A helpful guide to knowing where to buy organic, non-GMO, heirloom seeds

So, you've decided you want to start your garden. Naturally, the next step is to start figuring out where you'll get all your supplies. Not long into the process of researching you realize that starting a garden requires a lot of different stuff. And for those trying to garden organically, things get even more complicated because, in choosing organic, you've just eliminated a huge number of potential suppliers. Thankfully, we've been in that place before ourselves!

It's important to choose good seeds when planting your garden. In fact, your garden will only be as good as the seeds you buy! It's also one of the most enjoyable parts of planning your garden. That being said, where should you look when shopping for seeds? Well, we decided to do some the grunt work for you.

Our top 5 seed companies for your garden

1. Strictly Medicinal Seeds
If you're looking to grow something outside-the-box that could benefit you in multiple ways, look no further than Strictly Medicinal Seeds. These folks are the real deal and they have outstanding service and products.

2. Tomato Growers Supply Company
‍These guys have a great assortment of tomato seeds as well as many other vegetables. They are a Florida, family-owned company that has been around for a while and, in our experience, always deliver great seeds.

3. Victory Seeds
‍Unlike many seed companies, Victory Seeds grows their own seed right on their own farm. If they do buy seeds, they source them from a network of small, trusted farms. They offer "rare, open-pollinated, non-GMO, non-hybrid, heirloom seeds to home gardeners." Sounds pretty victorious, don't you think?

4. Seeds of Change
‍This company is USDA Certified Organic and always sprout reliable seeds. On top that, as their name suggests, they are on a mission to help farmers and gardeners around the country. For example, they've awarded over $2,500,000 in grants to help community gardens and farms all around the United States. Now that's something we can get behind.

5. True Leaf Market
‍If you're looking for a one-hit-wonder, look no further. True Leaf Market has a great selection of seeds as well as the supplies you might need to grow them. Everything from seed trays to composting tools, these guys have it.

Want more choices? Here's a list of nearly 200 organic, non-GMO seed businesses worth checking out

1. 2Bee Seeds  
2. Adaptive Seeds
3. Albert Lea Seed
4. All Good Things Organic Seeds
5. American Meadows
6. American Organic
7. American Meadows
8. Amishland Heirloom Seeds
9. Anderson’s Seed and Garden Store
10. Annie’s Annuals & Perennials
11. Annie’s Heirloom Seeds
12. Aravaipa Heirlooms
13. Backyard Beans & Grains Project
14. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
15. Ballengee Farm
16. bbbSEED
17. Blue River Hybrids
18. Botanical Interests
19. Bountiful Gardens
20. Burpee
21. Cherry Gal
22. Clear Creek Seeds
23. Cornucopia Seeds
24. Crispy Farms
25. D. Landreth Seed Company
26. Diane’s Flower Seeds
27. Direct Garden Seeds
28. Dirt Goddess Garden
29. Dust Bowl Seed
30. E&M Heirloom Seeds
31. Ed Hume Seeds
32. Eden Organic Nursery Services Inc.
33. Environmental Seed Producers
34. Epic Gardens
35. Family Farmers Seed Cooperative
36. Family First Supply
37. Farm Direct Organic Seed
38. Fedco Seeds Co-op Seed Packers
39. Filaree Garlic Farm
40. Foundroot
41. Fruition Seeds  
42. Garden Medicinals and Culinaries
43. Generic Seeds
44. Golden Harvest Organics
45. Good Mind Seeds
46. Good Seed Company
47. Goodwin Creek Gardens  
48. Gourmet Seed
49. Granny’s Heirloom Seeds
50. Green Space Designs Organic Seeds
51. Great Harvest Organics
52. Greta’s Organic Garden
53. Grower Jim
54. Harmony Farm Supply
55. Harris Seeds
56. Heirloom Organics
57. Heirloom Seeds
58. Heritage Flower Farms
59. High Mowing Organic Seeds
60. Home Farmer
61. Hometown Seeds  
62. Humble Seed
63. Irish Eyes Garden Seeds  
64. Italian Seed & Tool Company
65. J & L Gardens  
66. J.L. Hudson, Seedsman
67. John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds
68. Johnny’s Selected Seeds
69. Jung Seed
70. Kitazawa Seed Co.
71. Lake Valley Seed
72. Lakeview Organic Grain
73. Laurel’s Heirloom Plants
74. Living Seed
75. Living Whole Food Inc.
76. Log House Plants
77. Main Street Seed & Supply
78. Marianna’s Heirloom Seeds
79. Mary’s Heirloom Seeds
80. Michigan Heirlooms
81. Miss Tizzy’s Weed’s & Seeds
82. Mountain Valley Growers
83. Mountain Valley Seed Co.
84. My Heirloom Seeds
85. My Patriot Supply
86. Native Seeds
87. New Dimension Seed
88. New England Seeds
89. New Hope Seed Company
90. New Mexico Tree and Garden Center llc
91. Nichols Garden Nursery
92. Ommas Aarden Heirloom Seed
93. Orchard House Heirlooms
94. Organic Heirloom Plants
95. Organic Sanctuary
96. Organic Seed Alliance
97. Osborne Seed Company
98. Outside Pride
99. Pantry Garden Herbs
100. Peace Seeds
101. Peaceful Valley Seeds
102. Pearson’s Gardens & Herb Farm
103. Penny’s Tomatoes
104. Pepper Joe’s
105. Pinetree Garden Seeds & Accessories
106. Plants of the Southwest
107. Pollinator Nation
108. Rare & Exotic Seeds
109. Redwood Seeds
110. Renee’s Garden
111. Restoration Seeds
112. Rich Farm Garden
113. Richters
114. Rolling Hills
115. Rooftop Ready Seeds
116. Salt Springs Seeds
117. San Diego Seed Company
118. Seed Geeks
119. Seed Savers Exchange
120. Seedaholic
121. Seeds & Things
122. Seeds for Generations
123. Seeds for the South
124. Seeds from Italy
125. Seeds Now
126. Seeds of Change
127. Seeds Of Diversity
128. Seeds of Victoria
129. Select Seeds
130. Siskiyou Seeds
131. Skyfire Garden Seeds
132. Smart Seeds
133. Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
134. Sow True Seeds
135. Sprout People
136. St. Clare Heirloom Seeds
137. Sunnyside Organic Seedlings
138. Sustainable Moutain Agriculture Center Inc.
139. Sustainable Seed Company
140. Swallowtail Garden Seeds
141. Tatiana’s Tomatobase
142. Terra Edibles
143. Territorial Seed Company
144. Terroir Seeds
145. The Ark Institute
146. The Cook’s Garden
147. The Freeman Family Farm
148. The Kusa Seed Society
149. The Living Seed Company
150. The Maine Potato Lady
151. The Pepper Gal
152. The Seed Guy
153. The Snarky Gardener
154. The Strawberry Store
155. The Tasteful Garden
156. The Thyme Garden Herb Co.
157. The Vermont Wildflower Farm
158. Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
159. Todd’s Seeds
160. Tomato Growers
161. TomatoFest
162. Turtle Tree Seed
163. Two Seeds in a Pod
164. Umpquatopia
165. Underwood Gardens
166. Uprising Seeds
167. Urban Harvest
168. Veseys
169. Victory Seeds
170. West Coast Seeds
171. Westwind Seeds & Gardenscapes
172. White Oak Valley Farm
173. Wild Garden Seed
174. William Dam Seeds
175. WinterSown
176. Wood Prairie Farm

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