About us
A film about us
In 2023, film-maker Ross Harrison worked with us to make a short film which featured on the BBC.
The beautiful film focuses on what we do and why we do it.​
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Head over to the BBC's website to check it out.
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Why are we doing this?
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We are losing huge numbers of seed varieties from all sorts of crops, in Britain and globally, as growers are persuaded to spend money on mainstream catalogue seeds. These are often less appropriate to regional conditions, are dependent for good crops on chemical inputs and are less resilient to variable weather. F1 seeds also remove the option of saving your own seeds as they will not breed true. GMO seeds are often patented so it is illegal to save them.
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Who are we?
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Everyone involved in the Seed Swap is a volunteer. We don't necessarily have special skills or talents just a determination to share our love of seeds and growing. We meet regularly over zoom which makes it flexible and work as a team to come up with ideas and plans. On the day you will find us with allocated roles chosen by ourselves. Everyone can do as little or as much as they want to.
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Would you like to get involved?
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We are always looking for people to join the Seed Swap team - be that as on-the-day volunteers, helping out on seed sorting meetups or as part of the organising committee. ​
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If you share our aims and have some time, we would love to have a bigger group of people involved to make sure Bristol Seed Swap keeps going. If you are interested, talk to one of us at the Seed Swap or email brisseedswapvols@gmail.com
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The future
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The Bristol Seed Swap is an annual event, but as an organisation, we are now expanding to do educational work, screen relevant films and maintain an informative presence on Facebook and other social media throughout the year.
We hope this website will be part of that, a resource for gardeners and seed savers.
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