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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.)
  • 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.

 

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Click on the events below for more info:

  • Indoor Plant Clinic, January 31, 2026
  • EMG Seed Exchange, February 7, 2026
  • GardenFest, June 6, 2026

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Upcoming Children’s Workshops

Parents and guardians must remain with children during the workshops. Click on the events below for more info:

  • Nature Surprises for Kids at the Clarke County Library, November 18, 5-6 p.m.
  • Nature Surprises for Kids at Bowman Library, December 11, 5-6 p.m.
  • Nature Surprises for Kids at the Clarke County Library, December 18, 5-6 p.m.
  • Nature Surprises for Kids at the Clarke County Library, January 15, 5-6 p.m.
  • Nature Surprises for Kids at the Clarke County Library, February 19, 5-6 p.m.

EMG Information Tables

  • Please check back for upcoming events where Extension Master Gardeners will be on hand to research and answer horticulture-related questions.

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