2/20/2025: Oviedo, Florida Zone 10A
I am currently offering free seeds donations for any K-12 schools that wanted to start an edible garden or if the garden has been ruined by a hurricane or tornado. This seed donations project has been made possible thanks to the members of my local Facebook group, O-Free-Do, who donated the Forever stamps and my supporting seed buyers. I sell $1 seed packets to help me cover my out of pocket cost for collecting and buying rare seed cultivars. For every 100 seed packets I sell, I am able to donate seeds to four public schools’ gardens. I use the money from my $1 seed sales to buy new seed varieties. The cycle repeats.
Please contact me and provide the following information I need:
- Name of school
- Attention to
- Mailing address
- Indicate your Plant Hardiness Zone – Refer to this site as a guide to find what your Plant Hardiness Zone is https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov
- Type of seed you need (cold-hardy, heat-tolerant, or a mix of both). I offer eight seed packets per donation which may include some variety of sunflower, bok choy, daikon or beet, pepper (sweet only unless you request sweet and hot, or hot pepper seeds), edible flowers, eggplant, herb, vegetable and lettuce seeds.
Remember to send me pictures. I would love to see the results!
Free seed donations have been mailed out to the following schools:
- Midway Elementary School, Sanford, FL (10/21/24)
- Arthur and Polly Mays Conservatory of the Fine Arts, Miami, FL (10/21/24)
- Coral Springs High School, Candace Blake, Coral Springs, FL (10/21/24)
- Tortuga Preserve Elementary, Lehigh Acres, FL (11/11/24)
- Coronado Beach Elementary School, New Smyrna Beach, FL (11/18/24)
- Palm City Elementary School, Palm City, FL (11/18/24)
- Sunland Park Academy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311 (11/18/24)
- Eagle Creek Elementary, Orlando, FL 32832 (2/11/25)
- Belleview Elementary School, Belleview, FL 34420 (2/11/25)
- Forbush Elementary School, East Bend, NC 27018 (2/20/25)
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County at DTC, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 (2/20/25)
- Dundee Elementary Academy, Dundee, FL 33838 (8/29/25)
- Email me via the contact tab on my blog to be next!
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We would love seeds for our new garden.
Sunland Park Academy
Ms. Zapata
919 nw 13 terr.
Ft. Lauderdale Florida 33311
Hi Rosa! I will send you a five Heat-Tolerant seeds packets: Black Velvet Sunflower, Bunching Onions, Red Garnett Amaranth, Blue Butterfly Pea, and Roselle Hibiscus
Hello! I am not seeing an email to send the request to, so I’ll leave it here as another did:) Thank you so much for spreading the love and joy of growing!! I live in downtown Brooksville & teach to kids ages 6-14 at our permaculture-based home on wildcrafting, herbalism, foraging, growing, gardening, nature journaling, & incorporate mindfulness for all.
Wild School of Hernando County, Amanda Jo(AJ) Boener
AJBoener@gmail.com
241 Pryor Street
Brooksville, FL 34601
Zone 9B I’m happy to send pictures of our swale garden & design for the property! I’m a National Geographic Certified Educator & Certified Permaculture Designer with a decade of experience fostering love of nature & self with children- I would love to add your seeds to the opportunities for kids to learn here! Thank you so much for considering me!
I will mail out the seeds by mid January.
WOW! Thank you so very much! How wonderful-we’re so grateful! Thank you, thank you!!!! -AJ
AJ, have you received the seeds I sent yet?
Hello!
Forbush Elementary School
Attn: Jessica Ridings
1400 Bloomtown Road
East Bend, NC 27018
Zone 7
We would love a heat-tolerate mix of seeds
Thank you!
Okay, will mail the seeds out next week.
Hello, I would love some heat tolerant seeds for my schools garden
Dundee Elementary Academy
Attn: Barbara Aourik
415 Frederick Ave
Dundee Fl 33838
9B
Hi Barb, I will mail out the seeds next week.