Saturday April 26 & Sunday April 27, 2025
SEED SWAP***PLANT SWAP****BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION***SEED VISIONING
Atrus Ballew Farm, Richmond, KY
Saturday April 26
SEED & PLANT SWAP
2pm-5pm Seed and Plant Swap, Seed Stories
BIRTHDAY AND BUTTERFLIES CELEBRATION
6-10pm Jim Embry’s Birthday and Butterflies Celebration, Potluck Dinner with Black Appalachian Storytellers
Sunday April 27
SEED VISIOING
9am-10am Breakfast
10am-1pm Seed Visioning
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PROGRAM DETAILS
Saturday April 26
SEED SWAP***PLANT SWAP**** SEED STORIES
2pm-5pm Seed and Plant Swap, Seed Stories
About the Event
Get ready to swap seeds, plants and stories by participating in the Cumberland Seed Commons Seed and Plant Swap! Seed and Plant swaps are a fun way to meet other farmers and gardeners, learn tips and tricks about your favorite seeds or plants, and find out what crops and natives do well in your area. Whether you’re a seasoned grower or a fresh sprout just starting out, this free event is the perfect opportunity to cultivate connections, preserve heirloom genetics, and take home some unique treasures for your garden. Bring any seeds, nuts, plants or cuttings left from last season’s inventory and garden, cuttings from your overgrown plants, or extra plants that need a good home, and take home some new seeds and plants for your 2025 garden!
This event is free to participants and vendors! You can come anytime between 2 pm-5pm with vendors advised to set up by 1:30pm. This event will be held on the Atrus Ballew Farm, 265 Charlie Norris Rd., Richmond, KY. The seeds and plants can be sold, given away for free and used as barter. If you have seeds and plants to offer at the Swap, please bring your own table, chairs and tent.
If you can’t make it to this event but have seeds or plants you’d like to see go to a good home, send them to us by mail or arrange to drop seeds and plants by the farm.
What to Bring: *You do not have to bring plant material to participate
Pack up your extra seeds, cuttings, bulbs, and plants—anything ready for a new home! We’re shining a spotlight on heirloom vegetable seeds, Kentucky native wildflower seeds, and the cherished cuttings of fig trees, elderberry, . Have something rarer or unusual? Even better! Just be sure everything is labeled with the name, variety, and any special care notes (if needed).
*Friendly reminder: Let’s keep the garden tidy! No invasive species, please. *
BIRTHDAY AND BUTTERFLIES CELEBRATION
RSVP link to this page: http://tinyurl.com/birthdays-and-butterflies
6-10pm Jim Embry’s Birthday and Butterflies Celebration, Potluck Dinner with Black Appalachian Storytellers
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3/4 CENTURY+1 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR JIM EMBRY
Saturday April 26, 2025, 6pm-10pm
Family and friends will gather on Saturday April 26, 2025 to celebrate the 3/4 Century +1 Birthday Recognition for Jim Embry who has served as the visionary for the Cumberland Seed Commons.
Everyone interested in attending must RSVP at this page: http://tinyurl.com/birthdays-and-butterflies
Jim Embry’s 3/4 Century +1 Birthday Celebration
Birthday and Butterflies
Join us Down on the Farm!
Location: Atrus Ballew Farm (Jim’s home), 265 Norris Road Richmond, KY
Activities 6-10 pm
*Ancestral Tribute
*POT LUCK DINNER: please bring mostly vegan and vegetarian food to share…and Bring your own favorite drinks and chair
*3/4 Century +1 Birthday salutes
* Featuring Black Appalachian Storytellers, drumming, music, spoken word
BLACK APPALACHIAN STORYTELLERS
We will be blessed to have several BASF members present to share their stories as part of the Birthday and Butterflies gathering. In 2024 six applicants were awarded a fellowship as part of the Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship which is a national adjudicated award honoring artistic excellence in representation of Black Appalachian storytelling and cultural heritage. The National Association of Black Storyteller’s Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellows Program is made possible through partnerships and funding in part by Mid Atlantic Arts’ Central Appalachia Living Traditions Program and South Arts as part of the In These Mountains, Central Appalachian Folk Arts and Culture.
*Fireside conversations and stargazing
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Sunday April 27
SEED VISIOING
9am-10am Breakfast
10am-1pm Seed Visioning
