MILL CITY GROWS HOSTS 10TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY SEED SWAP ON SATURDAY, MARCH 22, IN LOWELL MA
An exciting variety of herb, flower, vegetable, and fruit seeds will be available to take home at no cost – attendees are encouraged to bring seeds to share and swap!
[LOWELL, MA] – Lowell-based non-profit Mill City Grows (MCG) hosts its 10th Annual Community Seed Swap on Saturday, March 22, from 11am to 1pm, at University Crossing at UMass Lowell, 220 Pawtucket Street, Lowell MA. Free parking will be available across from the venue at UMass Lowell’s Salem Street Parking Lot, 294 Salem Street. Dozens of varieties of herb, flower, vegetable, and fruit seeds will be available for the public to choose from and take home free of charge. MCG staff and volunteers will be on hand to share tips and information on planting and growing. Attendees are invited to bring their own seeds to share on the day of the event and advance seed donations are especially welcomed. Please note: contributing seeds to the Seed Swap is not necessary in order to attend the event. To donate seeds in advance of March 22, please contact Trang Dong at Trang@millcitygrows.org or call 978-455-2620.
In addition to the seed swap, Mill City Grows will also host their Annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, May 24, 10am – 2pm, at UMass Lowell’s Rist Urban Agriculture Greenhouse & Farm, 69 Pawtucket Street, Lowell MA. All plants and seedlings at the sale are seeded and grown in Lowell at the Rist Urban Agriculture Greenhouse & Farm, which supports MCG’s work to cultivate and protect citywide growing spaces.
Please visit MillCityGrows.org/events or call 978-455-2620 for details on these free, public events. For weather and event updates, please visit Mill City Grows on Facebook and Instagram.
MCG’s 10th Annual Community Seed Swap and Annual Spring Plant Sale are both integral citywide events that support food access efforts and unite Lowell’s thriving multicultural community. Free, public admission is made possible with the support of Mill City Grows’ Annual Sponsors (as of 3/4/25): Nancy L. and Richard K. Donahue Charitable Foundation, Enterprise Bank, Waste Management, Salem Five Bank, Rimol Greenhouse Systems, Mahoney Oil Company, Market Basket, Alpine Butcher, A. Fagundes Plumbing & Heating, Align Credit Union
Mill City Grows is grateful to Mahoney’s Garden Center and Territorial Seed Company for their generous donations of seeds.
About Mill City Grows
Mill City Grows believes when a community is given access to fresh food and knowledge of how to grow and prepare delicious, healthy meals, people will enjoy better quality of life and have a deeper connection to each other and their environment. Since 2011, MCG has worked towards food justice in Lowell through these dynamic hands-on programs and strategies: education in and out of schools, supporting community leadership through community gardens, urban farming, mobile markets, and empowering people to produce their own food. For more information on what’s growing in Lowell and how you can become a part of the city’s thriving local food movement, visit MillCityGrows.org.
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