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Make Your Own Seed Packets
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Make beautiful and functional Seed Packets out of reuse material with Angie, Explore Ecology Garden Educator. Angie will show us how to make seed packets to share with friends and to collect seeds for our spring gardens. You can also use them to collect paper treasures, too! We will also be demonstrating how to label your seeds, safely store them, and check their germination rates. If you would like to participate in the germination test demo, please bring 10 to 20 seeds you’ve saved from the same plant variety, a paper towel, plastic food container with a lid, and a sharpie.
Materials for this class are things you probably already have at home.
Materials:
- Scrap paper: can be literally anything, old books/magazines, notes, letters, homework
- A blank piece of paper: could be lined or lightly colored
- Glue/ glue stick
- Pen/ pencil
- Scissors
- A heavy book
- Optional: Clear tape, paintbrush with small water glass for rinsing, things to color with
Materials for the seed germination test (optional):
- Seeds to germ test
- Paper Towel
- Plastic Bag
- Sharpie/ Permanent marker
A link to join class will be sent with your registration confirmation email.
If you have any questions or issues with connecting to class please email rachel@exploreecology.org
Josh was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where his passion and curiosity for the environment began and has continued to grow. During his undergraduate studies, Josh pursued this interest at the University of California at Santa Cruz, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies.
Melissa Dodos developed her passion for creative reuse as a mother of four and elementary educator over the past 25 years. She loves to inspire creativity by connecting people with resources and ideas.
Veronica grew up in San Diego and spent four years in San Luis Obispo studying Animal Science at Cal Poly. As an undergrad she learned lots about livestock, agriculture, and wildlife.
Stephanie began her journey as an educator over twenty years ago working as a preschool teacher in Washington state for a cooperative preschool program affiliated with Whatcom Community College. She loved observing the wonder and curiosity of the children and bringing them out into nature to explore the natural world. She continued her love for learning and got her teaching license and then her Montessori certification and worked as an elementary teacher in Tribal, Public, and Montessori schools. She collaborated to create a school garden and her students loved it so much that it became a special place where they could garden, read, explore, play, and it provided a safe sanctuary for students to calm down and reset when they were having difficult moments.
Morgan’s mermaid soul is always seeking adventure—swimming a relay across the Santa Barbara Channel and taking the first photo of a newborn orca off Anacapa Island being standout experiences close to home.
Lindsay Johnson
