Buy our seeds online at vandusenseeds.org and support the education programs at the garden! Almost all botanical gardens have a program to collect and catalogue their seeds, to maintain stocks and trade with other gardens, but few have an organized plan for the public distribution of these seeds. One example of what can be done may be found at a garden in the southwest corner of British Columbia,
Canada - VanDusen Botanical Garden. The Volunteer Seed Collectors at VanDusen Botanical Garden have been collecting and cleaning seed since 1982. The program was initiated by the Garden's original Curator, Roy Forster (Order of Canada) and organized over the years by Aimee Murrell. The plan was, and still is, to collect only the very best seeds and to clean, prepare, and store them in such a way as to ensure the highest viability possible. These seeds are available for purchase at VanDusen Botanical Garden during the spring and summer and through our webstore year-round (vandusenseeds.org).
