Partner with us
We benefit from and enjoy partnerships with respectful, ethical individuals, groups, and organizations. We prioritize those who are interested in extending our mission and goals. We prioritize activities and venues where people who have little access to funds, transportation, and seeds can be served. There are several ways to partner with the Napa County Seed Library:
Showcase our nonprofit as an educational exhibitor at your non-commercial event focused on diverse crop regenerative agriculture, the environment, or human health.
Book a skill or knowledge share to receive in-person or online education about the seed library movement; aspects of ethical seed saving; or how to save, grow, and harvest seeds.
Co-create a collaborative hands-on activity to extend the fun, knowledge, and skills of basic gardening and seed saving.
Build a seed library annex to add to our network.
We carefully select partners for collaborations. Our consider partners who fits the profile descriptions below. Our activities support our mission to share seeds, knowledge, and skills about the seed library movement and how to successfully and ethically save seeds. We participate and host activities so that people who have little access to funds, transportation, and seeds can be served.Before approaching us, ask if your intentions, resources, and goals are a match:
Uplift: Our intention for partnership is to uplift the Napa County Seed Library’s mission and goals.
Align: Our values and purpose align with service to (a) the natural environment, (b) the diverse people living in Napa County, and (c) building relationships and skills to promote healthful living, enjoyment, and connection.
Support: Our group, business, or nonprofit supports the Napa County Seed Library with public promotion, event space, materials, honoraria, volunteer efforts, staff time, or arable land.
Our seed library annexes operate as a network of intentionally placed kiosks established within Napa County. sharing seeds and knowledge about seed keeping are active in our neighborhoods and needed for those who have little access to funds, transportation, and seeds. These little free seed libraries are places where you can borrow, grow, save, and return organic, locally adapted seeds. Each seed library annex serves a unique and hyperlocal community.
If you are interested in building a seed library annex to add to our network, download this document to view the requirements and approach.
Many people commented on the North Napa seed library annex (pictured on this page) and asked, “How was it built?” Jeff explained how he put it all together.
“The seed library was built around a repurposed bathroom cabinet. The particleboard cabinet needed to be weather-resistant so I constructed a weatherproof shell around the cabinet—essentially a “jacket” and a “hat.” Finally, I mounted on two 4x4 posts at the build site near the sidewalk for easy public access.”
Play the video on this page! Jeff walks you through his build of the North Napa seed library using his hand-drawn exploded view diagram. Here’s a file you can download with all the details you’ll need to build an annex like the one pictured here, and a photo gallery of the build progress to give you the visual steps.
Photo Gallery:
The North Napa Seed Library Annex Build
