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If you love to curl up with a seed catalog and devour it like a good book, this is my roundup of the best seed catalogs that I order from year after year for my vegetable, herb, and flower gardens.
I discovered Richters over 14 years ago when I purchased several plant starts from their nursery. If you’re wondering why I’d order plants from Canada (when I was living in California at the time), well, they were the only nursery that carried (and shipped) unusual herbs I couldn’t find elsewhere!
They have a 75-acre trial, research, and production farm that’s certified USDA Organic, and their location (at 900 feet elevation in the rainy Willamette Valley) means it’s a challenge to grow long-season, hot-weather crops.
I love ordering from Botanical Interests because their seed packets are beautiful and hands down, the best I’ve seen from any seed supplier. They carry a curated selection of just over 600 varieties of organic, heirloom, and native seeds.
Baker Creek specializes in heirloom seeds, many of which they grow and trial on their farm in Missouri. The flagship Whole Seed Catalog is big and beautiful (over 500 pages!) and reads like a hefty magazine.
They’re one of the few seed companies that specialize in cold-hardy plant varieties (they’re based in the northeast, after all) and their seeds are specially adapted to harsh climates.
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