Program Description
Event Details
Join Dr. Ed Guerrant for a talk surveying the history of seed saving, going back at least 11,000 years, and ending with a short, practical session on seed saving principles and techniques for home gardeners. Based on three decades experience working at a seed bank for rare and endangered plants, Dr. Guerrant will speak on the wide variety of uses to which seed storage facilities have been put in different places and times, and how they might be of critical importance in this time of world ecological disruption and loss of biodiversity.
Dr. Guerrant received his PhD in Botany from the University of California at Berkeley. After four years as a visiting professor at Lewis and Clark College, he became the Conservation Director and Seed Bank Curator at the Berry Botanic Garden, and continued as Director when the seed bank was moved to Portland State University. He has conducted research on seed germination and rare plant reintroduction, as well as writing extensively about sampling seeds for ex situ, or off site plant conservation.
Co-sponsored by Stevenson Grange #121 and the Stevenson Community Library.
For program information, please call Mary Repar at 360-726-7052 or e-mail repar@saw.net. For directions or information call Stevenson Community Library at 509-427-5471.
Note
Library events and programs are open to the public and provided at no cost. Special accommodations may be requested using our Disability Accommodation Request Form no later than 15 days prior to the event.
Los eventos y programas de la biblioteca están abiertos al público y se brindan sin costo. Se pueden solicitar adaptaciones especiales utilizando nuestro formulario de solicitud de adaptaciones para personas con discapacidades (en inglés) hasta 15 días antes del evento.