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The seed bank, envelope by envelope

Six steps from a dry seed head to a box full of seeds. Tap through them, and see what is waiting inside the envelopes.

A dry seed is not dead. It is asleep. Drying for a week CalendulaPoppySunflowerPeas SEED BANK Next summer.

Next summer: the seeds in the envelopes become the same plants that dried outside this autumn.

Teal: from envelope to flower
Calendula, poppy, sunflower and peas
The seed bank envelopes
  1. 1Find dry seed heads that rattle
  2. 2Cut and shake the seeds onto paper
  3. 3Let the seeds dry for a week
  4. 4One kind per envelope
  5. 5Write the name, date and place
  6. 6Store the box cool, dry and dark