11 Oct 2026
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11 Oct 2026
10:00
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14:15
$15 per person. Under 12s join free
2 sessions
Saving seeds is a great way to cut down on gardening costs and protect biodiversity.
Come along to discover new seeds for your kitchen garden, connect with a community of like-minded garden lovers and have fun at this fete-like festival of seeds!
Bring in your saved seeds to share and leave with something new to plant in your garden.
Don't have any saved seeds? Don’t worry! For a small donation, you can purchase tokens to swap for seeds.
There is a lot to see and do with fun stalls, hands-on kid's activities, guided tours, live music, a sausage sizzle and more!
Plus, we are excited to welcome ABC Radio Adelaide who are broadcasting live from this event. Come and see presenter Jason Chong in action from 10am -12pm, and Sophie Thomson for the talk-back gardening show from 11am.
Scroll further down on this page for more information about this fun-filled day.
Your ticket includes entry to the event; some activities have a small additional cost of $2.00. Profits from this day will be donated to the science and conservation work of the South Australian Seed Conservation Centre.
Dates: Sunday 11 October 2026
Times: 10:00am - 12:00pm and 12:15pm - 2:15pm
Location: Rose Garden Pavilion, Adelaide Botanic Garden (C6 on the map)
Tickets: $15.00 per person
Children 12 and under are free (ticket required)
If you have seeds to donate, that’s great! We’ll exchange them for some tokens so you select something different to take home. Don’t have any seeds to share? That’s ok too! You can purchase tokens by a small donation to the South Australian Seed Conservation Centre so you can too can ‘shop’ the seeds on offer.
This seed swap is for common kitchen garden and companion plants.
For biosecurity reasons, please don’t bring in wild-collected seeds, or those from plants on the declared weeds list.
If you are an avid seed saver or part of a community garden network and have lots of something to share, we’d love to hear from you before the day! So please contact us.
So much! Think of it is as a village fete for seeds. Stalls, short talks, live music, children’s activities, a sausage sizzle - all to help support the Seed Conservation Centre.
Seed swapping table
Drawing demonstration, and opportunity to have a go, by the Friends Botanical Art Group.
Small paintings for sale – 10% proceeds to Seed Conservation Centre
Bird snap table and nature crafts by the Diggers Club
Plant a seed to take home and a touch table by the Botanic Gardens Education team
Learn to fold origami seed packets, native seed giveaway, resources on wildlife friendly gardening, ID charts by Green Adelaide
Tomato Tombola – spin to win a tomato starter kit, or lots of other prizes!
Make a badge to commemorate the day
“Which Bin?” Activation – talk to a member of the resource recovery team from City of Adelaide and ask all your recycling questions
Sausage Sizzle
Live music
10.00am –12.00pm: ABC Radio Adelaide Live outside broadcast with Jason Chong, including Talkback Gardening with Sophie Thomson from 11am
10.00am-12.00pm: Live music
11.30am –13.15pm: Tutti Arts “The Beekeepers” roving performances
12.15pm –14.15pm: Musical Plants performance with Flavio and Clarens
The Journey of a Seed: Stories from the Seed Conservation Centre. Hear first-hand stories directly about the scientists and flora ecologists working on the frontline of plant conservation.
10.15am-11.00am
Behind the Seeds: A snapshot of the Seed Conservation Centre. Explore the laboratories and seed bank in a 30-minute sneak peek with the science team.
Three sessions: 11.30am – 12.00pm, 12.30pm – 1.00pm, 1.30pm – 2.00pm
Pods Hold Stories: seed drawing workshop. Get arty with local artist Stephanie Doddridge.
Two sessions: 12.00pm – 1.00pm, and 1.30pm-2.30pm
While you're in the garden, make sure to check out the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition inside our iconic Bicenntenial Conservatory.
We have split the day into two sessions to make sure as many people as possible get to enjoy the seed swap. 1 – 2 hours should be plenty of time to enjoy the activities. Don’t forget to leave time to explore the rest of the Botanic Garden while you are here, or book into one of our other Nature Festival events on the same day.
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