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Seed Swap

Welcome to the home page for the annual SEEDS Club Community Seed Swap. The purpose of this seed swap is to connect the students of IUP's campus with the surrounding community through seeds and the stories that come with them. This is a great opportunity for all to learn about the present community of Indiana, while learning about its history and simultaneously helping to shape its future.

Event Details
- When: Saturday, October 24, 2025
- Where: HUB Ohio Room
- Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.
  - 1:30 p.m. Guest speaker in the HUB Ohio Room
  This year's guest speaker is Bret Hartwell, who will give a presentation titled "Non-timber forest products from Penn's woods: an introduction along with research insights and directions."
  - 2:30–3:00 p.m. Pumpkin painting.

This event is part of a larger project that will help to continue the Northern Appalachian Seed Bank.

No seeds are needed to participate! Open to all, please bring your family and friends. Kids' activities, guest speaker, vendors, pumpkin painting, and more. No GMO or hybrid seeds, please.

Additional Event Information

Swap Guidelines [link to pdf]
If you are bringing seeds, please review these guidelines for particpation prior to the swap.

Seed Viability Chart [link to https://www.highmowingseeds.com/blog/seed-viability-chart/

For more information, contact:

IUP SEEDS Club President Maria Cordana
GPDQ@iup.edu

Indiana Seed Swap official email:
indianaseedswap@gmail.com

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About Bret Hartwell 

Bret Hartwell, PhD is a botanist, ethnobotanist, horticulturalist, and agroforester at Penn State, where he is director of the Appalachian Botany and Ethnobotany Program at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center and associate teaching professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management.

His research and education program in Pennsylvania is focused on developing sustainable wild stewardship and agroforestry production systems for specialty forest products including American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius), goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora), and ramps (Allium tricoccum).

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