The Great Library Seed and Plant Swap
Every year in September Christchurch City Libraries hosts the Great Library Seed and Plant Swap. Come along to your local library and bring any seeds or seedlings you'd like to swap. Don't have anything to swap but would like something to take away and grow? That's okay too.
This page has information about seeds, gardening and the locations and dates for seed swaps at libraries around Christchurch.
Seed and plant swap locations
Aranui Library seed and plant swap events
Diamond Harbour Library seed and plant swap events
Fendalton Library seed and plant swap events
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre seed and plant swap events
Linwood Library seed and plant swap events
Lyttelton seed and plant swap events
Matatiki Hornby Centre seed and plant swap events
Matatiki Hornby Centre seed and plant swap events
New Brighton Library seed and plant swap events
Papanui Library seed and plant swap events
Papanui Library seed and plant swap events
Redwood Library seed and plant swap events
Shirley Library seed and plant swap events
South Colombo seed and plant swap events
Spreydon Library seed and plant swap events
Tūranga seed and plant swap events
Upper Riccarton Library seed and plant swap events
Seed and plant swaps in September 2025
Trees for Canterbury
Thanks to our friends at Trees for Canterbury who have kindly donated native seedlings to our libraries to get The Great Library Seed and Plant Swap started!
Canterbury Community Gardens Association
Many thanks to Canterbury Community Gardens Association for their donation of seeds in support of the this initiative.
As well as seeds, plants, and seedlings we will have useful growing and gardening information available at our seed and plant swap sites.
Weedbusters
Weedbusters aims to improve weed awareness and strives to move people to adopt new behaviours to stop the spread of weeds, and to actively control weeds. Check for Weedbusters, opens a new window resources when you swap your seeds or plants.
Find-A-Pest
The free Find-A-Pest app makes it easy to report and identify any possible pest species you find. Wherever you are - you can help protect New Zealand's primary industries and native species in two easy steps - SNAP IT - SEND IT.
