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CALLING ALL GARDENERS! SEED SAVERS IS WAITING FOR YOU
Way up in the northeast corner of Iowa, a very special farmhouse is nestled on 890 acres of garden plots, rolling hills, stark bluffs, and rushing rivers. The parcel is called Heritage Farm, and it’s the headquarters of Seed Savers, a national organization that stores, grows, and shares heirloom seeds. Today, the group has more than 20,000 unique varieties of seeds in its library and grows about 1,000 of them on the farm. Every year, visitors from across the world make the pilgrimage to see them, touch, and sometimes even taste them. If you’re a foodie or a gardener, Heritage Farm is a sight to behold. Visitors can wander miles of hiking trails, explore display gardens packed with rare and unusual vegetables, check out the farm’s historic orchards, and shop for seeds and other gardening gear at the Lillian Goldman Visitors Center. Among the farm’s most interesting attractions are its more than 900 varieties of apple trees, many dating back to the 19th century, and its 50 head of rare, wild White Park cattle. Seed Savers was actually founded in Missouri, not Iowa, but Heritage Farm is at the heart of its operation these days. Founders Diane Ott Whealy and Kent Whealy created the group for a specific purpose: to make sure two of Diane’s German grandfathers’ rare and precious plants, a flower dubbed Grandpa Ott’s morning glory and a tomato named the German pink, weren’t lost to history. What started as a small network of avid gardeners bent on seed saving in 1975 has grown into a 13,000-member international collective. The members share seeds through the group’s seed exchange and by shopping its catalog and online store. Heritage Farm welcomes visitors in Decorah, Iowa, from March 1 to Oct. 1, but the Seed Exchange keeps ticking year-round. Anyone is welcome to shop from the online store at SeedSavers.org or share seeds through its programs. If you’re an avid gardener looking to add some unusual flavors to your repertoire this year, Seed Savers can help! Hungarian heart tomatoes, British wonder peas, mammoth Sandwich Island salsify, or Pitmaston pineapple apples might be just what you need to spice up your garden, and your table.
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