Atchison Annual Seed Fair

Atchison Annual Seed Fair The Atchison Annual Seed Fair is a Free to all community driven yearly event!

A special thank you the Atchison Public Library for supplying the event venue and all the volunteers who communally dona...
02/08/2026

A special thank you the Atchison Public Library for supplying the event venue and all the volunteers who communally donated a lot of their free time towards the event. We absolutely cannot do this without you!

About 2% of the city's populous came out to the event from near or far and we're excited to see your gardening progress in 2026! If you havent joined the Atchison Gardening Community Facebook group, please send a request! Pictures, questions, woes and successes are welcome!

Additional thanks goes to KAIR Radio - Hot Country 93.7, Louise Regenstein, James Howey from the Atchison Globe, Gurney's Seed and Nursery, Johnny's Selected Seeds, MIGardener, True Leaf Market, Baker Creek Seed, Valley Feed and Seed, Hillside Feed and Seed, the Merrywood Community Garden, Jean Dowell from the Garden of FPC, Catholic Charities of NE Kansas, K State-Atchison Extension Office and all the volunteers from the Atchison Annual Seed Fair - Deb, Dirk, Violet, Kara, Tisha, Courtney, Darlene, Laura, Diane, Pauline, Jeff, Amy, Grace, Max, Jackie, Isabel, Kelsey, Lois (and David for cheering us on), Susan, Adam, the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica and the St. Benedict Catholic School students who assisted them. A special mention to Trinity Episcopal Church for providing space for us to work along side the space offered by the ever patient and supportive Melody at the APL!

Thank you all for your contributions and attendance!

Today is the day! 10-2 at the Atchison Public Library! This is a FREE event and seed is available to all who would like ...
02/07/2026

Today is the day! 10-2 at the Atchison Public Library! This is a FREE event and seed is available to all who would like to attend. Please only bring what you can spare and only take what you will use! Thank you to all our volunteers who worked so hard together on this event!

02/07/2026

We have plenty of seed ready to plant! Come meet a great group of volunteers and join the Atchison Gardening Community!

01/23/2026

The seed packing event is canceled tomorrow at the Atchison Public Library due to incoming weather! We are assigning folks some seed to package while they are snowed in. Itll require a printer to print labels. PM us to participate!

With a HUGE donation to the 4th Annual Atchison Spring Seed Fair that will be hosted at the Atchison Public Library on F...
01/21/2026

With a HUGE donation to the 4th Annual Atchison Spring Seed Fair that will be hosted at the Atchison Public Library on Feb 7th 2026, we have been handed an incredible opportunity to help all of our neighbors in Atchison County.

If you, your church or organization have interest in starting a community garden anywhere in Atchison County please reach out to this page, C.M. King or the committee of Merrywood Community Garden for support in achieving your goal.

Primary partners encouraged are from nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities, churches with empty lots, 501c's with adjacent fallow land, schools and educational facilities as well as apartment dwellings with communal and permissible access to an approved planting area. If you have an idea we havent thought of, please submit your request with details for consideration.

We have plenty of viable seed ready to support your project. Please reach out!

01/17/2026

We just had a HUGE donation of seed for the upcoming 4th Annual Atchison Spring Seed Fair! This doubles our available stock. Remember folks, this is a free event and all seed is free to the public. Be sure to come down the Atchison Public Library and get your garden started!

01/11/2026

A very special thank you to the 9 volunteers that joined together to package seed for the upcoming event! While we sat, chatted and had snacks... we made amazing progress on an easy but very time consuming task.

Next weekend on Saturday, we will assemble again at the Atchison Public Library from 9am to 2pm to continue the process. Please RSVP by messaging this page or by reaching out to Levi Gabriel.

Thank you all for supporting this grassroots community project and for the support you show each other. From all indications, this year's event will be fantastic!

It's only 34 days until the 4th Annual Atchison Spring Seed Fair at the Atchison Public Library! As a team, we have a LO...
01/04/2026

It's only 34 days until the 4th Annual Atchison Spring Seed Fair at the Atchison Public Library!

As a team, we have a LOT to accomplish this month. If you'd like to volunteer to package bulk seed with a warm hearted and fun group at Project Concern, Inc. please reach out to [email protected] or message Levi Gabriel and/or this page directly. Bulk seed will be available after Jan 10th for packaging, please keep a look out for a coinciding group session.

For those of you just now learning about this event... the seed fair was established in 2023 as a community outreach project in tandem with the Atchison Gardening Community Facebook group that realized the cost concerns with modern private agriculture were challenging. Now sponsored by Live Well Atchison County, Inc., this project has blossomed into an event that hosted 300-400 guests last spring and will undoubtedly pack the house at the library this year. Please be respectful to your surroundings and be sure to shop the dollar book section for literary gems before you depart.

This event is free to the public, cashless and welcomes small agriculturalists to offer their seed as well as receive some from the tables presented. Please only take what you can plant and leave what you can spare. If root stock is offered, please use containers and offer packaging that will keep the floor clear of dirt.

The event will offer space to Community relief agencies dedicated to providing fresh produce to the public such as the Merrywood Community Garden and The Garden of FPC, Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, as well as the MU Extension 4-H in Atchison County, the K-State Research and Extension - Atchison County. All other agencies and organizations seeking representation, please RSVP so we can reserve you space. There are no spaces for vendors nor businesses at this event. TBA is a guest speaker on regenerative soil structures that we hope to book.

There are so many special thanks to depart that I don't know where to begin... so I will share that I and many others thank you Atchison for the warm welcome of this event and may all your gardens be prosperous!

A special thank you to Hillside Feed and Seed in Wichita for the generous donation for the 4th Annual Spring Seed Fair! ...
12/12/2025

A special thank you to Hillside Feed and Seed in Wichita for the generous donation for the 4th Annual Spring Seed Fair! There are some awesome varieties included!

A special thank you to MIgardener for the generous contribution to the Atchison Annual Seed Fair and the Merrywood Commu...
12/07/2025

A special thank you to MIgardener for the generous contribution to the Atchison Annual Seed Fair and the Merrywood Community Garden! Remember them when shopping for heirloom seed or planting late garlic, they offer mystery boxes of awesome random varieties when the brunt of ordering is done for the year! We're already looking forward to the spring!

Also, if youre interested in the planning and application of a community garden at your church ir in your area, join the new Community Garden Network group.

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66002

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