Seed Library

Get started on your garden now with free seeds from our seed library! The purpose of our seed library is to provide free garden seeds for anyone in our library district who is interested in gardening. The seed library began the summer of 2018 with donations from Baker Creek Heirloom, Seed Savers Exchange, and High Mowing Organic Seeds.

How It Works

BORROW: Pick out a few packets to take home and mark your selections on the form to help us keep track.
GROW: Plant your seeds according to the directions on the seed packets and watch them grow!
SAVE: Harvest seeds when they are mature, dry them, and store them for next season.
RETURN: Bring in your harvested or leftover seeds to donate to the seed library for others to grow! Please label your seeds and mark your donation on the form when you bring them in.

Don't forget to browse through our gardening books or visit our online resources below for additional tips and tricks.

Resources

Free instruction manuals at Saving Our Seeds
The Organic Seed Alliance
Growseed.org
Seed Savers Allliance

For more information, contact a librarian at 309.697.3822 x13 or alpha@alphapark.org or visit us at 3527 South Airport Road, Bartonville, IL.

Website Accessibility Policy

Alpha Park Public Library is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Alpha Park Public Library has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (309) 697-3822

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Alpha Park Public Library has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Alpha Park Public Library regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (309) 697-3822.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.