This is the last meeting for the UK on The Leonardo GROW Project as part of 'Seed Exchanges'. This will take place in London and is part of The Great Seed Festival. There are two aspects to this programme.  At The 'Garden Museum' (http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/) will be the seed exchange and other activities.  See information below:  

On Friday 10th October, at the Garden Museum, 'Beyond GM' will be hosting an evening of film and discussion - the London premiere of GMO OMG followed by a panel discussion, speakers to be announced soon.

On the 11th and 12th of October, London will host a hub of activity at the Garden Museum with stalls and workshops, talks and seed swaps; activities for people of all ages, interests and backgrounds. Whether people know nothing at all about seed or are an expert seed saver, they can learn about seed, get hands on with it, and join in the celebration of the seeds that feed us! 

The programme for the Garden Museum over the main festival weekend of 11th and 12th October is still being finalised:

- Workshops by the UK Food Group and World Development Movement
- A workshop on food sovereignty by Holly Creighton-Hird and Rob Logan
- Screenings of Local Food Roots, Seeds of Freedom and GMO OMG
- Seed to Bar chocolate workshops with Rococo Chocolate
- Seed swap and seed-saving demonstrations from Heritage Seed Library
- Urban food growing for beginners and Soil, composting and wormeries workshops by Capital Growth
- Food Growing Schools London children's workshops
- Interactive workshops for children on where our food comes from with the Community Centred Knowledge Group
- Bread-making workshop by Dusty Knuckle bakery  
- Seed-themed arts, crafts and games
- a GMO OMG stunt for the Wholefood Action campaign
- Talks from Ben Raskin (Soil Association), Polly Higgins, Shane Holland (Slow Food London), Jane Rabinowicz (USC Canada), Liz Hosken (Gaia Foundation) and more!
- Discussion circle with Kim Stoddart (Thrifty Gardener Guardian blogger) and Seedy Sunday Brighton 

All of the activities during the day at the Garden Museum over the weekend will be FREE and the workshops run on a first come, first served basis.

On the evening of Saturday 11th October, the London Freedom Seed Bank (http://londonfreedomseedbank.wordpress.com/) are organising a fantastic evening as part of The Great Seed Festival on the Battersea Barge(SW8 5BP) (http://www.batterseabarge.com/) to celebrate and recognise those who have saved seed during the year. This includes a ceremony, where growers donate some of their saved seed to the London Freedom Seed Bank.  The ceremony will be accompanied by poetry, song, food, and a ceilidh!  All are welcome and tickets are free (donations very welcome!).

See website for further details and updates.

Also as part of Let's Liberate Diversity' (http://liberatediversity.org/) there will be meetings at 'Roots and Shoots' (http://www.rootsandshoots.org.uk/) on the Saturday and Sunday.  These meetings follow on from the meeting in Basel, Switzerland, last year (http://www.lldforumch2013.liberatediversity.org/). The meetings will be looking at seed databases and then a technical meeting for seed saving organisations on the Sunday.