Macdonald Campus Seed Library

Our Mission

The Macdonald Campus Seed Library is an initiative of the Macdonald Campus Library, offering seeds and gardening resources to members of the McGill community. Our goal is to promote local, small-scale food production and to preserve and propagate heirloom seeds, especially local varieties adapted to our environment. Check out our Macdonald Campus Seed Library Libguide for lots of great resources!

Many of the seeds in our collection have been generously donated by the West Coast Seed Company and Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol. The seeds and any produce grown from them may not be sold for profit.

Upcoming Events & Activity!

Macdonald Campus

Snacks & Seeds with MCGSS Event Poster.

Seeds & Snacks with MCGSS & Macdonald Campus Seed Library (for Graduate Students)!

Location: Faculty Lounge, Room 22, Level 2, Macdonald Stewart Building
Date: Wednesday September 23, 2026
Time: 1:00-3:00pm
DROP-IN

Intended Audience: Graduate Students at Macdonald Campus

Join us for snacks, seeds, and a little information on the McGill Libraries; presented in collaboration with MCGSS!

Downtown Campus

Poster of downtown campus event with seed library titled "The Basics of Seed Saving"

The Basics of Seed Saving with Macdonald Campus Seed Library

Location: Room 308, Burnside Hall
Date: Friday, September 18, 2026
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
REGISTRATION REQUIRED (spots limited)

Intended Audience: Students, staff, and faculty of McGill University

Learn about

The MacDonald Campus Seed Library
Types of seeds, including how to harvest and save them
AND
Get seeds to take home!

Basics of Seed Saving Event at downtown campus poster

McGill University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather. The McGill Libraries recognize the harm that cultural heritage organizations, as colonial institutions, have inflicted on Indigenous peoples. We are committed to the ongoing process of reconciliation as a way to begin to right these wrongs.