Please join us on Sunday, December 13th, at 2pm, for our most popular meeting of the year!

Due to Mecklenburg County COVID restrictions, the seed share will take place outside in a picnic shelter and will be limited to 50 members only. 

Register for the Seed Share

Please bring your seeds from native plants of the southeast to share. The Seed Share is a great place to get seeds for hard-to-find native plants.

Bonus: Dr. Larry Mellichamp will be creating a video about starting seeds before the next meeting.

“It can be fun to find, collect and start seeds of native plants, herbaceous and woody. Proper knowledge of exactly what to do for each species will help improve success. When to collect; how to store; when to plant; fresh or dry; covered or uncovered; should you peel, scrape, crack, scarify, or soak; must you stratify or not; place in situ or in a seed bed or community pot. How do you know you even have a proper seed in that handful of chaff? These are all daunting questions more bothersome than learning how to bake a cake or make brownies. Watch for upcoming video on the basics of starting plants from seeds – but go ahead and be collecting seeds and fruits now.” Dr. Mellichamp

How to Prepare Your Seeds for the Seed Share

• Place the cleaned seeds in small packets with a teaspoonful for smaller seeds or 3-4 seeds if they are large.
• Use paper envelopes or plastic bags labeled with both the common name and the scientific name. So that social distancing can be maintained, all seeds must be prepackaged.
• Beth Davis has coin envelopes that she will mail to you for packaging your seeds if you wish. Email her at ncnpsspchapter@gmail.com if you want some.