Southwest New Mexico Seed Library

01/31/2026

Our location at the Gila Valley Library is stocked! Happy planting! 😃

New seeds available!

10/26/2025

Volunteers needed! :)

10/06/2025

We hope you join us on November 8th for the 9th Annual Autumn Abundance Celebration!

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09/18/2025

The Appalachian Rekindling Project is an initiative to create, build, and fund a collective and intertribal Indigenous center in Appalachia where Native people can return and gather. This project aims to rekindle relationships with homelands, one another, and traditional practices/arts.
Find out more:
https://appalachianrekindlingproject.org/

In the interview, Joy and Delaronde share about their work around seed saving and other growing practices.
https://dailyyonder.com/living-traditions-podcast-the-appalachian-rekindling-project-is-restoring-indigenous-relationships-with-the-land/2025/08/13/

The Appalachian Rekindling Project is an Indigenous-led initiative restoring Appalachian lands, relationships, and traditions through rematriation and ecological care. Rooted in the LandBack movement, ARP fosters intertribal collaboration and supports reparative justice through a voluntary land tax

08/26/2025

Seed Sorting Tuesday! A great way to get your hands into the nitty gritty of what it takes to keep our Seed Libraries going. 😄

07/28/2025

All of the luck to this little one who declared he had always wanted to plant a tomato plant! 🍅

Frontier Food Hub had a full day yesterday at Cobre Consolidated Schools SummerFest. Have a great school year!

04/25/2025

Visit the Hurley Community Library today!

04/14/2025

"April 15, 2025: 4-5pm on The Public Library of Silver City, New Mexico's Lawn.
All ages welcome!
You can turn your garbage into gold! Composting kitchen waste is easy with redworms who transform organic waste into an nutrient-rich soil amendment that adds beneficial microbes & nutrients to your houseplants, garden & trees.
Diverting organic waste from landfills prevents the formation of methane and harmful greenhouse."

April 15, 2025: 4-5pm on The Public Library of Silver City, New Mexico's Lawn.

All ages welcome!

You can turn your garbage into gold! Composting kitchen waste is easy with redworms who transform organic waste into an nutrient-rich soil amendment that adds beneficial microbes & nutrients to your houseplants, garden & trees.
Diverting organic waste from landfills prevents the formation of methane and harmful greenhouse.

04/11/2025

A little funny to welcome the weekend. 😆Happy gardening, friends!

04/10/2025

Did you know healthy soil has extraordinary water-retention capacity?
It's estimated that every 1% increase in organic material results in as much as 25,000 gallons of available soil water per acre!