By MARY TURNER
This week I am excited to share an update written by Bethany Basmajian with Free Market all about their Fall Seed Exchange.
“On Sunday, September 20th, Free Market Collective hosted its Fall Seed Exchange at the historic Odd Fellows Lodge in Knights Ferry. From noon to 5 p.m., the lodge was filled with local artists, makers, gardeners, families, and community members coming together to practice what Free Market calls “the art of giving and receiving.”
The lodge was full of local creativity, with a special highlight on youth artists and makers from the community. Alongside the artists and vendors, guests were invited to participate in a free seed and plant exchange.
A 30-foot table was filled with vegetable and flower seeds, plants, and garden treasures. Guests were invited to bring seeds, sprouts, plants, or other abundance from their gardens to share and then take what they needed. But bringing something was never a requirement. Everyone was encouraged to come empty-handed and receive for free, because there is always plenty to share, and there was!
Free Market was especially grateful to the Oakdale Garden Club for donating seed packets to the exchange and to the Od...