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Check out that garden

Area’s first ‘seed library’ encourages love of growing food, flowers

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Washougal Community Library Branch Manager Rachael Ries packages seeds for check out in the first seed bank in Southwest Washington on Feb. 22. Seeds that have been sorted include peas, kale, cabbage, carrots, spinach and hot peppers.

A new Washougal-based hybrid of library protocol and seed-sharing is expanding the idea of “community gardening.”

Washougal Community Library staff and volunteers, the city of Washougal and Washington State University Extension Master Gardeners are combining efforts to create the first seed bank in Southwest Washington and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District.

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