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Free printable seed packet templates

Planning a shower and these were some that we found to share with you

For Gift Giving and Seed Trading
Large selection to choose from. Also in the collections, sachet and tea packet templates.

The seed packet templates can be printed out. You will need is a color printer, scissors, glue and fresh seeds. The seed packet templates are ready to print http://www.geocities.com/siggyrose/

Instructions : Print out. Cut out. Fold long half up. Glue side flaps down. Fill with seeds. Include stationery note if you wish. Glue top flap down to seal in the seeds.



Wood frame
http://www.geocities.com/siggyrose/july/woodframe.html

Native American Mother and Child - lovely !
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Bird House http://www.geocities.com/siggyrose/july/birdhouse.html

Wolves http://www.geocities.com/siggyrose/july/wolves.html

Eagle http://www.geocities.com/siggyrose/july/eagle.html
Flying Eagle http://www.geocities.com/siggyrose/j...yingeagle.html

Four per page - watercolor : http://www.geocities.com/siggyrose/four/watercolor.html

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Instructions & Free Templates for Homemade Flower Seed Packets

Simple, Do-It-Yourself, Flower Seeds Packets are perfect for wedding favors, bridal showers, Earth Day celebrations, anniversary parties, or any "green" event.

I have provided free printable templates for you to print the seed packets on your own paper. I prefer to use beautiful homemade paper infused with flower petals and grasses. Get creative...recycle, the possibilities are endless!

Follow the instructions below to create your own beautiful seed packets then simply add your own flower seeds.

*My seed packets are designed for flower seeds that should be planted 1/4 inch deep. (planting instructions are printed on the back of the seed packet.)

Choose from Wildflower, Marigold, Zinnia, or Sunflower templates.

I also added a blank template for you to add your own text, images, or use rubber stamps to decorate.


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LaurenC

Oh, this is nice. Thanks for sharing the links.

Jolie Rouge

Seeds in Fall: Collect 'em All

Author: Eve Pranis

Growing plants from seeds pictured on bright packets is great fun, but have you considered the potential for excitement and discovery in collecting and planting unknown treasures from the meadows, overgrown lots, or woods in your school environment? Fall is the time when many trees, shrubs and wild plants release their seeds -- making it a good time to explore their many dispersal strategies and collect them for planting in your classroom garden.

To increase your chances for successful germination, it helps to first think about the needs and adaptations of seeds in the wild. Although some seeds produced during the summer or fall will germinate as soon as they disperse from their parent plant, think about the implications, particularly in colder climates, of this behavior. If seeds of plants that thrive during the warmer growing season were to germinate when they fell to ground in the fall, the seedlings would likely be killed by the cold winter temperatures.

Seeds of many wild plants have adaptations that ensure dormancy until conditions are right for successful germination. Many actually require a period of cold (winter) temperatures followed by (spring) warmth, to germinate. Some seeds have hard seed coats which, during alternate freezing and thawing conditions, will soften up and germinate. You can simulate both of these conditions...but first, you'll need to collect seeds.


Collecting Seeds
Most of the wild plant seeds you collect will be mature or ripe about 4 to 6 weeks after they've flowered. You'll have the best chance of success if you harvest seeds when they're ripe. A change in fruit color (from green to brown or black), and a sign that they're ready to disperse are indicators that they're mature.

To collect seeds from cone-bearing trees, harvest cones before they've opened all the way. Put each cone in a plastic bag and place it in a warm spot until the seeds can be shaken loose.

Have your students keep careful records about the growing conditions of the plants from which you collect seeds, so they can plant them in the spring. Is it sunny? Shady? A wooded area? An open field? Also predict the springtime conditions in each location.

Never collect seeds of any plant that seems to be in short supply in a given area. Ensure that there are plenty to continue producing seeds for new generations

If you're not planting the seeds or giving them a cold treatment right away, dry them in an area with good circulation for several weeks and store them in a refrigerator or other cool, dry place.


Breaking Dormancy
Some seeds require no special treatment, and others may require one or more treatments to break dormancy. Before experimenting with different seed treatments, consider simply soaking the seeds overnight and placing them on moist paper towels in a plastic bag. They may germinate with no additional treatment.

Consider experimenting with the following treatments:


Scarring. Some seeds with hard coats, such as honey locust, will germinate more successfully if you use a file or sandpaper to scar the seedcoat. Be careful not to go deeply enough to injure the embryo.


Soaking in hot water. Some seeds with hard coats, such as lupines, do best when placed in boiling water briefly and left to soak in the cooling water overnight before planting.


Moist chilling or stratification. Most seeds dispersed in the fall have internal dormancy, requiring a period of cold before they'll'be ready to germinate. If directly planting or soaking and planting seeds doesn't result in germination, consider simulating winter conditions by placing seeds:


1. in a bit of of damp peat moss or vermiculite in a plastic bag, OR

2. in moist sand in a covered glass jar, OR

3. directly into soilless mix in pots placed in a plastic bag.

In all cases, keep seeds in the refrigerator for one to four months before removing and planting. Check from time to time to make sure the mixture remains moist.


Planting Wild Seeds
One of the most common problems in planting wild seeds is planting too deeply. Tree seeds should be planted about 3X as deep as the seed diameter; wildflowers about 1X as deep as the diameter; very fine wildflower seeds and grass seeds should be gently pressed into the soil without being covered.

Some require light to germinate, some require dark, and others will germinate with either. You might want to experiment with several different light conditions.

To grow to maturity, most wild plants require cooler nighttime temperatures than are likely found in your school. After two to four months of growing indoors (or when springtime arrives!) you should transplant them outdoors.

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Finding, Gathering, Saving Seeds
Continuing the Cycle of Life


For most of human history, people needed to save and replant seeds in order to survive. Seeds from favorite plants were saved from year to year and generation to generation. When people emigrated to new parts of the world, they brought with them seeds from plants with qualities they valued: the tastiest tomatoes, longest beans, or squash that withstood cold temperatures, for instance.

As fall weather spells changes in many schoolyards, consider encouraging your students to become savvy seed savers by identifying and gathering their own gems from the garden or wild. Why bother? Saving seeds can be economical (you might generate hundreds from just one plant) and inspire students to explore, firsthand, plants' life cycles and clever adaptations for housing and dispersing seeds. Your young growers can cultivate connections with others by packaging their unique seeds for gifts or sale, or swap seeds and experiences with students in other growing classrooms. Math, economics, language arts, and more can come to life in a student-run seed business.

Your young stewards might also delve into some of the historical and ecological reasons people today save seeds. With the growth of commercial seed companies during the last century, new varieties were created, but many old ones vanished. These lost strains had qualities that people savored and contained a wealth of potentially valuable genetic information. Students might want to learn about, and perhaps join the growing movement of gardeners and farmers committed to preserving biodiversity and living history by growing and saving "heirloom" seeds.

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Materials

flat surfaces (e.g., trays or screens) for drying seeds
envelopes and glass jars for storage
hand lenses (optional)
markers and/or labels
small paper bags (for gathering small seeds)
Saving Seeds

1. Reviewing the Basics (Seed Production 101)

Although you can easily save and replant many types of garden seeds without a lot of background knowledge, knowing some botany basics can make it a more fruitful and fascinating experience. It is important to know whether a plant is hybrid or open-pollinated. Open-pollinated plants either transfer pollen internally, from male to female flowers (called self-pollinating) or have pollen transferred by wind or insects. A hybrid is produced when seed companies cross two specific lines (a tomato with a thick skin and another with large fruits, for instance) to create a new variety. (Seed catalogs and packets will tell you if seed is hybrid.)

You cannot count on seeds from hybrid plants to produce offspring with the parents' characteristics. Some seeds of hybrids, in fact, will be sterile. So don't plan to save seeds from hybrid plants unless your students are doing so as part of an experiment.

Seeds of self-pollinating plants, on the other hand, will produce offspring much like the parents. Plants pollinated by wind (such as corn and spinach) and those pollinated by insects (such as squash and cucumbers) may produce a next generation that resembles a parent, or they may cross with other varieties to turn up something entirely unique. (Have you ever seen a squumpkin in your compost pile? See Messing with Mystery Squash for details on creating one.) The easiest way for school seed savers to avoid cross-pollination is to plant just one variety of any crop.

Another botanical basic that affects what seeds you save is a plant's life cycle. Seeds of annual vegetables, flowers, and herbs, which complete their life cycles, from seed to seed, in just one year, are the easiest ones for school gardeners to save. Garden biennials, such as carrots and cabbage, are edible the first year and set seed the next year after overwintering. If you're interested in tackling the more complicated process of saving seeds of biennials, you'll find lots of support from Web sites and print materials in our Resources section. You'll also find information on saving seeds of perennials (plants that last many years), many of which are easy to collect, but more challenging to germinate!

The Seed Saving Chart, below, gives details on easy-to-save seeds of garden vegetables and annual flowers.

2. Cultivating Keen Observers

Long before plants produce seeds, their flowers reveal secrets about what's to come. If you have a chance early in the season, consider inviting students to explore garden flowers or wild ones with a hand lens and, if appropriate, dissect them. Can your young detectives predict where seeds might develop? Whether your students are gathering seeds from annual garden vegetables, flowers, and herbs; perennial garden flowers; or nearby wildflowers and native plants, have them keep their eyes peeled for signs of seed development. What evidence do their observations reveal?

Your eagle-eyed pupils should also begin to think like gardeners and farmers did historically, and like plant scientists, by considering which plant characteristics they most value. Does one marigold plant seem to have more brilliant flowers? Tie a ribbon on it while it's still in bloom, to mark it for seed saving. Since healthy plants are most likely to produce a healthy new generation, they'll also want to identify garden plants that seem robust and free of pests and diseases.

3. Gathering Seeds

Most garden seeds either mature dry in pods (beans) or capsules (columbine; see photo, right), flowers (lettuce), or fleshy fruits (tomatoes, squash, cucumbers).

The ideal time for gathering seeds varies from crop to crop. Melon seeds, for instance, are mature when the fruits are ready to eat, but squash and cukes should be left on the plant for weeks after you'd normally eat them. Generally, let vegetable garden seeds dry on the plant as long as possible.

If annual and perennial flowers and herbs (including wild ones) intrigue your students, they may need to look even more carefully for signs that seeds are ripe. Withering and drooping flowers indicate that their job of attracting pollinators is done and that seeds are beginning to form. Flower stalks that have dried and turned brown or seedpods that have turned from green to dark color are good indicators that seeds are mature. If students hear a rattle or if seeds fall when they tap lightly on flower stalks, it's probably time to harvest.

Try to harvest seeds on a sunny day, once the dew has evaporated, and remove all pulp and fiber from their surfaces. Certain seeds (such as lettuce, dill, and many flowers) will scatter when the seedhead is dry or lose seeds gradually as they ripen. You can shake their stalks every few days over a paper bag to collect the ripe seed before it's lost. Sunflower, bean, and pepper seeds, on the other hand, are fun to harvest by hand. (The chart, below, and books and Web sites in the Resources section, offer details on harvesting and storing many different types of seeds.)

4. Drying and Storing Seeds

Have students consider what might be ideal seed storage conditions by recalling what they need to germinate. If moisture helps seeds sprout, for instance, how should they be stored? Before storing seeds, you'll need to make sure that they are completely dry by spreading them out on a flat surface (e.g., a screen or tray) in a dry, airy place. Seeds that are borne in fleshy fruits, such as tomatoes, should be rinsed or sit in water for several days and left to ferment before being spread out to dry (see chart, below, for details).

Seeds that are borne on capsules or flowers may need to be separated from the chaff (seed covering and other debris) before storage. Have students do this by tossing seeds lightly on a screen or tray and blowing or letting a breeze remove the lighter debris.

Once seeds are dry, put them in envelopes and then in small glass jars (such as baby food containers) with tight lids, and label them. Some people prefer using plastic bags or just glass jars, which work fine if the seeds are absolutely dry. Store seeds where it's cool, dark, and dry. A refrigerator, freezer, or similar location is fine. (Your young scientists may want to test how storing seeds under different conditions affects germination.)

If your seeds are stored properly, they should last at least two to three years, if not longer, depending on the plant types. (Onion and corn seeds only remain viable for a year.) Once you've tried some basic seed saving, students' questions should provide fertile ground for further research and investigations. See Curriculum Connections for some ideas.


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Jolie Rouge

Start germinating ideas for next year's garden by saving the seeds from this year's harvest in handmade envelopes.

Seeds can be saved from any plant that produces them, though you'll have the most growing success if the plants are heirloom or open-pollinated. (For more seed-saving information, visit kidsgardening.com.)

The easiest seeds to harvest are from beans, peas, peppers, watermelons, cantaloupes, and flowers with large seeds, such as zinnias, sunflowers, and marigolds. Harvest the seeds from dried flower heads or overripe fruit and let the seeds dry completely before storing in a cool, dry place.


1. To make our seed packets, download the template and cut out the shape from pieces of paper.

2. Fold in the sides and the bottom flaps and secure them using the glue stick.

3. Decorate the envelopes with markers, fill them with seeds, then fold over and seal the tops with glue stick. Store the packets in a dry, cool place until spring.




http://a.familyfun.go.com/Resources/...909EF-Seed.pdf

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Surfergal

just googled - lots of other free seed packet templates on the net
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