SPARK Seed Library Launch
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SPARK Seed Library Launch

Planting Justice's Sobrante Park Nursery is now home to SPARK Seeds, a brand new seed lending library! The seeds you and the community borrow from this seed library are lent to you for FREE. We just ask that when you get a successful harvest, you save seeds and return them to this library so that we can keep Sobrante Park a resilient neighborhood.

This seed library is located in a white tent in front of the yurt at the Nursery (319 105th Ave., Oakland, CA 94603)  and is available for the entire community to use. The seeds that you return keep the library self-sustaining. The more seeds in the library, the more members of our community can experience the pleasures of growing their own food!

How to use SPARK Seeds:

1. Using the Donation Info Sheet, fill out a separate envelope or container for each type of seed you plan to take.
2. Put seeds in envelopes or containers. Take 2-3 seeds for every plant you intend to grow this season.
3. When you get a successful harvest, save seeds and return them to this library.

MANY THANKS to the businesses and individuals who donated seeds! Your donations have allowed us to open with a robust array of seeds!

Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library 

The Watershed Nursery Cooperative 

Berkeley Horticultural Nursery 

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Adaptive Seeds 

Westbrae Nursery 

Encinal Nursery 

Evergreen Nursery 

East Bay Nursery 


Happy planting, Sobrante Park!

    • I have seen myself in the best, best headspace in my life. I’m not drinking no more. I’m eating healthier. It took me to come here, to be here, to really learn to love myself again.

      1. Otis Spikes, Nursery Manager
        Planting Justice since 2016
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