Hello again and thank you for your willingness to help spread pollinator seeds throughout your parish.
There is no single “right” way to do this. We simply ask that the seeds be shared freely: at church gatherings, community events, or wherever people will take them and help them grow. Our hope is that they will bloom along roadsides and throughout your community.
Planting is easy: go outside, lightly scratch the soil, sprinkle the seeds, cover them, and walk away. Each packet includes a growing medium to give the seeds a good start. It’s our small and joyful way of practicing a bit of “guerrilla gardening.”
This year, we have prepared nearly five thousand seed packets to be distributed across all nine parishes of PEI, the Rivers to Trails and South Shore Regions, New Glasgow (Nova Scotia’s first Bee City), the cathedrals,(both ours and elsewhere where groups are beginning their own Seed Share efforts). Seeds are also being shared with the Sierra Club Youth, as well as with churches of various denominations and nearby community groups.
We are grateful for the support of the Department of Communities, Culture, Heritage and Tourism, whose grant has allowed us to extend the reach of this project.
The Diocesan Environment Network (DEN) is thankful for the opportunity to spread these seeds of both pollinators and community growth70. None of this would be possible without the care and participation of our parishes.
With thanks,
Claudia Zinck
Co-ordinator, Seed Share
Diocesan Environment Network
Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island