Fife Seed Library is an emerging community of local growers and gardeners committed to understanding our environmental impact and developing more resilient, sustainable local ecosystems.
Our aims
We set up the Fife Seed Library in 2025 so that we can:
Offer people in Fife free access to organic, open-pollinated seeds.
Grow a library of diverse seeds adapted and resilient to the Fife climate.
Develop skills, knowledge and resources related to seed saving, biodiversity, soil health and sustainable growing and gardening practices across the region.
Cultivate seed stewardship to build climate, food and community resilience.
Participate in international, local and Scotland-wide seed networks and exchanges.
Connect seed saving in Fife to marginalised practices, cultures and histories of earth care and land resistance, here and around the world.
Our model
Empowering
Our practical workshops are designed so that everyone can come with nothing, leave with something.
Sharing
Our events make space for knowledge sharing and discussion among people with different levels of experiences and skills.
Inclusive
Skill and physical ability are no barrier to participation. We make sure climate action through seed saving and related activities are accessible to all.
Community-propelled
We always ask our members and participants what they want next, and co-create our programme and activities.
Seed sharing and saving
We care for a collection of locally saved, open-pollinated seeds, and share them with anyone who is keen to grow all over Fife.
Our nomadic Seed Library cabinet is on tour, spending one to two months in different community spaces at a time, available for anyone in the community to access to borrow or lend seed.
We also show up at community events, open days, and.. anywhere we fancy really.. with our seed suitcase for seed swap pop-ups.
Workshops
Seed saving is just the beginning.
We offer practical workshops at all levels on everything we need for our seeds to thrive. Including: soil health, organic gardening practices, biodiversity, plant identification, seed harvesting and processing, rainwater collection, fertiliser creation, wildflower meadow care… and more!