Welcome to the Seed Sowing Center!

This center houses the seed library, which includes vegetable and flower seeds, as well as a tool library, which has a small selection of gardening tools. The purpose of this Seed Sowing Center is to help support sustainability in our community by supplying library cardholders with resources that they can use in their gardens.

About the Seed Sowing Kits:

  • Kits are available to Poughkeepsie Public Library District resident cardholders.
  • Limit of one (1) kit per barcode, per growing season.
  • Each kit contains five (5) packets of seeds, randomly selected based on inventory.
  • Seeds are available while supplies last.

Your Seed Sowing Kit order will be available to pick up at your selected library location Check-Out desk after approximately two (2) business days.

Note that your pick-up date may vary because:

  • Each library location has unique hours of operation
  • Observed holiday closures
  • Closures due to weather or emergencies

Questions? Contact Kira Thompson at kthompson@poklib.org or (845) 485-3445 x3350

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At this time, only vegetable and herb seeds are available.

Take a look at the Tool Library!

Thank you to the following companies for your generous donations of seeds:

American Meadows
A.P. WHALEY, LLC
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed
Bertie County Seeds
Burpee Seeds
Giving Ground Seeds
Grow Organic
Hart Seeds
High Mowing Seeds
MI Gardener
Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds
Park Seed
Redwood Seeds
Sandia Seed Company
San Diego Seed Company
Sow True Seeds
Territorial Seed Company
West Coast Seeds

Look at what our patrons are growing:

Potted plant with yellow flower grown by a Seed Sowing Center patron
Planted vegetable plant sprouting up.
Patron's planter box with two vegetable plants sprouting up.
Black and white cat with its face buried in a container of catnip