GY SEED CO-OP RECRUITMENT DRIVE

Jun 14, 2024

The Glenorchy Seed Coop is seeking new members

About five years ago, Queenstown’s Shotover Garden Centre closed its doors. As the commercial giants took over, local growers faced a sudden change in sourcing strong, vibrant, heirloom plants. Growing your own and creating sustainability through shared efforts, using acclimatised seeds, was clearly the way forward. The Idea germinated. A Coop was formed!

Glenorchy Seed Coop was initially 16 growers strong, but with all the challenges that the collective has faced, a few members have now moved on. Today we are still a ten-strong 10 entity, but we would like to invite new, motivated growers to join the soon-awakening seasonal activities!

Healthy seedlings provide:

- A good start to our unique alpine climate

- Security of availability of organic and heirloom plants, from which to grow your nourishing food

- A collective engagement into resourceful co-creation, from making healthy soils to harvesting seasonal abundance

- Good harmony

We grow according to numbers of the coop, plus a few spare

We grow organically

We share seeds

We grow individually from home gardens

We self-organise

We support

We gather

We share

We choose by availability

We offer gatherings at growers’ gardens during the main season, and a platform for learning, any or all of which, as a coop member, you are welcome to attend.

Email us directly at glenorchyseedcoop@gmail.com, or visit our Facebook page GLENORCHY SEED COOP (closed group).

GY SEED CO-OP RECRUITMENT DRIVE

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