The Great Seed Swap

Name: The Great Seed Swap
Start: 2026-03-28T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-29T15:00:00+00:00
Location: RHS Garden Rosemoor

Schedule

Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

RHS Garden Rosemoor | Bideford, EN

Come along to The Great Seed Swap and browse RHS garden-collected seeds.
Growing from seed is an exciting and inexpensive way to fill your garden with annuals, perennials, edibles and even shrubs and trees. Visitors can talk to our experts throughout the day to learn more about the fascinating world of seeds, how to successfully collect and grow them, and how to make their own seed collection envelopes to take home and sow at home.
How can visitors share and take seeds on the day?
If you have seeds to swap, including home-collected or unused/half-used seed packets, you can bring them along to the registration table. Home-collected seed will be checked and labelled before being distributed to the swap tables. The ‘sow by’ date on packets of seed should be no older than 2023.
Please note:
* No seed from abroad is allowed
* Seed from plants collected in the wild (countryside, woodland, coastal, heathland, etc.) is not allowed and, in many cases, is illegal
* Seeds brought into the garden must be in sealed containers/ packets (envelopes, plastic bags, sealed plastic containers) and only opened in the event space.
* You are free to browse through all the swap tables and choose your favourites to swap or take for a donation. Visitors with no seeds to swap can go straight to the swap tables to start choosing.
Please note that the seeds are intended for your personal use, so please take only what you intend to grow in the following season. We suggest a maximum of 10 packets per visitor to ensure there is plenty of choice for everyone and they don’t go to waste.