Restoring biodiversity,
one seed at a time.
Wild Seed Project empowers people throughout the Northeastern US to create wildlife habitat and rebuild biodiversity at home and in their communities by gardening with native plants and seeds.
Native plants are the foundation of healthy land-based ecosystems, and have coevolved over millennia with a region’s diverse forms of life, from bacteria and fungi to insects, birds, and mammals. All life on earth depends on plants. As native plants disappear, insect populations decline. Insects are the foundation of the food web: without them, everything collapses. We may not be able to garden our way out of the climate crisis, but what we do at home matters.
Ready to get started?
Find over X species of hand-collected Northeast native seeds.
New to native plants?
Start with our beginner gardening guides and plant lists.
Looking for seeds?
Become a member, a small business supporter, or volunteer with us.
Ready to get involved?
Upcoming Events
Native Plant Gardening for Summer
What we do
We create wildlife-sustaining, native plant habitats in public locations through local community partnerships.
Educational Workshops
Learn how to garden ecologically with native plants, collect and sow native seeds, and restore habitat in your community.
Community Seed Gardens
Our hands-on native plant garden guides are published annually for beginners and experts alike.
School Partnerships
We build native plant learning gardens on school grounds and bring native plant ecology to K12 classrooms in Maine.
Native Plant Gardening Books
Visit the Native Seed Center
Turkey Hill Farm
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Our native plant hub featuring living seed banks, seed collection and cleaning, and the home of our fall plant sale.