The 26th Peliti Seed Festival, organized by Peliti

with the kind support of :

The   Municipality of Paranesti

 The Center of Environmental Education of Paranesti

 The Educational & Cultural Association of Pagoneri, Drama

The Cultural Association of Ano Vrontous “THE MEETING”

 The MOTE Motorcycle Federation of Greece

Ecopolis – a parallel city

The Mindful EBID  from Germany

FOUNDATION FREE COMMUNITY BANK from Switzerland

The Green Team Bulgaria

 The Mitoludens team from Brazil

The Peliti Seed Festival has inspired thousands of people in Greece and abroad. This festival has inspired similar seed festivals in Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, North London and elsewhere. The Peliti Seed Festival is the first public traditional seed exchange festival held in the country in 1999 and continues to this day.

In 2013, the Peliti Seed Festival was described by the Australian seed savers www.seedsavers.net as “Largest Seed Exchange in the World.”

The Peliti Seed Festival has so far been attended by farmers, seed and food activists, scientists, etc. from many countries around the world such as: Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, England, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Morocco, USA, Canada, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Australia, India, etc. Every year, important figures from the global movement for the freedom of seeds, land and water arrive.

Participating growers with traditional seeds.

Those of you who bring seeds or plants should contact us at 0030-6946885567 Panagiotis, in case I do not answer, send a text message.

A picture from the future to today.

The Peliti Seed Festival is a picture of the future that we are planting today. At the Peliti Seed Festival, everything is an offering: the seeds, the speeches, the food, the organization, the music, etc. Everyone has access to all the activities regardless of their financial situation. We can and do all of this because each one offers what they can, so through this offering we all have.

Creating with nature.

In Peliti we were able and accomplished some things because we listened to the call of the river, the seeds, and the forest. We said present when the seeds called us for help. When we asked the seeds for help, the seeds answered present.

The distribution of traditional seeds at the 26th Peliti Seed Festival.

The distribution of traditional seeds will take place from 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. The main entrance of Peliti will open at 9:30 a.m. The celebration is open to anyone interested, regardless of whether they have seeds or not. The cultivation of traditional varieties and their free offering is a deeply political act. By the term “politics” we mean the solution we choose to solve the agricultural, environmental, economic and social problems of our country and beyond. The Peliti Seed Festival is a picture of the future. Each person offers what they have to the community and everyone has through this offering what they need. This is how we envision our future. Everyone should offer to the community and we should all be able to have free access to all goods. Thus, the celebration can and is organized through the voluntary offering of work, food, materials, seeds, plants, music, etc. All of these are offered freely at the Peliti Seed Festival.

The Peliti Seed Festival follows Easter, taking place on the Saturday after Easter. For 2026, the Peliti Seed Festival is Saturday, April 18, 2026.

The seeds are distributed with coupons that are distributed free of charge at the entrance, each coupon corresponds to a sachet of seeds. Each visitor receives 4 coupons, i.e. 4 sachets of seeds. The distribution of traditional seeds lasts from 10 am to 2 pm.

Supporting vulnerable social groups

By coming to the 26th Peliti Seed Festival, you can bring the following items to support vulnerable social groups: Pasta, legumes, rice, peltédes, olive oil, diapers, baby wipes, baby milk, baby creams, bed linen, shampoo, toothpaste, toilet paper, cleaning supplies.

Collection of men’s clothes and shoes

Since 2014, Peliti has been collecting men’s clothes and shoes for refugees and immigrants who are in the pre-arrival detention center in Paranesti, Drama. You can bring men’s clothes and shoes that are in good condition.

Free bazaar.

Open your closets and your storage rooms. Take out things you haven’t used in the last year. Make room in your home and in your mind for new things to come into your life. During the 26th Peliti Seed Festival, a free bazaar will be open, you can bring things you don’t need and get something you do need. The leftover things will be distributed free of charge to vulnerable social groups.

The Forest of Wishes

Coming to the 26th Peliti Seed Festival, you can search for The Forest of Wishes in the land of Peliti. In the forest of wishes, young and old can go. In the Forest of Wishes we enter with silence and respect. Here is the tree of wishes. When you get close to it, you will recognize it by the beat of your heart. Sit calmly at the tree of wishes and ask it for whatever you want. You just have to be careful what you ask for. Because the tree has the power to help you fulfill your desire but it has no judgment of what is good and what is bad. In the forest of wishes, fairies also live who help the plants grow. If you are lucky, you may meet them. Your guide to finding the forest of wishes is your heart.

See the exact location of the Festival

Tell us where do you come from, connect the place you live with Peliti, we are all tuned and connected.