Look around you at the trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses – most of them started their life as a seed! Fall is a great time to look for seeds in the Garden and in nature. Come and learn about this unique and important part of plants.
A seed contains a miniature plant, called an embryo, that can develop into a fully grown plant. The outer shell, or seed coat, protects the embryo. Inside the seed a nutritious material provides food for the embryo. Briefly, “A seed is a plant baby, in a box, with it’s lunch” – Thor Hanson. And… they’ve adapted to travel far and wide to spread young plants throughout nature.
Educators Barb Renshaw, Jeff Reifel, and Faylla Chapman will be your guides to learn about how seeds travel through space and time. Then, you’ll tour through the Display Garden looking for seeds in their own “boxes” or “space vehicles”. Barb, Jeff and Faylla are all amateur botanists with a great interest in plants, and many other things too!
