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  • Tuesday, May 3, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The Art of Seed Exhibit Opening Reception

    View the creative original artworks commissioned for the Hudson Valley Seed Library’s newest seed packs. Each of the sixteen artists in the Tower Hill Botanic Garden show tells the story of a different seed, interpreting the history, flavor, and beauty of a flower, vegetable, or herb variety.

    Join Ken Greene, Founder and Creative Director at the Hudson Valley Seed Library for the opening May 3 (6 – 8) and enjoy a guided gallery tour where we’ll explore the meanings of the artworks and the stories behind the seeds. Seed packs and prints featuring the artworks will be for sale in the gift shop. Free with admission to the Garden.

     

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  • Saturday, January 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – The Art of Seed

    Ken Greene shares stories of regionally appropriate vegetable, flower, and herb varieties that have been saved by the Hudson Valley Seed Library, and passes along his experiences saving seeds, and demonstrates a simple way to test old packages of seeds to see if they’re still viable for planting in the coming year. The program takes place at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, on Saturday, January 16 from 10 – 12. BBG member price $10, nonmembers $15. Phone 413-298-3926 or visit www.berkshirebotanical.org.

  • Through May 31 – Art of the Heirloom

    The Hudson Valley Seed Library is a small, farm-based seed company celebrating heirloom and open-pollinated garden seeds and garden-themed contemporary art.  Each year artists are commissioned to create designs for the seed packets.  The original art for the 2015 packets was first exhibited at the New York Botanical Garden and profiled in The New York Times, and now continues on to Tower Hill Botanic Garden.  Hudson Valley Seed Library packets are available for purchase at the Shop at Tower Hill.  Exhibit free with admission to the Garden.  For directions visit www.towerhillbg.org. Below: Blue Jade Sweet Corn, by Daniel Baxter,  credit Hudson Valley Seed Library Catalog/Courtesy of The New York Botanical Garden.