<div dir="ltr">Good point. There's always a bit of controversy about that. I have seen people say never to collect because then there are fewer seeds in those wild areas, and I've seen people say to collect the local seeds so you have local genetics. Another issue is that it is very common that the places we know to collect seeds (aside from very common plants like goldenrod) are derived from bought seeds, so I'm not sure there's much difference. I have done both methods, but I do know that the "wild" seeds I have collected were from plants seeded by someone else with the exception of milkweed, goldenrod, and some trees.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 9:38 AM MARGARET L CHATHAM <<a href="mailto:margaret.chatham@verizon.net">margaret.chatham@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Lovely idea — but where did those boughten seed evolve? How much better to collect locally native seed for this practice.<br>
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> On Oct 11, 2020, at 9:28 AM, Nathan Hartshorne <<a href="mailto:nshartshorne@gmail.com" target="_blank">nshartshorne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> We all have friends who would be interested in a native garden, but the effort and cost feel prohibitive, even though they really aren't. Last year, I decided to start experimenting with growing the plants myself and giving them away, even planting them at friends'. Obviously we don't want to take business away from the local native nurseries, but this creates a push that many people need. And once they see the bees going nuts over bee balm, goldenrod, etc. they can really get into it and then support the native nurseries.<br>
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> So now that we're well into fall, consider buying seeds online and preparing for next spring. Packets can have a couple hundred seeds and cost a couple dollars, so it's not difficult to get started with a wide variety. Just make sure that the native seeds you purchase are native to your region, some local regions can be very specific.<br>
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> If you do decide to do this, please let me know.<br>
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