Southampton Seed Swap

Southampton's 5th Seed Swap will take place on:
Saturday 13th February 2010, 10.30am - 5pm, and
Sunday 14th February 2010, noon - 5pm at
The Art House Gallery Café, 178 Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7DW
Entrance: by donation. Event is on the first floor so not accessible by wheelchair, unfortunately - Online Map.

Saturday 13th February: Seed Swap table as well as various environmental stalls. Food and drinks also available from the café.

Sunday 14th February: Seed Swap table as well as various seed merchants, etc. Food and drinks also available from the café.

Also, on Friday 12th February 2010, from 7-9.30pm there's a talk by Graham Cole, and also John and Catriona Kennard on stock-free organic growing. Entry by donation.

Our thanks to October Books, our sponsor for the last three years. October Books, 243 Portswood Road, Southampton. For a period after this event, they will have a small selection of left-over seeds on their counter, which you can choose from for a voluntary donation.

Southampton Seed Swap is organised by The Art House and October Books

Seedy Sunday has been taking place in Brighton for several years - now a very big event there, and was the inspiration for Southampton's first Seed Swap in 2006 ("Seedy Saturday" as we then called it).

Why hold a Seed Swap?

Over the past century we have lost 97% of our vegetable varieties in the UK alone. A handful of corporations now control a quarter of the world's entire seed market - the very same corporations that are pushing their GM 'products' into our homes and on to our tables.