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Seed Packaging Ideas

Have fun packaging your seed to share! Here are a few ideas to get you started. You’ll find many more by searching online. (For informational purposes only. We don’t endorse any of the websites linked below.)

milkweed seed packet

Seed Envelope Templates

  • Simple NSVMGA Cut and Glue or Tape Packet Large (2/page). Pictured at right.
  • Simple NSVMGA Cut or Glue Seed Packet Small (4/page).
  • Colorful Cut and Glue Packet.
  • Two Cut and Glue Packets, one with lines and one without.

Origami style Envelopes (you may want to add some tape or glue stick to prevent accidental opening.)

  • Historic Seed Packet, based on 200+ year old seeds found under the floorboards of the Woodlands Mansion. (Scroll to bottom of linked page for template.)
  • Two Origami envelope patterns.
  • Origami envelope.
  • Easy Origami envelope.

Show Your CreativityCreative Seed Packets

  • Cut out photos and attach to homemade envelopes.
  • Take photos of flowers in bloom and stick them onto envelopes.
  • Make small envelopes from colorful scrap paper or magazine pages.

Reuse Small Bottles (Clean Well!)

  • Medicine bottles.
  • Small jam jars.
  • Sample jars.
  • Canning jars.
  • Spice bottles.
  • Cake sprinkle bottles.
  • Lidded pudding or yogurt containers.

When packaging seed to share or exchange, please put about 25 clean, dry seeds into a small container. Label with common name, latin name, date, and any growing information you have.

Save the Date!

  • Blandy Seed Exchange – 1/25/20
  • Gardening Symposium – 3/7/20
  • GardenFest – 6/6/20

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Extension Master Gardener Lynn led a talk and workshop this weekend on how to use plant material to decorate for the holidays. The attendees had a great time learning and creating together, and made some beautiful decor!

Want to give it a try? Learn how at www.johnson.k-state.edu/lawn-garden/agent-articles/miscellaneous/holiday-decorating-with-fresh-gr.... If you want in-person help, Lynn teaches a similar workshop each year, so keep an eye on our website and this page for next year’s schedule!
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