Learn the step-by-step process of saving garden seeds

Bright yellow sunflowers with green foliage in a field
Photo by Julie Stricker
Saving seeds from plants, such as this Midnight Sun sunflower blooming in the fields of the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Experiment Farm, can help preserve biodiversity.

Join Kristin Haney, director of Growing Ester's Biodiversity Seed Library, for a free statewide Zoom webinar on saving seeds from your garden. The webinar is sponsored by the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Cooperative Extension Service.

Explore the importance of preserving biodiversity, the step-by-step process of saving seeds, and practical tips to get started. Learn about selecting plants, harvesting and storage.

The webinar is from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20.

Register using the or visit.

For more information, contact Molly Johansson, 907-786-6313 or mjohansson@alaska.edu.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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