We decided this year it was best to not hold a traditional Seedy Saturday in-person event but rather offer an outdoor experience in April to celebrate Earth Day! A St'at'imc Elder and drumming ceremony will open the event. Local musicians will play throughout the day. Besides inviting people to bring seeds for the swap table, we encourage folks to start a few extra bedding plants and bring them to the event for swapping. The Community Seed Library will also be there, as well as seed cleaning equipment including the winnower.
In response to concerns about the preservation of biodiversity as well as the need for local food security and a resilient adaptation to climate change, we have invited St'at'imc-owned Split Rock Environmental to come and sell a diverse array of native plants (flowers, berries, ground cover, shrubs, and grasses). We also invited a number of local groups who share these concerns to bring their information tables. To simplify our efforts this year there will be no seed companies present for selling seeds nor the usual Seedy Saturday vendors (except for Split Rock). We hope next year to return to something closer to the well-loved Seedy Saturday event again.
Let's celebrate EARTH DAY together!