Kaw Valley Seed Project Fair

Douglas County Fairgrounds, Building 21, 2110 Harper St., Lawrence, KS

The Kaw Valley Seeds Project is a nonprofit whose mission is to create a Local Living Seed Reserve by fostering a network of people committed to growing and eating, sharing and bartering, buying and selling primary seed varieties of the Kansas River Valley. In addition, the project's goal is to educate the general public on the pleasures of growing their own food by teaching them how to save, store and plant seeds from their own gardens, and where to obtain organic and local seed lines. The fair will include exhibits, local producers, speakers throughout the day and a children’s activity center.

Exhibitors and speakers include: 

• Kaw Valley Seeds Project
• Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners
• Earl May (organic seeds line)
• Kansas Native Plant Society
• Kaw Valley Mycological Society
• Kaw Permaculture Collaborative
• KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Program
• KU Student Farm
• Mellowfields Urban Farm
• Sustainability Action Network
• Barbara Clark/Maggie’s Farm — Growing garlic
• Dianna Henry/found, Kaw Valley Seeds Project — Saving tomato seeds
• Kelly Kindscher/University of Kansas — TBD
• Bob Lominska/Hoyland Farm — TBD
• Byron Wiley/Lawrence Fruit Tree Project — Grafting trees