Basic Seed Saving

Name: Basic Seed Saving
Start: 2025-08-20T17:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-08-20T18:30:00-06:00
Location: Billings Public Library

Schedule

Wed Aug 20 2025 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Billings Public Library | Billings, MT

Learn how to collect, save, and store heirloom vegetable and native plant seeds with Associate Professor Megan Poulette. We'll discuss the plant life cycle, hybrids vs heirlooms, harvesting techniques, and germination tricks for the next growing season. Saving seeds is a great way to help ensure you continue to have a bountiful harvest year after year.
Megan Poulette is an Associate Professor of Botany and Environmental Science at Rocky Mountain College. After a stint in commercial horticulture in Colorado, she earned her MS in Plant and Soil Science and a PhD in Biology at the University of Kentucky. Megan is a life-long gardener and member of the St Andrews Community Garden here in Billings. She and her students grow vegetable plants every spring for members of the Rocky community and partners in Billings.