rely on seeds from your gardens to keep […]
Community Seed Library Update
Posted April 21, 2020
In an effort to continue getting seeds into the hands of our community members despite pandemic restrictions, the Community Seed Library started a pilot project to offer an off-site pick-up option, which was covered in the Daily News Record. The seeds are […]