Seed Program - Ways to Support

The Southeastern Grasslands Institute Native Plant Materials Program team benefits from community support in many ways. Every hour spent volunteering and every dollar donated helps us make strides in preserving biodiversity and improving seed access in the southeast! 

Volunteer with us

Please check out our volunteer calendar for opportunities to work with and learn from our native seed experts in the field and at the seed laboratory. Click the button below to sign up to receive updates from SGI on volunteer events!

Share the message on social media

Help SGI spread the word about conservation practices by following us and sharing our content on social media. Every like and every share helps raise awareness of our important work to save seeds and southeastern grasslands. Click the icons below to find our pages! 

Donate 

Every donation counts in supporting our work to preserve the biodiversity of southeastern grasslands with hands-on sustainable and regenerative restoration and seed saving work. The following link will take you to a link to donate to SGI, and we are very grateful for your support of our work. 

In-Kind Donations

The SGI Seed Program benefits significantly from in-kind donations. Please see the list below for our current in-kind needs, and please reach out to Kristin Hopkins if you are interested in making an in-kind donation.

  • The seed program is looking for industrial grade curtains to block dust and sound in the seed laboratory.

  • The seed laboratory is in need of more freezers to preserve our seed collections for extended periods of time. The following are the kinds of freezers we need:

  • The Seed Program can always use more field supplies that aid in seed collecting work. These include

    • Mesh

    • Paper sacs and bags

  • A flail-vac native seed harvesting tractor attachment will help us significantly in our seed collecting work.

  • The seed lab can always use more soil sieves to help us hand clean our seeds.

  • Our seed laboratory welcomes the donation of seed cleaning and processing equipment. A current need is Westrup LA-LS Screen Cleaner or similar model.

  • An SUV sized vehicle to transport seed collections and for travel across our focal region to collect seeds will benefit our program.