Welcome to our seed saving resources. This section is in partnership with The Northern Seed Library. Below you will find links to information about starting and saving seeds in zones 2-4. Some information and links may be missing while we revamp this section to be more user friendly as we migrate our paper resources to digital

Books & Websites About Seed Saving & Seed Sovereignty

• Seed Sovereignty, Food Security by Vandana Shiva 
• Seed to Seed by Suzanne Ashworth 
• The Triumph of Seeds by Thor Hanson
• The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds by Robert Gough & Cheryl Moore-Gough 
• The Prairie Gardener's Go-To For Seeds by Janet Melrose 
• How to Save Your Own Seeds by Seed Savers Exchange
• The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
• The Seed Underground by Janisse Ray
• Seed Libraries (and other means of keeping seeds in the hands of the people) by Cindy Conner
• www.seeds.ca 

Books & Websites About Plant Care, Environmentalism, Organic Gardening, Plant Breeding, Foraging, No Dig Gardening, Etc

• Safe Roundup Alternatives by Consumer Notice
• Women Who Dig by Trina Moyles 
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Compost Teas For The Organic Grower by Eric Risher
• Compost by Clare Foster
• Grow Compost by Zia Allaway
• Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof & Joanne Olszewski
• The Living Soil Handbook by Jesse Frost
• Building Soils Naturally by Phil Nauta
• Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener by Joseph Tychonievich
• Hole's Dictionary of Hardy Perennials by Jim Hole
• Teaming With Microbes by Jeff Lowenfels
• Teaming With Nutrients by Jeff Lowenfels
• Teaming with Bacteria by Jeff Lowenfels
• Teaming with Fungi by Jeff Lowenfels
• Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
• Grow Your Soil by Diane Miessler
• The Woodchip Handbook by Ben Raskin
• The Garden Flower Book by Bay Books
• The Healthy Vegetable Garden by Sally Morgan
• No Dig Organic Home & Garden by Charles Dowding & Stephanie Hafferty
• No Dig Gardening (Course 1) by Charles Dowding
• Growing Under Cover by Nikki Jabour
• Mushrooms of the Edmonton Region by Helene M E Schalkwyk
• Wild Edible Mushrooms of Alberta by Tom Cervenka
• The Boreal Herbal by Beverley Grey
• The Skillful Forager by Leda Meredith
• Northeast Foraging by Leda Meredith
• How To Sell A Poison by Elena Conis
• Canada's Wheat King by Jim Shilliday
• Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Rockies by Linda Kershaw
• Alpine Plants of BC, AB, and NW North America by Pojar & Mackinnon
• Plants of Northern British Columbia by Mackinnon, Pojar, & Coupe
• Plants of the Western Forests of AB, SK, MB Boreal & Aspen Parkland by Johnson, Kershaw, Mackinnon, & Pojar
• Edible & Medicinal Plants of Canada by MacKinnon & Kershaw
• Wild Edible Berries of Alberta by Tom Cervenka

Kid's Books About Seeds or Gardening 

• Compost Tea by Mary McKena Siddals
• Compost - A Family Guide To Making Soil by Ben Raskin
• Seeds by Carme Lemniscates 
• Planting Seeds by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
• How Does A Seed Sprout by Eric Carle
• Seeds by John Townsend & Isobel Lundie
• Seeds by Gail Saunders-Smith
• Seeds  by Lynn Stone
• Three Lost Seeds by Stephie Morton
• What Kinds Of Seeds Are These by Heidi Bee Roemer
• Seed School by Sakshi Mangal 
• Try It! by Mara Rockliff 
• We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom 
• Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi 
• The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel 
• Humongous Fungus by Lynne Boddy 
• Botanicum by Katie Scott & Kathy Willis 
• Compost Critters by Bianca Lavies
• Minibeasts In The Compost Heap by Sarah Ridley
• Yucky Worms by Vivian French  
• Butterflies Are Pretty Gross by Rosemary Mosco
• Flowers Are Pretty Weird by Rosemary Mosco
• Alien Tomato by Kristen Schroeder