FLATHEAD GROWS! SEED LIBRARY Growing the community
Free local seeds to local people Increased seed diversity Increased food security
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Goal 1 The people of Flathead County will have opportunities to share ideas, expand connections and build relationships. Goal 2 Everyone in Flathead County will have the tools, spaces and inspiration to achieve personal transformation. Goal 3 The Flathead will be a place of makers, doers, triers, innovators and explorers.
FLATHEAD GROWS! SEED LIBRARY PROJECT OBJECTIVE/INTENT With hands on learning at the forefront, a seed library in Columbia Falls will promote community building through gardening and preserving local knowledge. The role of the library as community convener and facilitator for content creation will be emphasized as we seek to partner with Columbia Falls groups and organizations already focused on community building, gardening and retaining local knowledge. The long-term impact of this project will be a more unified community as the library bridges the gap between long-term and newer residents through shared passion for food security, a respect for local knowledge and a desire to build strong network of relationships in the community. SCOPE DELIVERABLES The library will facilitate the creation of and house a seed library at the CF facility. The library will secure a partnership for the ongoing care, maintenance and ultimate ownership of the seed library. The library will help coordinate and promote quarterly workshops to provide training on seed cleaning and saving. Library curation of online training videos and tutorials to make information available 24/7 will be explored and decided upon during the planning phases of the project. The library will develop an evaluation plan that includes looking at the types of connections, knowledge shared and community building that results from the seed library. EXCLUSIONS The seeds will not be catalogued in the Montana Shared Catalog. Seeds will not be sent to other ImagineIF locations or Partner Libraries. Only seeds will be part of the collection, no rhizomes, roots, or other plant starts ASSUMPTIONS The seed library will be piloted at ImagineIF Columbia Falls for 6 months with potential to be introduced at other locations. The library will be a community convener and play a support role in the ongoing maintenance of the seed library. The seed library will be run by volunteers, not library staff. A library card will not be required to access the seed library.
Outputs Impact Inputs Early Intermediate Outcomes Outcomes We provide: So that So that patrons So that So that patrons patrons can can: patrons can: can have: become: • Attend • Start-up • Grow food • Self-reliant workshops themselves • Stronger money • Supportive and learn relationships with seeds • Facilitate of each about local specific to • Local food community other gardening their area security partnerships practices • Healthier by • Be self- • Increased • Space making • Make strong sufficient and understanding informed connections • Supplies confident in of healthy food food choices with other their abilities • Promote and food community to do things • Good seed and systems members themselves stewards of gardening • Access to local • Retain local workshops • Know that quality resources knowledge there are • Coordinate information and other, like- volunteer regionally • Social inclusion minded and time specific passionate • Pride in local seeds people in their resources community • Know how to preserve a sustainable seed supply
Task 1: Use the Seed Library Task 2: Tell people about it
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