Winter sowing is the easy way to grow healthy plants from seed. Bring a one gallon clear or translucent milk/water jug in a waterproof bag and go home with a mini greenhouse with native plant seeds. When placed outside and ignored for the winter, they will grow into strong plants next spring.

Please bring a waterproof bag and a clean, empty, translucent or clear gallon size water or milk container. Please dress for a mess.

what you’ll do in the workshop

Learn the easy way to sprout native seeds over the winter to jump-start your pollinator garden in the spring.

Have fun, scoop dirt, choose your seeds, meet new people and take home your own, ready-to-sprout seed nursery.

why sow seeds in winter?

Winter seed sowing is a simple way to plant seeds outdoors during the colder months, letting nature do the work. Seeds experience natural freezing and thawing cycles over winter, which break their dormancy, then germinate when conditions are right in spring.

The seeds of many native plants, and some vegetables, need exposure to cold temperatures in order to sprout.

what to BRING

Please bring a waterproof bag and a clean, empty, translucent or clear gallon size water or milk container. Please dress for a mess.

got questions?

Email us at Midsuffolk-Leads@ReWildLongIsland.org