Hamden Library Seed Library Update – May 2026

This is Hamden Library Seed Library’s final update for the season. Thank you for supporting the seed library, where we share our interest in a broad range of gardening topics. The seed library display closes for the season on June 6. There is still time to plant many flowers and veggies, and to plan for succession plantings of crops that can last through the first frost.

This Saturday, May 30, from 12-4, join us in a giveaway of seedlings of native & pollinator plants, plus a few hardy garden and veggie seedlings. Feel free to bring your own native and pollinator seedlings to swap. For more information, click here.

Look for us again in the fall as we prepare for the 4th Annual Great Garlic Give and for the 7th Annual Native/Pollinator Seeds Winter Sowing Workshops.

Thank you! As always, we thank the following for their support: The Friends of Hamden Library, NewAlliance Foundation, The Greater New Haven Green Fund, and The Hamden Land Conservation Trust for their generous support and guidance, as well as Select Seed, Hart Seed, New England Seed, Cheshire Garden Center, UConn Master Gardener program, Pardee Rose Garden, and local gardeners who — more and more — are sharing their seed bounty with us.

We are also pleased to thank and recognize the Library Staff, always supportive and encouraging, along with our committed volunteers who provide programming and staff the Seed Library: Betsy, Damien, Diane, Eleanor, Jim, Joan, Judie, Lani, Laurie, Maria, and Nancy.

Know Plants? Are you a Master Gardener or knowledgeable gardener? Feel free to contact us to discuss ways you can volunteer with the Seed Library!