Often gardeners are unaware that the seeds they plant are different than the seeds their ancestors planted, resulting in modified genes.  As a gardener, the best way to ensure seeds are free of cross-pollination is to save seeds from the garden. Gardeners can save seeds from their garden produce each year to plant the following year.  Saving seeds is easy and preserves heritage.  It is thrifty, ensures ecological diversity, and allows gardeners to retain control of their food supply.

Donelle Simmons, of the FarmGirls, is coming to Coppell!  Keep Coppell Beautiful Environmental Education will offer a S.O.S. Save our Seeds class on Saturday, September 6, from 11:00am-12:30pm at the Coppell Senior and Community Center, 345 W. Bethel Rd. 

S.O.S. Save our Seeds will be taught by Donelle Simmons, avid seed saver, garden coach, and co-host of The FarmGirls Organic Gardening radio show.  Gardeners will learn how to choose their seeds wisely from reputable sources, how to harvest their seeds, and how to store seeds for next year.  Questions about all of this talk of GMOs (genetically modified organisms)?  Get the details and find out how gardeners can protect their seeds from the contamination of genetically modified cross-pollination.

Ms. Simmons will bring her passion for gardening and real food into the classroom.  Donelle, along with her mother Marilyn, grow and feed 15 families a year through their educational Community Sustainable Agriculture (CSA), offer an organic gardening radio show, and garden coaching advice to help others grow bountiful gardens.

Learn all you need to know in order to maintain control of your food supply.  This class is not to be missed!

The class is free of charge and registration is not required.  For more information and other class offerings, visit www.coppellcommunitygarden.org.