🌿 About SoCo Seed Collective
SoCo Seed Collective, Limited is an association founded in 2024, rooted in the belief that growing food can grow community.
We serve the semi-rural and under-resourced areas of Southern Anne Arundel and Northern Calvert County, offering:
- Ongoing access to a robust, free seed library
- Hands-on gardening education for community resilience
- Monthly plant swaps and seasonal workshops
We believe gardening should be accessible, inclusive, and rooted in mutual aid. Together, we’re planting the seeds of a more connected, more just future.
🌎 Our Commitments
We are committed to creating the future we want to see—for everyone.
- We believe Black Lives Matter.
- We enthusiastically welcome LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent families.
- We know that no human being is illegal.
- We read banned books. We talk politics. We grow in public.
🌎 Land & Labor Acknowledgment
We gratefully honor the many Indigenous peoples who first cared for the land we now call the United States. We especially acknowledge the Piscataway Conoy Tribe, who were forcibly removed in the 1600s from the land where South County now stands.
The Piscataway Indian Nation and Piscataway Conoy Tribe continue to maintain a relationship with these lands and waters. Both were formally recognized by the State of Maryland in 2012. We recognize their long-standing kinship with this region and acknowledge that we are uninvited visitors on Indigenous lands.
We also recognize the deep debt owed to the enslaved people—primarily of African descent—whose stolen labor and suffering built the foundations of this nation and its wealth.
We are gardeners, but we’re also seed savers of memory, justice, and collective power. Join us.
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🌿 How to Get Involved
SoCo Seed Collective is a community-led group rooted in mutual aid, gardening, and shared learning. Whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been growing food for years, there’s a place for you here.
We believe that access to seeds, plants, and garden knowledge should be free and shared. Mutual aid means we help each other based on what we can give and what we need—no strings attached, no gatekeeping. Just neighbors supporting neighbors.
Here’s how you can grow with us:
🌱 Start Seeds
We share seeds all year through our free seed library and monthly events. You can take just a few or plan a whole garden.
Ways to help:
- Start seeds at home and bring extra seedlings to share
- Label your plants (name, variety, any growing notes)
- Share photos and tips in our Facebook group!
🌱 Swap or Share Plants
Got too many tomatoes? Need one more basil? At our monthly plant swaps, you can give and get freely—no need for a 1:1 trade.
You can:
- Bring extra seedlings or rooted cuttings
- Take what you need—no judgment
- Help someone find their first plant!
🍅 Grow & Share the Harvest
If you grow more than you need, you can donate produce back into the community—either directly to neighbors or through our mutual aid partners.
We especially love:
- Fresh herbs, leafy greens, or extra fruits
- Stories of how you used the harvest (yes, send us your recipes!)
- Trading extras at swaps and playgroups
🌻 Save Seeds
At the end of the season, save seeds from your healthiest plants and bring them back to the seed library.
Not sure how? We’ve got how-to guides, workshops, and friendly folks who can help.
🤝 Donate Time, Money, or Supplies
We are 100% volunteer-run and community-supported.
What helps most right now:
- Potting soil, planting containers, extra seeds
- A little cash to cover signs, tables, and printing
- Helping out at a swap or workshop
đź’¬ Stay in the Loop
- Come to a monthly swap (3rd Saturday of each month)
- Join the Facebook group
- Sign up for our newsletter
- Reach out with your ideas—we love collaborations
No experience necessary. No pressure to give more than you can.
We’re building a community where everyone can grow. And it starts with you.