Calendar of Events
Know Your Wheat: Choosing the Right Grain for Every Use
Learn about how to utilize different kinds of grains to their full effect in this live presentation.
Wheat and Wellness: Understanding its Nutritional Power
Learn how grains can be a part of your healthy diet in this live presentation.
Grassroots in the Garden Growing Community: Berry & Cherry Workshop
Learn about the fruits of the Seymour Park Food Forest and possibly harvest some for yourself.
Bumblebees, Butterflies & Friends
Celebrate and learn about pollinators at this public celebration
From Seed to Table: The Art of Cooking with Wheat
Learn several new healthy recipes in this live cooking demonstration.
The Magic of Seeds and Sprouts
Learn what seeds need to grow and start your own sunflower
Grassroots in the Garden Growing Community: Summer Maintenance Workshop.
Learn and practice gardening at the Seymour Park Food Forest.
Evenings in the Edible Garden
Have a master gardener show you around the Cellcom Childrens Edible Garden and harvest veggies if they’re there.
Food Soverignty Roundtable
🎉 We are back for our 2nd roundtable! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary with New Leaf Foods, Brown County Extension, Green Bay Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Inspired North, Valentine Gardens and SLO Farmers Co-op. 🎉
Registration will be available sometime later this week
Grassroots in the Garden: Harvest & Maintenance
Help care for the Seymour Park Food Forest, harvest delicious plants, and enjoy some cold coffee in the morning.
Growing and Maintaining Daylilies
Jim and Sharon Prochaska, from Fox Woods Gardens, will share their decades of experience with daylilies, which includes maintaining a registered American Daylily Society Display Garden, growing 500 cultivars and creating their own – most of them eight-plus inches in diameter!
This free educational event is organized by the Brown County Seed Library partner organizations: Brown County Community Gardens Program; Brown County Library; Green Bay Botanical Garden; New Leaf Foods, Inc.; Northeast Wisconsin Master Gardeners; UW-Green Bay; and UW-Madison Extension Brown County.
Grassroots in the Garden: Prepping Gardens For Winter
Get hands on learning & practice on how to prepare gardens for winter in this free workshop!
Seeds of Culture: How Wheat Shaped our History
Learn about the origins of human agriculture in this live presentation.
Farm Tour at Full Circle Community Farm
Take a tour of Full Circle Community Farm, taste samples of food grown on the farm and prepared by Sabee Culinary Services, and meet other community members who love local food.
Grassroots in the Garden Growing Community: Weed Identification
Learn how to spot weeds & the best ways to deal with them in this free community workshop.
Grassroots in the Garden Growing Community: Pollinator Friendly Plants
Help plant native seeds to support pollinators and ground cover seeds to support the entire Seymour Park Food Forest.
Garden Bed Planting for Future Gardeners of Green Bay
Swing on out to our Admiral Ct Garden and help us plant our 5 garden beds! Families from all over are welcome. Let's kick off the gardening season!
UW-GB Heirloom Plant Sale
We will have Shop over 280 different heirloom and open-pollinated vegetables, flowers and native plants to choose from the 2026 Natural and Applied Sciences plant sale!
Bountiful Branches Second Pickup Day
If you bought plants through Bountiful Branches and missed pickup, you can still get them at the UWGB heirloom plant sale.
Grassroots in the Garden: Grafting Class
Learn to graft your very own fruit tree and take it home to plant!
Grassroots in the Garden: Apple Planting Workshop
Learn to plant apple trees and help us dig up sun chokes in this grassroots in the garden session.
Badger Talk: Beneficial Backyard Bugs
This is a free, virtual talk hosted on April 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM CST by Northeastern Wisconsin Master Gardeners Association.
Bountiful Branches Mini Class
Learn how to care for edible perennials. Registration Required.
Grassroots in the Garden Growing Community: Tending Established Blueberries Workshop
Join us for a FREE community workshop where you’ll get to learn gardening skills from a mentor and get hands-on practice by caring for the plants of the Seymour Park Food Forest.
Food for all Fair
Learn about food access, nutrition programs, and supportive resources available in Brown County as this event brings them all together in one place.
Neighbors For Nature
Learn about how you can support local native pollinators in this free presentation.
Growing and Showing Blue Ribbon Produce & Flowers
Eileen Rueden presents on how to grow flowers and produce that’s great enough to compete in the Brown County Fair. This presentation is a part of the Brown County Seed Library Launch Party
Fresh Ideas for Salads & Dressings: A Seed Library Launch Party Presentation
Learn new salads & dressings from chef Brittany Benson. This presentation is a part of the Seed Library Launch party.
Seed Starting with Seed Snails
Learn how to start seeds with the seed snail technique. This presentation is a part the 2026 Seed Library Launch Party
Seed Library Launch
Kick off the fourth annual Brown County Seed Library Launch with fun and learning for all ages! Drop in for presentations by experts, hands-on activities and crafts, information booths, and more, with a focus on seeds, gardening and healthy eating.
Growing & Using Herbs Year-Round
Learn about edible and aromatic herbs including those that can be grown indoors in winter. This is a free public workshop organized by the Brown County Seed Library.
Grassroots in the Garden: Pruning & Fencing
Learn about pruning plants and protecting them with fences. Registration required.
Seed Packing with the Brown County Seed Library
Volunteer to clean and pack seeds for the Brown County Seed Library.
Winter Sowing Ground Cover Workshop
Learn about Seed Stratification from a pro and help get ground cover plants ready for the Seymour Park Food Forest. Registration required.
Bountiful Branches Plant Sale
Shop a wide range of fruit-bearing, nut-bearing, and other edible plants for your garden or yard!
Seed Packing with the Brown County Seed Library
Volunteer to clean and pack seeds for the Brown County Seed Library.
2026 Winter Seed Sowing Workshop: Jumpstart your Spring Garden
Discover seeds can be winter sown (natives and veggies), as well as when and how to sow them, including seed stratification and scarification. Then create your own mini greenhouse!
Seed Packing with the Brown County Seed Library
Volunteer to clean and pack seeds for the Brown County Seed Library.
New Leaf Foods Winter Social
Join us to spend time with community, celebrate all the great accomplishments of the year, and conclude our 2025 SeedMoney Campaign!
SeedMoney 30-Day Fundraiser
Join our 30-day fundraiser as we raise money to plant fruit- and nut-bearing trees for Community Orchards and bring in local food mentors to educate the community on caring for these spaces.
November 8th Seed Cleaning Workshop
🌾 Help Us Clean Seeds & Improve the Process! 🌾
This year, the Brown County Seed Library is hosting a unique event that focuses specifically on cleaning seeds for our collection—and we’d love your help!
We’ll be testing out our new seed cleaning screens to find the best techniques for each seed type. As we go, we’ll document what works best to help create a smoother process for future cleaning events.
This is a hands-on opportunity to:
Learn how seeds are cleaned and prepared for sharing
Try out different tools and methods
Contribute to the long-term success of our community seed library.
Whether you're new to seed saving or have experience to share, your help makes a difference!
We will be gathering in the basement of the Brown County Central Library. Open to all ages. Hope to see you there!
Brown County Central Library address: 515 Pine St, Green Bay
Please register for the session you would like to attend.
Session 1: 9:30am - 12pm
Session 2: 12:30pm - 3pm