Welcome to Seed Savers Connect, a knowledge, resource and connection hub about growing and saving seeds. Find out more in About Us.
On this site, you will find guides, stories and other seed saving resources from seed savers across Australia. Contributions in the form of articles, guides, stories and photos are welcome.
We also welcome other volunteers that are interested in participating in the planning of events with us and helping with the sharing of information.
Recent events
Recording and Resources – Cucurbitaceae Family Seed Saving Masterclass
The recording from the zoom session is now available CORRECTION: There is an error at around the 30 minute and 51 minutes points in the recording where cucumber plants were incorrectly described as self-incompatible. Cucumbers plants are self-compatible and seed can be successfully saved from a single plant. Flowers are…
Cucurbitaceae Family Masterclass
Promiscuous Pumpkins & Scandalous Squashes.The Art and Science of Saving Cucurbit Seeds This zoom presentation will happen on Sunday 13th September from 7pm to 8.30pm AEST. Note this is a later time than our usual quarterly zooms. Ever saved seed from a favourite heirloom pumpkin, only to grow something unrecognisable…
Recording of National Zoom – August 2nd
The recording of the National Zoom held on Sunday 2nd August 2026 is now available. Our guests for this session were Ambre Whatley from Eden Seeds and Frances Michaels formerly of Green Harvest Seeds. Have you ever considered the different roles of seed savers, commercial seed growers, and seed retailers?…
Recent updates to resources
Bottle Gourd
Botanical name : Lagenaria siceraria Common name : Bottle Gourd, Calabash, New Guinea Bean, Birdhouse Gourd, Giant Gourd, Hard Shelled Gourd Growing…
Warrigal Greens
Botanical name : Tetragonia tetragonioides Common name : Warrigal Spinach, New Zealand Spinach, Kokihi (Maori), Warragul (and other phonetic spellings)…
Pumpkin, Zucchini & Squash
Botanical name : Cucurbita spp. Common name : Zucchini, Courgette, Pumpkin, Summer squash, Winter squash, Chilacayote and some ornamental Gourds…
Radish
Botanical name : Raphanus sativus Common name : Radish, Daikon Growing for seed As radishes are self-incompatible, a group of them…