Gardeners are not immune from the sustainability movement and in recent years attitudes have changed around the use of peat, plastic pots and tools, and watering regimes. Even the humble seed can be a source of controversy: F1 hybrids (or ‘inbreds’ to their detractors) and GM seeds both have their fans and detractors, for example, with the latter’s case largely resting on the unnatural intervention of man in nature.
You reap what you sow!
The Real Seed Company shuns F1 hybrids and genetically modified seeds. It is an online catalogue of open-pollinated seeds, from aubergine to the intriguing category ‘unusual tubers’. The website also offers lots of advice on growing your own.
The Organic Gardening Catalogue, meanwhile, has everything you need for an organic garden, from vegetable seeds and wildflower seeds to live mites for pest control and biodegradable and non-plastic pots.
Elsewhere, Jekka’s specialises in culinary and medicinal plants and seeds. As well as selling the seeds themselves, it offers tours of its farm in Alveston, South Gloucestershire, plus art, food and garden masterclasses.
Finally, Seeds of Change sells 35 varieties of organic fruit, vegetable, herb and flower seeds, as well as collections categorised by, for example, pollinators, herbs and seasonal growing. It focuses on ‘heirloom seeds’ in danger of being lost to industrial agriculture, and also sells organic food, spanning grains, sauces, beans and herbs and spices. The company donates 1% of sales to community projects that help people to grow their own healthy food.
further shopping…
Gardeners are not immune from the sustainability movement and in recent years attitudes have changed around the use of peat, plastic pots and tools, and watering regimes. Even the humble seed can be a source of controversy: F1 hybrids (or ‘inbreds’ to their detractors) and GM seeds both have their fans and detractors, for example, with the latter’s case largely resting on the unnatural intervention of man in nature.
You reap what you sow!
The Real Seed Company shuns F1 hybrids and genetically modified seeds. It is an online catalogue of open-pollinated seeds, from aubergine to the intriguing category ‘unusual tubers’. The website also offers lots of advice on growing your own.
The Organic Gardening Catalogue, meanwhile, has everything you need for an organic garden, from vegetable seeds and wildflower seeds to live mites for pest control and biodegradable and non-plastic pots.
Elsewhere, Jekka’s specialises in culinary and medicinal plants and seeds. As well as selling the seeds themselves, it offers tours of its farm in Alveston, South Gloucestershire, plus art, food and garden masterclasses.
Finally, Seeds of Change sells 35 varieties of organic fruit, vegetable, herb and flower seeds, as well as collections categorised by, for example, pollinators, herbs and seasonal growing. It focuses on ‘heirloom seeds’ in danger of being lost to industrial agriculture, and also sells organic food, spanning grains, sauces, beans and herbs and spices. The company donates 1% of sales to community projects that help people to grow their own healthy food.