Rows of plants in the evaluation garden at Heritage Farm

It’s National Weed Your Garden Day!

So maybe it doesn’t spark the excitement of National Doughnut Day (June 2) or National Chocolate Ice Cream Day (June 7) or even National Selfie Day (no, you haven’t missed that—it’s June 21). But here at Seed Savers Exchange, we think National Weed Your Garden Day—observed annually on June 13—has a whole lot going for it too.

A garden with many plants and trees and a sign saying Edible Schoolyard.

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Cultivating a Collard Curriculum

Seed Savers Exchange is excited to announce a multi-partner collaborative effort with Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard Project. This effort will continue the work of the Heirloom Collard Project and bring in longtime Seed Savers Exchange partner SeedLinked. The purpose of this project is to create a curriculum for middle school students around growing collard greens.

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Decoding the DNA of Heritage Apples

As an orchard intern, it was my responsibility to learn about the heritage apples grown here and research information about these historical varieties.

A pile of orange-pink sweet potatoes of various shapes

Growing Guides

Growing Guide: Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes have significant cultural and culinary histories and uses across the globe. Growing sweet potatoes has very different requirements from growing potatoes.

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Events

50th Anniversary Plan Your Trip

Plan your trip to Seed Savers Exchange’s 50th Anniversary Conference & Celebration August 8-9, 2025 at Heritage Farm in Decorah, Iowa. Everything you need to know about where to stay, parking, food, beverages, pets policies and more.

Four sliced beets of different colors (white and yellow, red, yellow, and white) lined up.

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SSE’s ADAPT program seeks community scientists

Do you enjoy gardening? Do you like growing truly unique varieties? Do you love knowing that you are contributing to a good cause like increasing biodiversity? Do you want to try something new in 2024? If you answered “yes” to any (or all) of these questions, then Seed Savers Exchange has an exciting opportunity for you: the Community Science ADAPT program.

Events

Behind the Scenes at Heritage Farm

September 12, 2026 / Heritage Farm, 3074 North Winn Rd, Decorah, IA 52101

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the work happening on Heritage Farm. From garden tours to tours of the preservation seed lab and the seed-processing shed, this is an opportunity to hear from staff who spend their days tending to the seeds in our care and see the places in which that work takes place.

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Three people standing in an apple orchard.

Events

Orchard Tour and Apple Tasting

October 3, 2026 / Heritage Farm, 3074 North Winn Rd, Decorah, IA 52101

Tour our historic Heritage Orchard, taste apples while learning their history, and stick around for an apple-pressing demonstration. This all-ages event is sure to be a hit!

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