PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System will host Washington State University’s Master Gardeners of Clallam County for a discussion about saving seeds Monday, June 5.
The free discussion will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
The program is through the NOLS Grows Seed Library, which opened at the Port Angeles Library in March.
It offers free vegetable seeds and educational materials related to growing and seed saving.
Drawing on her roots as a biology professor, Master Gardener Muriel Nesbitt will discuss the benefits of saving seeds and introduce participants to the techniques and timing required for proper seed saving.
The seed saving process begins at pollination, and includes the harvest, drying and cleaning of seeds.
Nesbitt will help demystify how the pollination process unfolds for different types of plants and how gardeners can be pollinators in their own garden.
She also will discuss the history of seed saving, which dates back at least 12,000 years and explain such terms as heirloom plant and hybrid.
Nesbitt has a doctorate in the field of genetics and has taught biology at the University of California.
To learn how to begin borrowing and saving seeds, see www.nols.org and select “Services” and “NOLS Grows Seed Library.”
