Mid Argyll Seed Coop

09/04/2026

Act are offering a new round of Carbon Literacy training particularly aimed at individuals involved in volunteering/community activities - See the post/flyer for how to get signed up!

Our next role out of free and online The Carbon Literacy Project training is later this month!

If you live or work in Argyll and Bute and want a place to explore localised climate resilience, how we can adapt to changes in our weather patterns, how we can maximise our opportunities in sustainable careers, and much more... this is for you.

This course is specifically aimed at Argyll and Bute Third Sector staff and wider community groups looking to upskill. This training can form part of your Workplace CPD. Sign up as an individual or as part of a wider group!

To sign up, or find out more, contact Jamie at [email protected]

Priority given to members of ACT, Time for Change Argyll & Bute or Argyll and Bute Third Sector Interface or those working with Argyll and Bute Council Highlands and Islands Enterprise (or any other Carbon Literate Organisations).


Funded by the The Scottish Government Climate Hubs Programme and supporting Climate Ready Regions

31/03/2026

Have you started sowing your seeds for 2026 yet? Our Seed Savers Group met for the first time online last week for an introduction to seed saving & to chat about our seed crop plans! 🌼

We now have a whatsapp group where our members will be able to share encouragement and tips with each other to support the growth of their seed crop 🫛🌱

There is still time to get involved with our Seed Savers group, email us at [email protected] and we can add you to the group and send you the recording of our zoom session ✨

21/03/2026

Thanks to all who made it out last night to Ford Village Hall for our Film night social & last seedswap of Spring 🌱

We still have tatties leftover so do get in touch if you'd like some & we can organise a local collection or if you know of a local group/school who would benefit from growing tatties this year 🥔 ✨

We also have our first zoom meetup for seed savers on Monday evening - do pm us if you haven't got details & want to join our wonderful group of seed savers 🌱

Thanks must go to Seed Sovereignty Programme in Scotland who we spoke about lots last night & have learnt so much from. Also to Act ABCAN for funding us & to Andrea & Steve for putting the bar on at Ford Village Hall also 🙏

13/03/2026

Seed Savers Group for 2026 - Read below for how you can get involved & details of our first online meetup 🌱

What you need to join the Seed Savers group -
- You need to be able to dedicate space in your garden or community plot to grow plants for seed
- You ideally have 1-2 years experience with growing food (& dealing with challenges like pests)
- You can join our whatsapp group, where we will share updates through the season and you ask questions
- At the end of the season we will ask you to complete a record about your seed crop and attend a late Summer gathering to process and collect in the seed for the coop
(there’ll be crop failures & that’s okay!)

Seed Saver Group Zoom Intro Meeting on Monday March 23rd from 7pm - Please PM us for the zoom link.
There will be a brief introduction to seed saving and more information on what we're asking you to do when growing seed for the coop. More importantly this meeting will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss our seed crop plans together! We will be recording the meeting for those that cannot make it.

10/03/2026

We have seed tatties for you to try🥔!

These will be available at our Mid Argyll Seed Coop Seed Social Film Night next Friday or you can contact us to grab any leftovers if you can't make it (please PM us) Suggested donation is 40p per tuber 🥔🥔🥔

Whether you grow in the ground, in pots or in grow bags, potatoes are one of the easiest crops for beginner growers with very little outdoor space required 🌱 We will be on hand to share growing tips at the above event too ✨

We have the following varieties available from Scottish company 'Potato House' that are either Scottish heritage varieties or known to grow well in our climate -
Pentland Javelin (first early)
Kestrel (second early)
Arran Victory Organic (main crop)
Cara Organic (main crop)
Valor (main crop)

We look forward to seeing you next Friday at Ford Village Hall!

03/03/2026

Thanks to ABCAN for featuring us in their first newsletter & for our seed funding ✨🌱

Highly recommend subscribing to their newsletter 👌details in original post.

ABCAN brings together people and projects across Argyll and Bute who care about climate action. 🌍

Our first monthly newsletter is now live. We’re introducing a themed format, starting with growing 🌱

Catch up on local food conversations, youth action and new resources.

Read it here: https://bit.ly/4aYvQGN

03/03/2026

Tomorrow!! 🌱 Seedswap @ Kilmartin Bookswap from 12.30-2.30pm in Kilmartin Church 🌱

Sally & I will be bringing the seed collection to Bookswap for you to get some seeds (including from this donation by Vital Seeds), chat about food growing in Argyll & find out more about seed saving with us this year 👩‍🌾

Kilmartin Bookswap is also a fantastic way to find your next book and enjoy a tasty soup or treat too 📚🥣

26/02/2026

🌱 Seed saving in communities - we're delighted to be supporting local community groups with starting or growing their seed saving journey in their own project space ✨

This week we have visited Susannah Act MAKI pups outdoor nursery & Michelle at Green Shoots garden Hope Kitchen Oban to share seeds & help them get started with seed saving this season 👩‍🌾

We'll be supporting them through the season with learning materials, providing some workshop support & helping with processing their seed crops whilst learning how best we can support different types of local community projects with our seed collection in the future ✨

If you're a local community group looking to learn more about seed saving do get in touch [email protected] of DM us here.

15/02/2026

The biggest thank you ✨ to everyone who braved the 🌧️ today to come to our very first seed gathering Kilmartin Museum 🙏🌱

We had over 40 folks come along brimming with questions, hopes & seed saving aims seeking seeds to help them in their growing journey 👩‍🌾 We were blown away to have attendees from Inverary to Oban, Tarbert to Arran as well as Dunadd residents ✨

You can find us next - Kilmartin Bookswap @ Kilmartin church on March 4th from 12.30pm

&& Seed Swap + Film Night Ford Village Hall 20th from 7pm 🌱

If you'd like us to come to do a seedswap at your community project please email us [email protected]

& If you'd like to get involved in seed saving for the coop we'd love to hear from via, email us with how to get involved 💕

Finally a MASSIVE thank you to Sally, ABCAN, Dunadd Community Enterprise, Seed Sovereignty Programme in Scotland for supporting and inspiring us to start a seed collection for Mid Argyll 🌱🙏

14/02/2026

Seed packing station 🌱✨

We've been busy packing up seeds for all of you attending our upcoming seed swaps or joining in with our seed savers group 👩‍🌾

We're excited to say we've got a really good variety of seeds from fantastic UK growers producing open pollinated seeds... With a focus on varieties that grow well in our climate & a selection that are easy to save seed from!

As it's our first year we are limiting selections to 4 packets per person. This way we can make sure as many folks get to try seed saving/growing food as possible 🌱

If you can't make it tomorrow Mid Argyll Seed Coop Seed Gathering or to our future seed swaps on at Bookswap on 4th & Ford Hall on the evening of 21st march but want to join our seed savers group then please email us [email protected] & we can set you up with seeds ✨

With thanks to ABCAN for our seed fund to get started & to Real Seeds & Vital Seeds for the generous donations of additional seed & resources 🙏

10/02/2026

Who else gets overly excited by a seed delivery? 🌱✨

With our seed event (inc. seed swap) coming up this Sunday we've got seeds arriving from some incredible small businesses selling open pollinated seeds actually grown in the UK 🌱 & we're packing up some of our own saved seed from our seed saving training last year with Seed Sovereignty Programme in Scotland 👩‍🌾

Thanks to our ABCAN kickstart funding we had a small budget for starting the collection, which means small packets of seeds will be available on donation for you to try out and we can also support you in learning to save your own seed in return for sending some back to us at the end of this growing season!

We are therefore focusing on collecting seeds that we believe will do well in our climate & are easier to save seed from...and some that have Scottish origins ✨

Here we have some outdoor blight resistant tomatoes & climbing beans suited to wet/cold climates both available from Wales Seed Hub - Hwb Hadau Cymru 🤩

If you haven't already please go and check out their extensive online catalogue of seeds grown in Wales (a pretty similar climate to us!) by some incredible seed savers - they've got a lot of seeds that would grow really well here in Argyll!

Hopefully see you on Sunday for our Mid Argyll Seed Coop Seed Gathering including our seedswap ✨ 2-4pm Kilmartin Museum Community room!