

Our purpose during these years has been to bring people closer to nature through gardening. Nichols Garden Nursery A northwest favorite, I love this quote from their catalog of herbs, vegetables, flowers and tools: “We have been in the seed and nursery business for over 50 years. Good selection of organic fertilizers (under “hardgoods”). NE Seed Hybrids and heirloom seeds for commercial and home gardeners. They do all their own grow trials every year on every variety. Great selection of tools and hoop house stuff, too. Johnny's Selected Seeds One of my fave’s, and a seed supplier for many CSAs, Their mission statement is “We are an employee-owned seed producer and merchant to help families, friends, and communities to feed one another by providing superior seeds, tools, information, and service". High Mowing Organic Seeds This family-owned independent farm is dedicated to sustainable agriculture and only sells certified organic seed. Another of the classic, been-around-forever, have-everything seed catalogs. 650 varieties, all described in mouthwatering detail. (Give me a good spade, fork and hori hori and I have everything I need.) Tomato Fest Gary Ibsen is the go-to guy for heirloom tomatoes. I love this catalog even though I’m a bare-bones kind of gardener.
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Also full of fun garden gadgets and gizmos that make great gifts. They say “Environmentally responsible products that work!™” Gardener's Supply Company The only place that carries my favorite seed starting trays, and they also sell a great Hori Hori. Great cooks start with onions and then figure out what else to add.” Garden's Alive! They don’t sell seeds, but they sell a lot of other really useful stuff that will help you get bigger yields and have more fun, like tools and fertilizers. My mom used to say “Bad cooks don’t use onions. Dixondale Farms (Onions and Leeks) A family of Texas onion farmers selling a huge selection of onion sets since 1913.

Well worth the price, as it truly is a lifetime investment (unlike the big-box-store variety, which bend and break). They last FOREVER if you oil the handles once in awhile and don't leave them out in the rain. Clarington Forge/Bulldog Tools (World’s best garden spades and forks since 1780, seriously.) 35 years ago I bought a “Bulldog” spade and fork from the original Common Ground store in Palo Alto, and to this day I do 90% of my gardening work with those two original tools. Burpee Seed Around since 1876 and offers a huge assortment of seeds of all types. Great for vegetable gardeners who are diversifying and expanding into permaculture. (For me, they're local) Burnt Ridge Nursery (Fruit and Nut Trees) Huge selection of fruit and nut trees to diversify your food growing endeavors. They hire world-class botanical illustrators to do their seed packets.

High quality vegetable, flower and herb seeds, in the most informative seed packets on the market. Seed Catalogs from Onions to Heirlooms to Fruit Treesīaker Creek Heirloom Seeds Offers a huge selection of heirloom seeds of a wide variety of vegetables Botanical Interests Seeds One of my favorite seed catalogs because of the stunning botanical illustrations. My enthusiasm for them is genuine and is driven by quality, not profit. Supply, and will receive a small commission if you buy stuff there, but that will not affect your price. NOTE: I have affiliate relationships with Botanical Interests and Gardener's
