Read below for information about the Wells College Seed Exchange program!
Think Spring! Starting February 1st, the Wells College Seed Exchange program is open for the 2023 season. All seed is available for free from our exchange and is available while supplies last. We have created an on-line seed supply inventory to review and an order form you can download and complete. The inventory list includes information for each item about the specific seed company donor if you wish to research particular seed varieties of possible interest.
To view the current Seed Exchange inventory, click here (or copy the URL into your browser):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17K8RMTgnCl1fhSUbILmXW6LoCzAbzJfquY36AEUgSYo/edit?usp=sharing
Note that this inventory spreadsheet features separate tabs for the inventories of Flowers, Herbs, and Vegetables seed.
This inventory spreadsheet is “view” only – you cannot “reserve” seed. Orders will be filled in the order received (using the form below, please!) and the inventory updated as we fill orders. We will do our best to fill your order and if you provide email or phone/text information, we will communicate with you if substitutions are available (e.g. an organic variety is gone but we still have conventionally grown seed).
To request seed, please click the link below (or copy the URL into your browser) to download and complete this Seed Exchange order form:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c8bdxUmO3y6z2rA3GxM3BIJR60NPeHVegjoJu-kArfA/edit?usp=sharing
If you have a preference for seed from a specific company, please provide that information on the order form – we will do our best to accommodate your request.
Please save your order form with a new name – we suggest you include your name in order to prevent confusion. If you don’t rename your order form, it will arrive to us blank.
Email your completed and saved order form to seeds@wells.edu; we will fulfill orders as they are received and update the seed inventory accordingly.
We will safely and sanitarily pack your order and will advise when and where we will have your order available for curbside pick-up on campus. If necessary, we can mail orders but in order to keep our program costs manageable, onsite pickup is preferred.
Our 2023 Seed Exchange season opened with an inventory of over five thousand packets of different varieties of vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Seeds were generously donated by several different seed companies. Please note that due to COVID-related supply chain issues, several of the companies that generously supplied large quantities of excess seed in the past are unable to support our program this year. Due to this shortfall in supply, we reserve the right to limit quantities to ensure that as many patrons are possible are supported through our program.
All seeds in our exchange program are available for free. Please note that most seed offered is from earlier growing seasons (which is why companies donate it to us); we offer no warranties about germination rates although most seeds should grow just fine. We may still receive a few more seed shipments, so check back for updates to the Seed Exchange inventory. But don’t delay – once the exchange opens, the seed stock disperses quickly.
Check out our Wells College Seed Exchange and get growing!
