Resources
Seed Saving
Let's become a community of seed savers and build our local food system together.
Check out our 2024 Catalogue and then check out some seeds!
2024 Bella Coola Seed Catalogue
New to seed saving? dHere’s how to get started!
Seeds of Diversity and Seed Savers Exchange have a lot of great resources to help you get started on your seed saving journey.
Learn more about Seed Libraries
Take part in a Citizen Seed Trial (CST) with FarmFolk CityFolk. Farm Folk City Folk are doing some great work with seed saving. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about seeds, plant breeding and sustainable food systems.
Landrace Gardening is way to save seeds and not have the worry of maintaining isolation distances to prevent cross contamination. This is a great way to get seeds to adapt to our local climate and maintain genetic diversity. While we won’t put seeds saved from this type of gardening in our seed library, we will accept donations of seeds saved this way and share them in the community.
No matter what methods you use, the most important thing is to SAVE SEEDS!!
Fruit Tree Care
The fruit trees in the Bella Coola Valley are a valuable asset to our food system and food security. As such, fruit tree care and stewardship are an integral part of ensuring abundant harvests of healthy fruit while reducing bear conflicts.
Lifecycles Fruit Tree Project has great information on caring for your fruit trees.
Bella Coola Tourism offers 50% off electric fencing to protect your trees from hungry bears.
Check out WildSafe BC’s section on Fruit Trees for tips on reducing bear activity around your fruit trees.
Gardening
Growing Together virtual gardening series was presented by our very own local experts discussing various topics such as starting seedlings, composting, weeds, watering, and harvesting.
Check out these virtual resources on gardening from Vancouver Island Regional Library! Virtual Gardening Series with Vancouver Island Master Gardeners
The UBC Farm hosts a wide range of workshops covering everything from gardening to fermenting, foraging, cooking, and much more. All of their workshops are beginner friendly. Check UBC Farm on Facebook for events and virtual sessions