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Seed Library At Washtenaw Community College

The WCC Seed Library, located in the WCC Bailey Library, is free and open to everyone. It offers a variety of herbs, vegetables, fruits, and flower seeds.

How to Borrow Seeds

Borrowing Seeds

No ID is required and no due date!  Seed drawer tomato packs

Select a seed packet from the collection. Each packet will provide you with seeds to start your garden. You can select as many different seed packets as you please; make sure you sow your seeds. The seeds have been purchased from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, funded by the WCC Sustainability Literacy Task Force and the WCC Bailey Library. 

Your loan period is one growing season.  You are not required to return any seeds to the Seed Library, but if you do, please reuse the original packet or label a new packet.

There are no late fees for returning seeds!

Organization of seeds:

The WCC Seed Library is organized into three categories: Easy, Intermediate and Advanced. This classification is based on how easy or difficult it is to grow your seeds.  

Blue category represents donated seeds to the WCC Seed Library

What to select:

The WCC Seed Library offers vegetable, fruit, herb, and flower seed varieties to start your garden, purchased from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.

Planting Calendar from the Old Farmer's Almanac

Easy Seeds 2026

Vegetables:     (seed numbers are an approximate number in each envelope - you may find more seeds than listed)

Cucumbers and Squash - Intermediate Seeds 2026

Peppers and Tomatoes Advanced / Difficult Seeds 2026

Vegetables Peppers and Tomatoes:  Start indoors before transplanting to outdoors after the last frost.Ark of Taste

Slow Food created the Ark of Taste to preserve unique & threatened foods. 

For more info about Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste visit the Ark

Hot and Sweet Peppers

Tomatoes: