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New England Seed Co.
Seeds and supplies for the home gardener and commercial grower, featuring a section devoted to certified organic seed and a tempting gourmet Italian vegetable seed collection.

Nichols Garden Nursery
A family owned gardening business since 1949! Nichols started off selling unusual herb seeds and now carries a wide array of seeds and gardening supplies as well as cooking, brewing and craft supplies.


Oikos Tree Crops
Lots of interesting open pollinated, rare and unusual edible and ornamental trees, shrubs and plants.

The Online Greenhouse
Seeds and gardening supplies from and for the northeast U.S., with an emphasis on sustainability and buying local.

Outsidepride.com
This Oregon based, online company is the home of LazyMan™ products to improve your soil. They also offer a wonderful selection of grass seeds for specific needs, including native grasses, as well as flower seed, repellents and all kinds of garden supplies.

Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
Organic vegetable seeds plus the unusual, like cover crops, pasture seed, even artichoke starts.

Raintree Nursery
They say it best themselves, "Over 600 varieties of fruit trees, berries, unusual edibles, ornamentals & supplies..."

Renee's Garden Seeds
Renee Sheperd is the founder of Sheperd's Garden Seeds, which she sold to White Flower Farm. Now she travels the world looking for interesting and unusual vegetable and flower seeds, testing them herself and then offering the best to us.

I didn't see a paper catalog, but it's worth checking out her seeds online.

Richters Herb Specialists
This Canadian company has an extensive offering of herbs. They've also added everlastings, alpines, supplies and more.

Seed Savers Exchange
The granddaddy of the heirloom seed movement. Their catalog features a good range of their inventory of heirloom vegetables, herbs and flowers. But if you really want to be impressed, become a member and you'll receive the seed exchange catalog with thousands of seed varieties being saved and offered by other members.

Seeds of Change
Their motto is "Goodness from the ground up." and this organic company can provide you with everything from seeds to fruit trees, cover crops, tools and know-how.

Territorial Seed Company
Particularly targeted for the Northwest, but they also have many adaptable varieties of vegetables and flowers.

Thompson & Morgan
One of the best catalogs for flower seeds.

Urban Farmer Seeds
Specializing in vegetable, herb and annual flower seeds for urban gardeners. All garden seeds are packaged in recycled magazine packets. They also have indoor herb kits and growing guides.

Van Bourgondien
Best known for their wide selection of bulbs, Van Bougondien also has a nice selection of perennial plants. And they're a great source for calla lilies, dahlias and other specialty bulbs.

Vermont Wildflower Farm
A family owned company since 1981. This is an actual farm with a retail store, catalog and website. They offer more than 180 different varieties of perennial and annual wildflower seeds, plants and bulbs.

Wayside Gardens
A respected supplier of perennials, trees, shrubs and bulbs. They always get good marks for their service.

White Flower Farm
Wonderful unusual perennials, at a price. The catalog is like reading a book.

Wilkerson Mill Gardens
A family run nursery near Atlanta, Ga. Great selection of hydrangeas and unusual trees and shrubs, plus lots of wonderful perennials and vines.

You've got the plants all picked out, now make the garden your own with supplies and garden ornaments from some other great catalogs.