Post on 17-Jan-2018
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Collecting
Vegetable
Cultivar Seed in
the UKNeil Munro
Heritage Seed Library
Who we areHeritage Seed Library
Founder: Lawrence Hills6500 membersFormed in a response to National Listing (1973)Promoting seed saving‘Seed Guardians’ (195)
The Collection
Definitions:Heritage HeirloomEx-commercial
Only vegetables held800+ Varieties
Seed SourcesDonations
The main source of seedMembers‘Word-of-mouth’Media
ProjectsSeed Search (1998– 2000)
DETR FundedProactive searchMedia Assessed by Co-ordinator & volunteers200+ varieties70 accessions after assessment
ProjectsWorcestershire Allotments (2009)
In conjunction with University of BirminghamSurvey & Collection across 30 sites34 ‘landraces’ discovered+3 discontinued+4 fruit landraces
Projects‘Sowing New Seeds’ (2010 - 2014)
‘Exotic Crops’Collect, save, share & re-skill‘Seed Stewards’342 crops assessed
AssessmentProvenanceTrialCharacterisationContinuing assessment
The Knowledge (IK)
‘British Home Gardens’ - 2007-2010Simon Platten, University of Kent
Partners – Eden Project & KewFunded by Leverhulme TrustOne London Allotment site
- 29% exchanged or saved seed.Maintenance biological AND cultural.
The Knowledge (IK)Sowing New Seeds
Promotion of crops:
Knowledge of crops +93%Growing crops +89%Collecting seeds +70%Cooking crops +67%
Questions?
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