Events & Classes

In this class, we will go over the steps to start your own community or school garden and orchard. This will include going through our brand new set of resources to help you think through everything and also answer any questions you might have. We will also do some hands-on activities to help you plan your site.

This class will be located at the Delmar Divine (5501 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63112) in conference room 7.

Saving your own seeds is a great way to save money, preserve genetic diversity, adapt a crop to your local environment, and even develop your own varieties. Dean Gunderson, Chief Programs Officer here at Seed St. Louis, will cover the easiest crops to save seeds, the basics of saving seeds, and the basics of selecting your own varieties.

This class will be located at the Bell Community Garden (3841 Bell Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108) in their pavilion. Be sure to purchase summer seedlings at our Carriage House (3815 Bell Ave., 63108) during our plant sale from 9:00 to 11:00 am and then come down the street for this class!

Get your summer seedlings at our annual Summer Seedling Sale! All of our summer seedlings are sold as individual plants for $3.50 each and many of them are winners from our variety trials. We will also have seed packets and Seed St. Louis merch for sale.

The seedlings available will be eggplant, sweet peppers, tomatoes, Thai basil, and perennials including rhubarb, sea kale, lavender, and more. Learn more about each of the varieties at the link below.

We will accept cash, credit, Apple Pay and Google Pay for payment. The sale will run from 9:00 to 11:00 am and will be located outside at our Carriage House building at 3815 Bell Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108. Free street parking is available all along Bell. Please bring your own tray or box if you are able!

Scalable bin systems make composting easy for yards of all sizes. Tumblers spin organic materials into "black gold" with physical effort. We will cover how to make or buy bins and tumblers, set them up and manage them so you can transform food scraps, yard trimmings, and garden waste into a nutrient-rich amendment for your soil. Class includes hands-on demonstrations. NEW: Illinois teachers earn PD hours.

Cost: $15 per person
Location: Willoughby Farm, 631 Willoughby Ln., Collinsville, Illinois 62234

This event is offered as part of a ongoing series on food waste and composting in partnership with Table to Garden, Willoughby Farm and Good Dirt Composting Collective. The classes in this series have a fee but scholarships are available. For more information, call Carol Frerker 618-977-2430. Madison county teachers are eligible for a 100% fee waiver by contacting Lisa Rogers at [email protected].

We will have leftovers from our Spring Seedling Sale this Saturday for sale! Spring seedlings are sold as 4-packs for $3.50 each. This sale will be from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.

Those who are members of gardens or orchards in the Seed St. Louis network have access to pre-order these items at discounted prices. Please contact your garden/orchard leader for the pre-order information!

Gardening at a school comes with its own set of rewards and challenges. While summer is a prime time for the garden, upkeep can be challenging when schools are closed. Engaging the community and forming partnerships is key to any sustainable school or community garden project.

This class will explore a variety of strategies for connecting with your community and engaging new volunteers throughout the year, so garden maintenance will become a shared task. This class will be part workshop-style, so attendees can leave with a tangible guide to help them begin engaging their community. We will explore Asset Based Community Development as a strategy for building capacity for any community garden project along with other tips and tricks to engage the local community for support.

Location: Bell Community Garden, 3841 Bell Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm

Explore two strategies for indoor and small spaces that keep food scraps out of the landfill. Learn how worms can eat your garbage and turn food scraps into a powerful soil amendment. And, learn how small-scale bokashi fermentation can work in your home to enrich soil. Class includes hands-on demonstrations. NEW: Illinois teachers earn PD hours.

Cost: $15 per person
Location: Willoughby Farm, 631 Willoughby Ln., Collinsville, Illinois 62234

This event is offered as part of a ongoing series on food waste and composting in partnership with Table to Garden, Willoughby Farm and Good Dirt Composting Collective. The classes in this series have a fee but scholarships are available. For more information, call Carol Frerker 618-977-2430. Madison county teachers are eligible for a 100% fee waiver by contacting Lisa Rogers at [email protected].

Do you have limited outdoor space, or want to grow plants on your patio? Learn to grow edible plants year-round with this virtual class on container gardening, ranging from small nursery pots to reused truck beds. We will cover the pros and cons of containers; planting techniques; and basics of plant maintenance, including soil, watering, fertilizing, and pest management.

This Saturday we'll be selling the leftovers from our March Sale! We will have: seed potatoes (Red Pontiac and Yukon Gold), onion sets, bare-root leeks, mushroom spawn, and bare-root strawberry plants, bare-root asparagus plants, water chestnuts, and Korean taro root. (We sold out of strawberry plants and mushroom spawn.) Learn more about each of the March Sale items, including planting information, at the link below.

Saturday, March 15th, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Seed St. Louis Carriage House, 3815 Bell Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108

Managing a compost system to do what you want when you want requires a few secrets of the trade. Learn basic principles and get practical advice to make composting easy and doable. This class covers what composting is, what causes the composting process, what can and cannot be composted, and how to use compost, so you know how to troubleshoot along your composting journey! NEW: Illinois teachers earn PD hours.

Cost: $15 per person
Location: Willoughby Farm, 631 Willoughby Ln., Collinsville, Illinois 62234

This event is offered as part of a ongoing series on food waste and composting in partnership with Table to Garden, Willoughby Farm and Good Dirt Composting Collective. The classes in this series have a fee but scholarships are available. For more information, call Carol Frerker 618-977-2430. Madison county teachers are eligible for a 100% fee waiver by contacting Lisa Rogers at [email protected].

Join the Seed St. Louis Young Friends for a casual happy hour at 2nd Shift Brewing on March 12th from 5–7 PM! Connect with the Young Friends group, chat with staff, and support Seed St. Louis—all while enjoying great beer. For every pint sold, $1 will be donated to Seed St. Louis. Mark your calendar and feel free to reach out for more details. We look forward to seeing you there!

Wednesday, March 12th, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
2nd Shift Brewing, 1601 Sublette Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110