One Seed One Comunity Bega Valley

04/05/2026

One seed One Community 2026 – Wrap up
The One seed One Community project was a great success, once again. Bega Valley Seed Savers and BVSL would like to say a big thank you to everyone who grew the Pink Bumblebee Tomato over summer. We far exceeded our own expectations of the amount of seeds returned by our community growers. The returned seeds weighed in today at 309 grams. Which is between about 92000 and 150000 seeds, WOW.
We also heard lots of conversation and positive feedback about the joys of growing and eating the very tasty tomato.
The seeds will be shared with other seed banks in the state.
Well done everyone.😊

10/04/2026

Any guesses on how many Pink Bumblebee seeds are here? We had to go looking for a huge jar to put them in as all the regular jars were too small. Orange for scale. It weighed in at a whopping 309 grams of seed!!!! Which is a lot of little tomato seeds.

22/03/2026

Look at all this fabulous Pink Bumblebee seed that is the result of the two recent youth workshops with Grow the Future.
We are coming up to the last week of the program for this season. If you still haven't brought your seed into the Library please pop it into a paper bag or envelope and drop it off to your local branch soon.

19/03/2026

06/03/2026

We are thrilled! Beryl won champion tomato at the Bega Show with her Pink Bumblebees from the plant she picked up from the Library.

27/02/2026

20/02/2026

Step by step tomato seed processing in pictures!

03/02/2026

Here are the details for the upcoming workshop in Bermagui. Workshops are also happening in Bega and Eden.
Register now to find out how to save seed from your Pink Bumblebees (and other tomato varieties).

🧑‍🎓 Learn the ins and outs of preserving tomato seeds for storage.
💥 Process, dry & save your seeds. Never buy tomato plants again.
🍅 Tomato seeds can be tricky to save, but we have answers for you.
🌱 Contribute to community seed diversity. Let’s all grow together!
🎟️ Limited places. Bookings required:
🌐 https://begavalley.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=174671

🌿Part of our One Seed One Community project to increase seed stock of the delicious Pink Bumble Bee tomato.

05/01/2026

The little green fruits are forming. It's so exciting! However it's going to be HOT, HOT, HOT later this week. So hot that plants will be stressed and fruit in direct sun can get sun burnt. We'll be draping an old sheet over ours when the temperature goes over 35. A bit of scrap shadecloth would work too. We'll also make sure we're keeping them well watered.
For those growing in pots, particularly those big black plastic ones, it might be a good idea to make sure the pots themselves don't get direct sunlight and possibly cook some roots.
What's your strategy for getting your Pink Bumblebees through the heatwave?

16/12/2025

How is your Pink Bumblebee tomato going? This one is looking very healthy and has plenty of flowers. No fruit yet though! But given it was planted at the start of November we're pretty happy with it's progress so far.