Welcome to #OutPlantTheOutbreak + How to get your seeds
Does the virus outbreak have you feeling cooped-up? Or providing you with the desire to enhance your resiliency? Then, 2020 may be a year to start a garden, grow something new or engage your bored kids in a little Nature Deficit Busting. I am using Little Free type cabinets in the Midway and Frogtown neighborhood in St Paul, MN to distribute seeds to my neighbors this spring. And, as a companion, I’ll use this website to post how-to information as the cabinets gets stocked with different seeds, and share the posts on different social media platforms.
Gardening styles and techniques vary as much as the plants themselves. The tips and timing suggested here are for a Twin Cities Zone 4b urban climate. I’ll focus on methods that are accessible and have lower barriers to supplies and equipment. I’ll share prompts for timing of activities and resources that are nearby. I hope to offer encouragement to try something new, and reminders that every gardening act is an experiment! -often said by Diane Dodge, one of St Paul’s community gardening matriarchs. Here is video on indoor seed starting to inspire experimentation in the time of social distancing.
Pick-up some seeds today and let 2020 be your year of starting something new that can fill your uncertain spring with hope. Distribution cabinets where seeds can be found near the 55104 zipcode include:
#LittleFreeFlorist cabinet at 1729 Englewood Ave in the Midway neighborhood
The Pavlica Little Free Library at Griggs & Charles Aves, in the Midway neighborhood
Rita’s Little Free Library at Dunlap & Lafond in the Midway neighborhood. (It’s the corner cabinet with license plates decorating it, 1/2 way to the alley on Dunlap.)
The little free cabinet at 843 Van Buren Avenue in the Frogtown neighborhood
April’s Little Free Cabinet on Lexington Pkwy N between Englewood & Minnehaha Ave in the Frogtown neighborhood
Other cabinets participating with their own supplies:
Little Free Library at 49 Maywood Place in the Como neighborhood
Natalie’s Little Free plant cabinet on the 300 block of Blair in the Frogtown neighborhood
Update 5/5: We have had a harder time keeping seeds stocked at the Dale Street location and after supplying this location for 6 weeks we are ceasing restocking of the Little Free Library at 533 Dale Street. There are now 3 other locations in the Frogtown neighborhood, please check these out, but feel free to reach-out directly if you are need seed, we will try to work something out for your needs!
This effort is not being done in solo. A number of organizations are concerned about our community’s resiliency and are supporting this seed distribution such as NeighborWorks Home Partners, Frogtown Green the Como Community Seed Library, Urban Farm and Garden Alliance, the Saint Paul Seed Circle members, and neighbors like you!
Getting seeds packed up!