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Garden Seeds


Deep Diversity Seeds

Gold StarNon Toxic

"Rare and valuable seeds, from food plants, herbs, and flower to fiber plants, heirlooms, and medicinals." This is not a "consumer" site, but wanted to include this lengthy list of descriptions of organically grown and wildcrafted seeds from around the world, compiled by folks who have been collecting and saving seed for years.



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Native Seeds/SEARCH

Gold StarNon Toxic

Though the seeds they sell are appropriate for only a specific desert region, this organization performs an important larger function: preserving "for future generations, the seeds of crops and wild plants traditionally used as food, fiber and dyes by prehistoric and more recent cultures inhabiting the arid southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico." You can adopt-a-crop with your donation, which will contribute to growing more seed, and support their work through the purchase of traditional foods and crafts made from materials grown from their seed.



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Seed Saving Resources

Gold StarNon Toxic

A copious international resource for seed savers, including links to a lot of background information, places to trade and buy heirloom and open pollinated seeds, books, supplies, and more.



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Territorial Seed Company

Gold StarNon Toxic

Organic and open-pollinated vegetable and flower seeds, garlic bulbs, potato sets, and live seedlings. "Our purpose is to improve people's self-sufficiency and independence by enabling gardeners to produce an abundance of good tasting fresh-from-the-garden food twelve months a year...At Territorial we fund extensive vegetable, flower and herb trials [at their own organic farm]. Each year Territorial's research staff grows and evaluates thousands of varieties. This effort allows us to offer you the best-tasting, top performers from around the world. "



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Abundant Life Seed Company

EarthwiseNon Toxic

100% certified organic "vegetable, flower, and herb seeds along with a great selection of garlic, seed potatoes, and live plants...These varieties come to us from some of the finest organic and biodynamic seed farms in the world," Also a wide selection of garden supplies and "a tremendous amount of growing information including seed saving techniques...At Abundant Life Seeds we have been protecting the genetic diversity of rare and endangered food crops since 1975. Our goal is to offer true-to-type open pollinated varieties grown using only certified organic or biodynamic farming methods."



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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

EarthwiseNon Toxic

Over 1000 varieties of heirloom vegetable, flower, and herb seeds.



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Burpee Gardening

EarthwiseNon ToxicOrganicAffiliate

Many varieties of high quality heirloom and organic seeds and plants for edibles, plus organic gardening supplies. A trusted source for garden seeds since 1881.

Pennsylvania

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Goodwin Creek Gardens

EarthwiseNon Toxic

Seeds and live plants for a long list of useful and ornamental plants, including medicinal herbs, culinary herbs, everlastings, scented geraniums, lavenders, native American species, plants that attract hummingbirds or butterflies, and many more. "We have shared our gardens with animals great and small, and occasionally had to battle with those that have gone a bit too far...But having animals in the garden is perhaps our greatest pleasure. We offer a wide variety of plants that attract hummingbirds and butterflies, and hope that your appreciation of these creatures will heighten your enthusiasm for all others...We work very hard to provide our customers not only with high quality plants, but ones that have been grown in a conscientious and environmentally friendly manner. We seldom need to use pesticides. When we do, we use ones that are organic and are clearly safe to use on food crops. We use only rock powders or vegetable based organic fertilizers in our gardens, such as compost, alfalfa meal, wood ash, and rock phosphate. While these work great in garden soil, they haven



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Heirloom Seeds

EarthwiseNon Toxic

Over 700 varieties of open-pollinated heirloom seeds for vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Some are certified organically grown. Also organic fertilizers, seed starting supplies, and nontoxic pest controls. Their medicinal herb kit contains open-pollinated, heirloom seed for 15 traditional medicinal herbs, plus instructions for use.



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Irish Eyes Garden

EarthwiseNon Toxic

Provider of potato (lots of potatoes!), vegetable, flower and garden seeds. "We have just the right seeds for your home garden, including heirlooms seeds, certified seed, and organic gardening supplies."



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Gold Star = gold star

Earthwise = earthwise

Natural = natural

nontoxic = nontoxic

 

QUALIFIERS

nontoxic = nontoxic

nontoxic = purifies

nontoxic = renewable

nontoxic = recycled

nontoxic = conserves resources

nontoxic = renewable energy

nontoxic = organic

nontoxic = sustainably harvested

nontoxic = fair trade

nontoxic = made in USA

nontoxic = handmade

 

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