A seed library thrives when people who borrow seeds, let 1-2 plants "go to seed" and return those seeds to the library.
When we borrow seeds, grow them out and return seeds, we keep the library going.
The SJSU Seed Library has partnered with the AS Campus Community Garden to offer seeds to the SJSU community and local neighborhoods at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library.
Additional seeds were donated by the Baker Creek Seed Company, and gathered at local seed swaps.
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In 2023 Matthew Spadoni, Garden Manager, partnered with the SJSU Library. Alina Torres, Library Sustainability Student Assistant, set up the seed library. Before organizing the Seed library, Alina completed the Garden Leadership Program. She graduated in 2024 majoring in Sociology & Chicana/o Studies.