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Fondren Seed Library
Welcome to the Fondren Seed Library! Find seeds and learn about gardening in the Houston area.
- We all love plants, but remember to take only 3 packs per visit so everyone has a chance to garden.
- Please complete the checkout form for each seed packet.
Are you collecting seeds from your garden? Do you have extra seeds to share? Let us know at FondrenSeedLibrary@rice.edu.
Featured Reference Read of the Month
The Living Landscape by ISBN: 1604697393Publication Date: 2016-02-04Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife, but they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it's a tall order, but The Living Landscape shows you how to do it. You'll learn the strategies for making and maintaining a diverse, layered landscape--one that offers all of the following: *Beauty on multiple levels *Outdoor rooms and turf areas for children and pets *Fragrance and edible plants *Shelter and sustenance for wildlife.
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Featured Seed of the Month
Add some refinement to your dishes with parsley! February may be the coldest month of the year (sorta...), but now is the best time to sow these seeds outdoors for an early spring harvest. Bunches likely won't survive the Houston heat of summer, but if they are protected or moved indoors, they can be biennual. They will only flower and seed in their second year in cooler climates but might behave like annuals in Texas. Learn more about growing herbs in a landscape from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension here. These seeds were generously provided by Friends of Fondren Library.
