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: 2026 details to come
Seeding the seed and plant swaps
As well as seeds, plants, and seedlings we will have useful growing and gardening information available at our seed and plant swap sites.
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.
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.
