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SUMMARY:Seed Saving
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DESCRIPTION:Local gardener educator Dan Rubin of Perfectly Perennial Herbs
  and Seeds will present an informative session on seed saving..\nhttps://b
 arrielibrary.libnet.info/event/4906133
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Watch\, Get Gardening and Learn To
 gether @ BPL Program Portal</strong>:&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In this workshop\, he
  will share plant life cycles\, what seeds are and why they are important\
 , heritage seeds\, the differences between annual\, biennial and perennial
  seeds\, self-pollinating and cross-pollinating varieties\, seed saving fr
 om vegetables\, fruits and trees\, techniques for seed harvesting and clea
 ning\, how to harvest and dry seeds from wet fruit\, seed storage and seed
  sharing.&nbsp\; As an experienced gardener and seedsman\, he will offer t
 ips to help you succeed with your own home seed saving. Dan will wrap up w
 ith a list of books and publications that offer good information and advic
 e for new and experienced gardeners.</p>\n<p><strong>Watch</strong>: <a hr
 ef="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr7AB9kctXQ"><strong>https://www.youtu
 be.com/watch?v=cr7AB9kctXQ</strong></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/w
 atch?v=MwtHfzYfd5s&amp\;feature=emb_logo"><strong></strong></a></p>\n<p><s
 trong>Learn</strong>: <a href="https://seeds.ca/sw8/web/diversity">Seeds o
 f Diversity Canada</a> &amp\; <a href="https://seeds.ca/sw8/web/diversity/
 seed-saving">Seed Saving</a></p>\n<p><strong>Join</strong>: BPL's <a href=
 "https://www.barrielibrary.ca/programs-events/seedy-saturday">Seedy Saturd
 ay</a></p>\n<p><strong>Visit</strong>: BPL's <a href="https://www.barrieli
 brary.ca/borrow/special-collections">Seed Library</a> to borrow and donate
  seeds for your garden or indoor plants</p>\n<p><strong>Dan Rubin</strong>
 </p>\n<p>Dan is a seedsman and gardener who makes his home on the coast of
  Newfoundland. He moved here from British Columbia almost twenty years ago
  after a career in education and publishing. As founder and manager of Per
 fectly Perennial Herbs and Seeds (<a href="http://www.perfectlyperennial.c
 a">www.perfectlyperennial.ca</a>) he has focused on seeds for perennials a
 nd self-seeding annuals that can help rebuild food security for local fami
 lies and communities.&nbsp\; His annual spring workshops on Creating the Y
 ear Round Garden and presentations to local groups have been attended by m
 ore than 800 people. He now leads the Earth Sheltered Greenhouse Project\,
  with a team building an innovative year-round grow structure at the O'Bri
 en Farm in St. John's to demonstrate the potential for year-round food pro
 duction. He is also the founder and chairperson of Food Producers Forum\, 
 Inc.\, a provincial non-profit supporting expansion of community-based foo
 d production. For information about that\, please visit the website:&nbsp\
 ; <a href="http://www.foodproducersforum.com">www.foodproducersforum.com</
 a>.</p>\n<p><img src="https://barrielibrary.libnet.info/images/editor/barr
 ielibrary/SeedsofDiversity.png" alt="" width="300" height="109" /></p>\n<p
 >This program is in partnership with <a href="https://seeds.ca/sw8/web/">S
 eeds of Diversity Canada</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>We want to improve\, to serv
 e you better. Please take a moment and fill out our&nbsp\;<a href="https:/
 /form.simplesurvey.com/f/s.aspx?s=2c0fe9cf-e00c-4212-88e8-2dbce130a214&amp
 \;lang=EN">Program Evaluation Form</a>.</strong></p>\nhttps://barrielibrar
 y.libnet.info/event/4906133
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