Save The Seeds, Save The Story!

Using Seed Saving & Garden Journaling to Plan for 2027’s Vegetable Garden

Your vegetable garden doesn’t end with its harvest. In fact, some of its most important work is just beginning – preparing for next year. This Fall, join us for a hands-on exploration of seed saving and garden journaling, including evaluation of this year’s garden and planning for 2027!

Learn how to select, collect, clean, label and store seeds from the plants that thrived this season, while discovering how saving seed can help preserve locally adapted plants and the history of a garden.

We’ll evaluate your 2026 garden and dig into the art of garden journaling. You’ll learn how to record successes and challenges by documenting what you grew, what worked, what didn’t, what surprised you, and what you want to try next year. Your notes become more than a record – they become a roadmap for future seasons!

What we’ll explore:

• Seed selection and harvesting

• Cleaning and properly storing seeds

• Labeling and organizing your seed collection

• Basic seed viability and germination considerations

• Garden journaling techniques

• Recording observations, successes, failures and discoveries

• Using your journal to plan future gardens

• The importance of preserving locally saved seed