The Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library is offering a free seed-saving class from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30, to teach the community about how to successfully save seeds from produce you've grown (or would like to grow) in your garden.

The class will meet in the Community Room of the Richmond Library main branch, 325 Civic Center Plaza, and participants will learn about plant families and how to keep seeds from each of the following:

• Sunflower Family: artichoke, cardoon, endive, lettuce, salsify, shungiku, sunflower
• Pea family: bean, lentil, pea, soybean.
• Nightshade family: cape gooseberry, eggplant, ground cherry, pepper, potato, tomatillo, tomato
• Parsley family: carrot, celery, caraway, chervil, cilantro (coriander), dill, fennel, parsley, parsnip
• Amaranth family: amaranth, beet, chard, orach, quinoa, spinach
• Onion family: chives, garlic, leeks, onions

The Seed Lending Library provides free education about growing and saving seeds, in addition to “loaning” free seeds from its location inside the main branch of the Richmond Library. The hope of the program is that people will return the seeds they’ve “borrowed” once the harvest comes in, creating a self-sustaining library of edible plants accessible to all.

The Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library “celebrates biodiversity through the time-honored tradition of seed saving, nurtures locally-adapted plant varieties, and fosters community resilience, self-reliance and a culture of sharing. We celebrate our human diversity through outreach and inclusion.”

To register for this free class, visit seedsaving.eventbrite.com.