Crediton Seed Swap is on the 21st February from 11am - 2pm at the The Old Town Hall, High Street, Crediton, EX17 3LF.

Now in our fifth year and growing in popularity every year. In addition to trying locally saved seeds and heritage seeds, come and find out about Seed Saving, Bee Keeping and Composting.

This year enjoy music by the Woodsmen, members of the Woodland and Hedgerow Group. Visit our stalls - Once Read Bookstall, Devon Wildlife Trust, Woodland and Hedgerow Group, Orchards Live, plants, and have a luscious homemade lunch.

Saving seed from one year to plant the next is a long-established skill, practiced since man began purposely growing food to feed himself.

Today, seed swapping can:

• Help protect biodiversity and keeps the diversity of locally adapted varieties going
• Maintain growing skills
• Get round the National List, which makes it illegal to sell varieties not on the list.
• Seed swaps keep seed making in the garden and out of the laboratory and resists the privatisation of plant genetic material.
• Saving seed and seed swaps introduce you to other local gardeners and help develop a sense of community.
• Very helpfully, saving seed can also can also save you money

A seed swap works by people bringing seeds they have saved and taking away other people's seeds to use. It doesn't matter if you haven't any seeds to bring though, it is hoped that by next year you will saved some seeds and bring them to the next seed swap, so please do come along. No charge, voluntary donations only.

You can bring both vegetable and flower seeds. It would be helpful if you label packets with the type, variety and date collected e.g. Tomato Moneymaker 2008. Surplus commercial seed packets are also acceptable.

Please do donate plants for sale to cover the costs of  the day.