Seed Broadcasts from Manitou Springs Seed Library
Seed
Broadcast Mobile Seed Story Broadcast Station was at Manitou Springs
Seed Library on July 3rd. It is located at the Manitou Springs
Public Library and housed in a gorgeous antique library card catalog.
The seed library is open and free for the public use.
Local
gardener and seed library participant, Katherine Garcia, came by to
visit the Broadcast Station and used the copy center and bulletin
board to take home some seed saving documents. She talked about how
hands-on gardening was instrumental for actually learning how to grow
food and save seed. She posted a request for Osha seed (If anyone
reading has successfully grown this and has some to share...please
leave a comment below and we can get you connected.) Katherine
also shared a seed story with us.
David Woolley
helped organize the Seed Broadcast event at the Manitou Springs
Public Library and spoke with us about the creation of the seed
library, its organization, mission, and the questions that have come
up to grow this community effort into a viable seed sharing mission.
He also shared his personal Seed Stories.
We
also interviewed several of the Manitou librarians, who assist
patrons in using the library and also help keep it properly archived
and organized. Librarian, Deb Ehret,
has also participated in the public seed library and taken sunflower
seeds home to plant in her yard. She talked about how she planted
her new home in Manitou Springs with these seeds and also how people
from the local community spent hours perusing the seed library.
Margaret Morris,
the Director of the Manitou Public Library, has been instrumental in
helping to organize the seed library. She talked about how important
this seed archive is, and how librarians are a perfect match to help
manage these seed libraries as living collections. She joined us in
the Broadcast Station to check out some of the Seed Stories and
browse our broadcast hub, which provides audio, video, and document
feeds of seed saving, seed library, and seed sovereignty materials
from online sources. She also discussed the recent fires, which
caused huge devastation north of Manitou Springs, and forced many
Manitou residents to be evacuated from their homes, leaving their
gardens to fend for themselves in this time of extreme draught.
Thank
you Manitou Seed Library for sharing your seed stories with us and we
hope that the monsoons soon arrive and provide abundant moisture for
your gardens, mountains, and rivers!
