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Start: Jul 31 2010 9:00 am
End: Jul 31 2010 11:30 am
West County Community Seed Bank meets monthly on the last Saturday of the month (except Nov. and Dec) from 9 -11:30 am to share seeds, plants, resources and local gardening and food information.
The Community Seed Garden is a new project of the WCCSB, located at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Sebastopol. We are caretaking a 1/2 acre garden the main purpose of which is to grow seed for the seed bank. The seed garden allows us to grow more seed than many of our home gardens allow. The garden will be used as an educational tool to teach about the seed saving process. Creating a local source of seed is an important part of creating a healthy and resilient local food system. Seed is the beginning of the food cycle. There is a garden work party from 9:00-10:30 Bring plants and seeds, questions and experience to share. Also check out the seed bank blog at westcountyseedbank.blogspot.com and you can sign up to receive event announcements and updates via the seed bank google list on the Seed Bank page here. All are welcome, including children! Start: Jul 31 2010 2:00 pm
End: Jul 31 2010 5:00 pm
The Transition Sebastopol Energy Group will host its second workshop on how to build a solar batch water heater.The simple design is an insulated box with reflective interior and double pane (re-used) sliding glass door to heat the water in a steel tank salvaged from a used water heater core. The hot water can be used directly or can be used to preheat water feeding into a conventional water heater, allowing it to work more efficiently. This concept can be also used to make a solar oven. Come join us at Laguna Farm for this fun, hands-on workshop!
Space is limited, please RSVP early to: When: Saturday, July 31st, 2pm to 5pm | ||
Our vision is to create a network of seed savers that build a repository of locally grown seed for Sonoma County gardeners. The seed is offered free to anyone who will use it, and the goal is to have it be an exchange where people take seed and they bring seed to share. In order to build the network of seed savers, we offer classes in seed saving and other food gardening skills. 
