Seeds are now available!

Check out our seed library. We provide the seeds and you do the rest! The seed library can be found right across from the circulation desk. Seed availability may change.

Seeds purchased from Burpee.com; all veggies and herbs are organic. 
The seed library is generously funded by Friends of the Whitefish Bay Public Library!

Seeds available this year (click on the names for specific growing directions):

Flowers

• bergamot, wild
• cleome 
• shasta daisy, silver princess 
• sunflower 
• zinnia

Herbs

• basil
• chamomile
• chive
• oregano
• parsley
• thyme

Vegetables

• arugula
• beets
• carrot
• kohlrabi
• lettuce
• radish
• yellow pear cherry tomato
   

For questions about plantings, check one of these sites:
Gardening Expert Melinda Myers
Monthly Gardener Calendar from UWM
Milwaukee Master Gardener
 

For questions about the WFB Seed Library's process or how to get seeds, contact the WFB Public Library at reference@wfblibrary.org. 

Great tips and techniques to use to get started:

• Spring Vegetable Planting Schedule
• Seed Planting Technique: Seed Tape
• Container Gardening
• Raised Bed Gardening
• Raised Bed and Container Gardening by University of Wisconsin Extension
• Safe Harvest Techniques by UW-Extension Master Gardener Program
• Easy Composting

Seed Specific Info

Based on the seeds we are providing this year, here are some suggestions for produce use and recipes here from UW Madison Division of Extension and The Learning Store:

• Healthy Season Produce: Herbs
• Beets
• Carrots & More About Carrots
• Greens (including beet greens and spinach)
• Tomatoes
• Zinnias