Master the art of harvesting your own garden seeds
Learn how to extend your garden's lifecycle by capturing its potential. In this guide, RHS Horticulturist Lucie Rudnicka demonstrates the ideal timing and specific techniques for collecting seeds from your plants to ensure future success.
The video provides expert instruction on the methods and seasonal windows required for effective seed collection. Beyond the practicalities of harvesting, the Royal Horticultural Society maintains a vast historical context for these practices, with digital collections spanning over 500 years of gardening science and history. This includes the preservation of specimens in the Herbarium and the study of archives from legendary figures like Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson. Understanding the lifecycle of a plant, from the seed in your hand to the dried specimens used for DNA research, connects modern gardening to centuries of botanical record.
Source: All you need to know about collecting seeds | The RHS
