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In summer 2016, Next Epoch Seed Library installed a mailbox-style public mini-library on the side of a road in New Jerusalem, PA. The seeds offered were all collected from pioneer species that were working to revitalize a nearby fallow cornfield. This project was made during a residency called “Exquisite Corpus: The Maize” organized by Holes In the Wall Collective.
The species, along with NESL’s seed quality icons:
![](https://nextepochseedlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cardamine-hirsuta.jpg)
![](https://nextepochseedlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/curly-dock.jpg)
![](https://nextepochseedlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/dogbane.jpg)
![](https://nextepochseedlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/littleleaf.jpg)
![](https://nextepochseedlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/solidago.jpg)
![](https://nextepochseedlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/taraxacum.jpg)
![](https://nextepochseedlibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wild-mint.jpg)