Now Open: The 2025 WMU Seed Library Collection!

This year will be bigger and better than ever, with hundreds of food and flower seeds. We've stocked the seed cabinet and will continue restocking throughout the spring, for as long as our seed collection lasts.

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You can find the seeds on the first floor of Waldo Library. Turn right at the main lobby.

Anyone who visits is welcome to use the Seed Library. Stop by any time the library is open.

Take what you will plant only and no more than five packets at a time. We want to share with as many people as possible.

Seed libraries are a way for aspiring and experienced gardeners to share free seeds and knowledge. Our Seed Library provides free open-pollinated, heirloom and native seeds to the Western and Kalamazoo communities to:

• Promote sustainable agriculture.
• Improve access to high-quality food.
• Expand pollinator habitats.
• Preserve heritage seeds.
• Educate communities about seed saving, sharing and growing their own food.

We keep seeds for three years. Seeds older than this will be moved to a basket to the side with a warning note about low germination rate.

All seed packets are marked clearly with the date the seeds were collected.