Now's your chance to discover the wonder of harvesting garden seeds

Autumn is a time of harvest and it's not just about fruit and veg, but also the many seeds our garden plants provide.

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A crisp sunny day gives you the perfect opportunity to go out and collect some to propagate some of your favourite plants. A seed is a wonder of nature, containing the embryonic form of a plant. Seeds are created by the transfer of pollen from the male anther of one flower to the female stigma of another flower. A fruit is formed by the ovary of the flower to protect this seed and this can vary in form from a juicy succulent fruit to a hard dry surface. Succulent fruits are often eaten by animals which helps with seed dispersal while dry fruits may disintegrate or burst open and release the seed. Once you start to observe, it’s an eye opener the many ways mother nature protects its future in husks, cones, capsules, berries and pods. So for example