Seed catalogues— ready, set, dream! All the seed catalogues in Canada that we could find. A’Bunadh Seeds abunadhseeds.com PO Box 127, Cherhill, Alberta T0E 0J0 780-785-2622 This little seed grower from Cherhill, Alberta, produces over 150 types of tomato seeds on her farm, as well as all the other vegetables, and a few. She specializes in Zone 2b growing. AgroHaitai Ltd. agrohaitai.com PO Box 45, Lynden, Ontario L0R 1T0 519-647-2880 Lynden, Ontario company specializing in Asian vegetable seeds. They sell edible loofa, hairy gourd, stem mustard and others. Annapolis Seeds annapolisseeds.com 8528 Hwy 201, Nictaux, NS B0S 1P0 Started by a high-school student, this Nova Scotia company now offers over 500 vegetables, herbs, flowers and grains, many of them uncommon. Atlantic Pepper Seeds pepperseeds.ca 311 Route 4, Harvey, NB E6K 1X1 506-366-3767 If you grow peppers this is a seed house you need to look at. Family owned and operated out of New Brunswick since 2001, they started with chilis and have grown from there to over 800 varieties per year. BC’s Wild Heritage Plants bcwildheritage.com 604-858-5141 All plants are native to BC; no cultivars and few traditional vegetables. Good place to look if you want a native plant, but it must be native to BC. 6 • 2020
Berton Seeds Company Ltd bertonseeds.ca 4260 Weston Road, Toronto, ON M9L 1W9 416-745-5655 An Italian seed company in Canada. Over 150 varieties of vegetables, flowers and herbs, all imported from Italy. They do bird products, too. Bird and Bee birdandbee.ca 2391 Pepin Court, Ottawa, ON K1B 4Z3 613-601-9177 Mostly vegetable seeds collected from their farm near Ottawa. Brother Nature brothernature.ca 1159 Wychbury Ave, Victoria, BC V9A 5L1 250-661-2255 The website says, “When Brother Nature chose tools for his garden... Diversity was first on his list.” This follows through to the choices of species. Have you ever had (or seen) walking stick cabbage? Black Spanish radish? Giant orange Chinese amaranth? Brother Nature has them all, and the usual standbys as well. And they do germination testing on their seeds to ensure that you get the highest quality. All seeds are certified organic. Casey’s Heirloom Tomatoes caseysheirloomtomatoes.ca info@caseysheirloomtomatoes.ca Casey started growing a few tomatoes when he was teaching in Japan several years ago. His hobby became a bit of an obsession, and now he grows tomatoes (and a few peppers) in his back yard in Airdrie; he saves seeds and sells them online.
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Cochrane Family Seeds www.cochranefamilyfarm.com 5324 Hwy 289, Upper Stewiacke, NS 902-671-2378 Operated by Cochrane Family Farm in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia. They have a selection of vegetables, herbs and a few flowers. Eagleridge Seeds eagleridgeseeds.com 219 Eagle Ridge Drive, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2L1 250-537-5677 Eagleridge, on Salt Spring Island, has been producing rare and endangered heirloom seeds since 1995. They use sustainable gardening methods such as raised beds, water-saving techniques and companion planting. If you’ve never heard of earth chestnuts, well, you can get them here. They also have a special blue lupin sold as a fundraiser for the Copper Kettle, a charity for people in need on Salt Spring Island. Early’s Farm and Garden Centre earlysgarden.com 2615 Lorne Ave, Saskatoon, SK S7J 0S5 800-667-1159 This is the go-to garden centre in Saskatoon, and a fantastic resource if you aren’t. All their seeds are available by mail order, and they carry just about everything you could be looking for. And while you’re looking at all the seed possibilities, you can venture over to the other parts of the website to look at tools, animal feed, gloves... even Epsom salts, for after your gardening marathon on the May-two-four weekend! Eternal Seed eternalseed.ca 309 Zilinsky Road, Powell River, BC V9A 0N8 localgardener.net
