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Seed Banks

Meet the Great Seed Detective

Adam Alexander preserves heirloom vegetables and the history they represent.

Diana Hubbell July 28, 2022

In South Africa, a Seed Librarian Seeks Ancestral Knowledge

Zayaan Khan runs a "Seed Biblioteek" out of her home.

Mary Fawzy April 7, 2022

The Rare Seeds That Escaped Syria for an Arctic Vault

Formerly stashed at Svalbard, they've since sprouted in Morocco and beyond.

Matt Simon December 2, 2020

Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes

They are being recovered from seed banks, university vaults, and museum shelves.

María Paula Rubiano A. November 2, 2022

How to Plant a Home Garden and 'Free the Seed'

By saving and swapping seeds, you can preserve agricultural heritage.

Reina Gattuso May 19, 2020

These 7 Companies Ship Unique Seeds for Your Quarantine Garden

Beat the rush by turning to small, local suppliers—and your neighbors.

Reina Gattuso April 22, 2020

At Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Garden Is Still Growing

Restoring the grounds and its rare, heirloom crops recreated what was effectively the country's first seed bank.

Eric J. Wallace April 21, 2020

The Unexpected Elegance of Apocalyptic Seed Vaults, In Photos

The images, by artist and professor Dornith Doherty, are ethereal and oddly comforting.

Jessica Leigh Hester February 11, 2020

Chahuaytire, Peru

Parque de la Papa

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.

The Prized Pepper That Comes From a Single New Mexican Town

But can it be grown anywhere else?

Tom Verde March 8, 2019

This Seed Bank Preserves Biodiversity by Opening Its Doors to Farmers

The Ethiopian institution pioneered a new model.

Eric J. Wallace October 3, 2018

Lancetilla Botanical Garden and Research Center

This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.

Zurich, Switzerland

Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich

See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Awaits Its Millionth Crop Deposit

Bambara groundnuts, black-eyed peas, and Estonian onion potato seeds are headed to the bank.

Natasha Frost February 26, 2018

West Sussex, England

Millennium Seed Bank

Nearly 2 billion seeds from 38,000 species are stored and processed at this visitable facility in a quiet corner of England.

Seeds From Syria Are Returning to the Svalbard Vault

This marks the first successful use of the "doomsday" seed vault.

Cara Giaimo February 22, 2017

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's Moon Tree

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.