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West Hartford Public Library Seed Library
20 South Main St.
West Hartford, CT 06107
Nearby in the Library
- The West Hartford Seed Library seed library
- West Hartford Farmers' Market farmers market
- West End Farmers' Market farmers market
- Chrysalis Center Food Hub food hub
- Homestead Avenue Farmers Market at the Ch... farmers market
How borrowing seed works.
Take a few packets, usually free, grow them, and if some plants do well, let them go to seed and bring a share back so the next gardener can borrow it. Bringing seed back is encouraged, never required. Most seed libraries stock open-pollinated and heirloom varieties because those grow true from saved seed; hybrids do not, so most ask you not to return them. Donated seed is not germination-tested the way store seed is, so sow a little extra.
Worth asking before you go:
- Is it open right now? Many run from late winter into summer.
- How many packets can I take, and do I need a library card?
- Which branch has the seed, and can I reserve it online?
- Do you take seed donations, and how should I label saved seed?
Growing out what you borrow.
How to save seed worth returning, and how to keep a collection alive: seed ages fastest when it is warm and damp, and a small sensor shows you when it is.
From the Resource Library.
Growing out what you borrowed? The Library's growing shelves go deeper.
Listed in The Agriculture Resource Library; data verified September 2026.
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