Seed Library / Plants

SEED LIBRARY

The Osceola Public Library has a seed library, and also has some plants available for sale!

What is a Seed Library?

A seed library is a community resource where people can obtain seeds for free, which can be planted in gardens to provide fresh, healthy food.

Who can check out seeds?

Anyone with a library card can get up to four packets of seeds per month at no charge while supplies last.

What kinds of seeds are available?

All seeds in the seed library are heirloom/open pollinated varieties. Seeds from these plants will produce the same variety of plant that they came from (unless cross-pollination takes place).

What is Seed Saving all about?

We ask those who take seed packets to consider saving some seeds from the plants you grow, and bringing those seeds back to the library following harvest. This way we can replenish and expand our seed library in future years.

For details on how to save seeds from different plants, please take one of our handouts that provide instructions on how to do this, or check this link.

PLANTS

During the growing season we have some plants for sale that have been grown from the seed library. Plants are currently $1.00 per plant while supplies last.

In addition to vegetable plants that are available at the library, we also are able to access the following wildflower plants (just talk to a librarian if you are interested):

Butterfly Milkweed
https://www.prairiemoon.com/asclepias-tuberosa-butterfly-weed-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Cardinal Flower
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=278870

Common Milkweed
https://www.prairiemoon.com/asclepias-syriaca-common-milkweed

Digitalis Penstemon
https://www.prairiemoon.com/penstemon-digitalis-foxglove-beardtongue-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Late Figwort
https://www.prairiemoon.com/scrophularia-marilandica-late-figwort-prairie-moon-nursery.html

New England Aster
https://www.prairienursery.com/new-england-aster-aster-novae-angliae.html

Obedient Plant
https://www.prairiemoon.com/physostegia-virginiana-obedient-plant-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Purple Prairie Clover
https://www.prairiemoon.com/dalea-purpurea-purple-prairie-clover-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Smooth Blue Aster
https://www.prairiemoon.com/symphyotrichum-laeve-smooth-blue-aster

Rose Mallow
https://www.prairiemoon.com/hibiscus-laevis-rose-mallow-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Tall Bell Flower
https://www.prairienursery.com/tall-bellflower-campanula-americana.html

Tennessee Coneflower
https://www.prairiemoon.com/echinacea-tennesseensis-tennessee-coneflower-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Wild Quinine
https://www.prairiemoon.com/parthenium-integrifolium-wild-quinine-prairie-moon-nursery.html

Yellow Coneflower
https://www.prairiemoon.com/ratibida-pinnata-yellow-coneflower-prairie-moon-nursery.html