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The Dalhousie Libraries’ seed library has launched a new garden kit initiative. The goal of this is to help promote food literacy while also encouraging active bodies, curiosity & wellness amongst our community.  

To celebrate the start of the 2020 Canadian Environment Week, the Office of Sustainability will be running a social media competition from May 29-June 5 where you can enter to win one of these seed kits, all you need to do is tag us in a picture of how you have been enjoying the outdoors either on Twitter or Facebook and include the hashtag #growgoodthings! We will reach out to the winners with details on delivering your prizes.  

Each garden kit contains an average of 5 varieties of seed along with tip sheets, growing instructions, and a crop descriptor form if kit recipients want to take part in a national initiative to document the resilient traits of open-pollinated plants. Also included are instructions for saving some of the seeds for next year. Please note there is no expectation for seeds to be returned to Dalhousie’s seed library at this time, this is our gift in gratitude for all that our community does to nourish us.

We look forward to seeding your photos! ​