Events

Seed Share - Sunday 5th March 12pm - 4pm FREE Entry for supporters of Irish Seed Savers FREE Entry for Children €5 for General Addmission It's that time of year again where we are all beginning to plan our gardens for the year ahead. Where to place the flowers, how many raised beds will i [...]

Seed Share - Sunday 5th March 12pm - 4pm FREE Entry for supporters of Irish Seed Savers FREE Entry for Children €5 for General Addmission It's that time of year again where we are all beginning to plan our gardens for the year ahead. Where to place the flowers, how many raised beds will i [...]

Irish Seed Savers Association is now launching an Appeal Campaign to ensure the survival of the organisation and to enable us to continue Irish Seed Savers important work. Many of you will be aware of the Associations recent struggles. We have for the past number of years been receiving grant aid from the Department of [...]

Ireland’s first ever school garden education conference Saturday 5th October – Marino Institute of Education, Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9 10am to 4.15pm School gardens are proving to be an important part of teaching an integrated range of subjects in an enjoyable and fulfilling way.  It is interesting to note that school gardening will be on [...]

President Higgins gave a wonderful speech at the official opening of Irish Seed Savers Association's new, Leader funded, Seed Bank. This is a very important facility for Irish Seed Savers. It is also a very important facility for Ireland, in terms of conservation, biodiversity and indeed food security. First part Second part

‘Awaken Ireland’, a voluntary group of concerned people based in Cork, is hosting a retreat weekend forum for individuals and groups nationwide, to explore the following question... What is the best way forward for Ireland? And how can we make it happen? We have arranged this forum for concerned people and activists from all over Ireland, young and old, from a [...]

Galway One World Centre (GOWC) and the Irish Seed Savers Association (ISSA) present Another World Is Possible, a day of reflection on power, seeds and change, a day of engaging debate, fine music and local food at the Irish Seed Savers Association in Scariff, Co Clare on Saturday Dec 3rd. This free event runs from [...]

Tuesday, 25th October @ 7pm. Community Co-op, Main Street, Scariff. What's GIY again? GIY stands for Grow it Yourself - we are a charity with the aim of inspiring people to grow their own food (again) and we meet in local groups to share our experience, our successes (and failures) in the garden and to learn more together [...]

A new organisation, no2gm, dedicated to maintaining Ireland’s GM Free status is being launched on Sunday, 16th October 2011 at Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Food Market in The People’s Park, Dún Laoghaire. Please visit their site at https://no2gm.com/

Date for your DiaryPRESS CONFERENCEMonday, 21st February 2011Buswells Hotel, Georgian Suite, starts at 2.00pmParticipantsLeading people from the Irish food sector have been invited,and the following have confirmed so far:Eddie Punch/Gillian Westbrook - General Secretary, Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers AssociationAnita Hayes – Founder, Irish Seed Savers AssociationJohn Brennan – Chairperson, Western Organic Network, Greenbox and [...]