From a little seed grows great things, including a state of the art building

The Irish Seed Savers has just opened a state of the art seed bank on their 20-acre site in Scarriff, Co Clare.

This building will house over 700 varieties of heritage seeds, a crowning glory on 21 years of graft and growth for the group.

Jo Newton has been with the Irish Seed Savers for 12 years. She is the curator of the seed bank as well as the gardener who manages growing the heritage collection on site. The visitors who arrived for an open day earlier this month were the first to experience the building.