Seeds are the renewable resource—the “currency” 
at the heart of our mission. Lavender receives locally grown and saved showy milkweed seed from a donor at the St. Helena Farmers Market.

Our community seed exchanges thrive with your help.

The Napa County Seed Library is led by a mother and daughter of African-American, Indigenous, and Russian-Jewish heritage. We are powered by a large group of enthusiastic volunteers to achieve our mission to grow, save, and share locally adapted, organic seeds to benefit the people of Napa County.

Our vision is to practice and teach ethical seed saving skills to new and experienced gardeners. Our efforts will increase the diversity of adapted seeds that celebrates our cultural heritage and resiliency.

We believe that seeds are a free natural resource and by tending them together we weave, well-being, local food, and regenerative habitat to benefit our community.

The Napa County Seed Library is a 501(c)(3) private foundation. FEIN 85-0755714. Your contributions are tax deductible.

Choose your favorite way to support our mission.

Donate Cash 
When you give from the heart, everything you do creates an amazing, inspiring experience for others – you won’t regret it! Lauren helps young gardeners to choose from a selection of locally grown dye plants to plant in their own garden at Earth Day Napa 2023.

Donate organic seeds. We ask for donations of organically grown and untreated vegetable, herb, and flower seeds to increase the number of healthy varieties in our annexes. We prioritize for locally adapted seeds saved by skilled gardeners and farmers. We also appreciate seeds from ethical seed companies. To donate seeds, follow these easy steps.

Supply materials. Signage, mason jars, envelopes, tape, scissors, labels, and pens are needed to keep seeds identified and annexes equipped. Set up a date and time to drop off supplies.

Give cash. Your contribution helps to purchase envelopes, labels, containers, storage cabinets and chest freezers, lumber, and hardware. All are needed to keep our seed inventories secure and viable, and contribute to building more seed libraries in our needed areas in our community. To donate cash, click the button on this page.

Volunteer time. Table with us at our events to bring exchanges of seeds, garden knowledge, and lots of smiles.

Sponsor a talk. We offer a variety of in-person talks and workshops to teach seed saving skills to restore our bodies and our natural environment to full health and resiliency. Set up a date and time to schedule a talk.