Category: Seed Network

I’m trying to find enough people interested in getting together and starting a Dutch Seed Saving organization.  At the moment, nothing exists like this.  If you’re in the Netherlands (or maybe Belgium), and would like to help with this, please get in touch as soon as possible.  I think it’s nice to get as many diverse people as possible, so I’m really interested in talking with anyone and everyone.

Vision

It depends a lot on the group of people who come together, and their interests, but in principle it would be an organization that charges a yearly amount, about €25, compiles a trading list of seeds each year, and organizes an annual meeting and members events.

In principle, in order to form an organization, at the very least we need a chairman (voorzitter),  treasurer (penningmeester), secretary — and a name!   Finding these is the highest priority, but for example a web designer or other IT specialists would be great, and gardeners, seed savers and others generally interested in seed saving are all welcome to volunteer.

I’m assuming board positions will initially be just for a year or two, until we can hold proper elections to elect longer term replacements, but how this is exactly structured depends on the group who come together.

I’m in Amsterdam, and it might be convenient if you live within travel distance, but it can also be good to get people from different parts of the country.  If necessary we can work over the phone and Internet, and get together once a year in a central place like Utrecht.

If a number of people in Belgium or Luxembourg come forward, then we can form a Benelux organization.

Mike C. just sent me an email with a list of seeds he’s looking to trade with others.  He lives in Nebraska, in the US.  If you’re interested in anything, send me an email, and I’ll forward it to him.

organic heirloom tomato seed…
Velvet Red,
Bulgarian Triumph,
Eva Purple Ball,
Light Pink Oxheart,
Manyel,
Marizol Purple,
Trucker’s Favorite,
Variegated,
Giant Delicious,
Marglobe,
Super Italian Paste,
Red Siberian,
Prudens Purple,
White Queen,
Ukranian Pear,
Moon Glow,
Evergreen,
Amana Orange,
Black Cherry,
Pink Beefsteak,
Earl of Edgecombe,
Golden Nugget Cherry,
Red Zebra,
Orange Beefsteak,
Core De Toro,
Taxi,
Nebraska Wedding,
Roma,
Aunt Ruby’s German Green,
Roma Cherry,
Pineapple,
Abe Lincoln,
Black Krim,
Box Car Willie,
Cherokee Purple,
German Johnson,
Mortgage Lifter,
Big Red,
Big Rainbow,
Plum Lemon,
Lemon Drop,
Isis Candy,
Great White,
Black Plum,
Italian Heirloom,
Beauty King,
Arkansas Traveler,
Violet Jasper,
Large Barred Boar,
Black Zebra,
Jaune’ Flamme,
Riesentraube,
Tigerella,
Yellow Brandywine,
Gold Beauty,
Opalka,
Azoychka,
Black Prince,
Sara Black,
Illinois Sunrise,
Aunt Lucy’s Italian Paste,
Dagma’s Perfection,
Grandma Mary,
Power’s Heirloom,
Rocky,
Russian Big Roma,
Snowball,
Dutchman,
Ananas Noire (Black Pineapple),
Ingegnoli Gigante Liscio,
Costoluto Fiorentino,
Winslow,
Purple Plum,
Ace “55”,
Qiyanai Huang,
Russian Oxheart,
Bush Beefsteak,
Russian Queen,
Old Ivory Egg,
Crimson Beefsteak,
Independence Day,
Snow White Cherry,
Purple Russian,
Copia,
Matina,
Wisconsin 55,
Sweet Sharon,
Costoluto Genovese,
Fruit Punch,
Neves Azorean Red,
Italian Tree,
Djena Lee’s Golden Girl,
sun Gold,
Rutger’s
Cream Sausage,
Cal Ace,
Glacier,
Money Maker,
Tie-Dye,
Hawaiian Currant,
Gold Rush Currant,
Micro Tom,
Principe Borghese,
Rio Grande,
Tondo Liscio,
Tondino Maremmano,
Nano Ciliegia (Dwarf Cherry)
Amish Paste…

HOT pepper seed…
Chocolate Habanero,
Cherry Bomb,
Trinidad Scorpion,
Chocolate 7-Pot,
Ho Chi Min,
Thai Dragon,
Zapotec,
Serrano,
Red Cayennne,
Cajun Belle,
Red 7-Pot,
Scotch Bonnet,
Red Bhut Jolokia,
Scorpion,
Caribbean Red,
Hungarian Hot Wax,
Yellow Mushroom,
Red Mushroom,
Purple Cayenne,
Peter…

…various heirloom seed…
Watermelon radish(China),
Salad Rose radish(Russia),
Genovese basil(Italy),
Sweet basil(India),
Black Beauty eggplant(Italy),
Moon Shadow bean(Africa),