I may have coffee seeds, Macadamia, Maui Onion, Papaya, Ginger, Woodrose, Hibiscus, Orchid, Bamboo Orchid, Hawaiian ti tropical, Anthurium, Plumeria, various guava, etc.

Hello Bev and all, Thanks for your great advice, especially the suggested varieties. I'll be sure to share it with all the people involved. I will absolutely be at that Seedy Saturday. My information regarding London Community Gardens is the plots must be rented. The core of the initiative is 'food for all' and as the Crouch community is comprised of a low-income demographic, we are currently exploring other avenues and methodologies. Still a great resource, thank you. This idea was just sparked about a week ago by a conversation between my supervisor, a patron, and myself. All programing funds for this fiscal year are already accounted for, but my supervisor is working hard to attempt to secure some funding - which will probably go to the cost of building the garden itself, should we get approval. For right now our seed capital (pardon the pun) is what Crouch staff and community members have generously donated. Some of the more experienced gardeners in the area have impressed upon me seeds should have been started already, so I admit I'm going in enthusiastic but clumsy, with some sense of urgency. I apologize for the poor etiquette, and can only hope to redeem my faux pas by offering to reciprocate next year if all goes well. As we don't have a web page yet (but great idea, Bev!) I'll tell interested parties a bit more about what the plan is so far: We currently have approval to set up seed stations for people in the community to come and plant seeds in newspaper pots the kids have made. They can then take them home to sprout. (This idea was researched on the yougrowgirl.com blog and newspaper pots were found on ehow.com.) I just got a donation of soil this evening, so the first seed station will be tomorrow! We are in the process of getting approval to run a donated grow light in the corner of the library. We will then run kids programs where they can plant the seeds and care for them. We'll have an educational component with book displays by the unit. In mid-May they can take them home or leave them at the library. For the seedlings that are left, we hope to have approval for a free garden. Then we could run programs to plant and care for it. If we are not able to start the free garden, then the seedlings will be given away at the annual Crouch Plant Exchange to people in the community on May 15. During this time, the Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre is co-ordinating the efforts of the Dillabough community garden, and I'll be working with Jacquie Carr from the CNRC to put together information and try coordinate some efforts. At this stage, I'm not sure exactly what these efforts will look like, but Jacquie and I are very excited. Thank you, everyone, for your interest. If anyone is curious or has more ideas to share, please contribute. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Jenna

those are unripe seed pods. let them dry out in the sun, they may or may not ripen. read here on how to grow the seeds (third post from the top) Here is a link that might be useful: how to hybridize and grow iris

I would be interested to trade with you. I am sending you an email.