Recently I discovered that I could find free seeds at the Seed Library at Carlsbad’s Cole Library. The Seed Library Project began in 2021 under the direction of Darin Williamson, lead librarian at the Cole. With generous donations from the San Diego Seed Company, Johnny’s Selected Seeds and the Native West Nursery, the Seed Project staff also encourages local gardeners to recycle seeds they have grown back into the collection. Seed collectionThe Carlsbad Library hosts the seed collection project as an empirical element of the Seed Library. Local gardeners are encouraged to harvest seeds from their gardens, which will be distributed in the Seed Library cupboards at the three libraries.