The Greater Moncton Wildflower Seed Library, based on the Ottawa model, is a collective initiative. It stems from a personal goal to restore the relationship between ourselves and the rest of nature, by distributing wildflower seeds to the community, to then restore native plants to the landscape.
Located in Greater Moncton, New Brunswick, on unceded Mi’kmaq territory (Siknikt/Mi’kma’ki), it is built on three pillars :
Current Library
Thanks to a donation from the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library, we have the species below on catalog. Labels indicate height, sun/shade requirements, and wetness. They also often have the stratification times.
Visit us at our events to get them!
Next Event
Saturday, December 14th
8AM to 2PM
Dieppe Market
232 Gauvin Rd., Dieppe
Note: some plants are in very limited quantity. First come, first serve!
| SCIENTIFIC | ENGLISH | FRENCH |
| Anaphalis margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | Anaphale marguerite |
| Antennaria neglecta | Field Pussytoes | Antennaire négligée |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Red Columbine | Ancolie du Canada |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Eastern Buttonbush | Céphalanthe occidental |
| Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | Galane glabre / tête-de-tortue |
| Clematis virginiana | Virgin’s Bower Clematis | Clématite de Virginie |
| Clinopodium vulgare | Wild Basil | Sariette vulgaire |
| Cryptotaenia canadensis | Canada Honewort | Cryptoténie du Canada |
| Elymus hystrix | Bottlebrush Grass | Hystrix étalé |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | Eupatoire perfoliée |
| Eurybia macrophylla | Large-Leaved Aster | Aster à grandes feuilles |
| Eutrochium maculatum | Spotted Joe-Pye Weed | Eupatoire maculée |
| Hypericum punctatum | Spotted St-John’s Wort | Millepertuis taché |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Lobélie cardinale |
| Lobelia inflata | Wild Tobacco | Lobélie gonflée |
| Mimulus ringens | Square-Stemmed Monkeyflower | Mimule à fleurs entrouvertes |
| Oenothera perennis | Perennial Evening-Primrose | Onagre vivace |
| Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata | Lance-Leaved Self-Heal | Brunelle lancéolée |
| Schizachryum scoparium | Little Bluestem | Barbon à balais |
| Solidago bicolor | Silverrod | Verge d’or bicolore |
| Solidago caesia | Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod | Verge d’or bleuâtre |
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zig-Zag Goldenrod | Verge d’or zigzagante |
| Solidago ptarmicoides | Upland White Goldenrod | Verge d’or faux-ptarmica |
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Heart-Leaved Aster | Aster cordifolié |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Calico Aster | Aster latériflore |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | Aster de Nouvelle-Angleterre |
Forecast for 2025
Thanks to Ottawa’s example, I was able to forecast how a seed library’s activities look like in one year, following the seasons. Here is a preview of this year!
