Useful sites you may want to visit
Community Gardening and City Farming:
Certified Organically Grown Seeds:
Heirloom Seeds:
Seed Suppliers of Interest:
Permaculture:
- The Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network: "is a community-based organisation linking people interested in city farming, community gardening and community food systems around Australia."
Certified Organically Grown Seeds:
- Eden Seeds: from sunny Queensland, they distribute "old traditional open pollinated varieties of vegetable seed, preferably old Australian varieties and organically or bio-dynamically grown where possible." Western Australian customers do not pay the quarantine inspection fee. They also provide a clear list on their website of seeds with shipping restrictions.
- Green Harvest Organic Gardening Supplies: is proudly an Australian organic gardening business. Information on posting orders to WA can be found on their website.
- Greenpatch Organic Seeds is a family owned business which prides itself on not only selling seeds but growing seeds and plants organically onsite.
Heirloom Seeds:
- Yilgarn Seeds: seed sales allow them to train volunteers in seed saving and develop demonstration organic seed gardens and education facilities.
- Heirloom Harvest: All the seeds sold at Heirloom Harvest have been grown by Tara and John in their market garden. Their website also sells the tools they chose to use in their garden.
- Seedfreaks: their seed saving passion stems from their concerns about food security and a belief that future generations will need a diverse open-pollinated seed supply.
- Southern Harvest: Some are certified organic and Southern Harvest is committed to using only natural, biological or organic methods to ensure seed are free of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
- Beautanicals Seeds: Selection of heirloom seeds according the European standard of "excluding any variety that was not in existence before World War II". Their main focus is "on the home gardener wanting to grow the plants that can enhance their lives".
- The Diggers Club: Membership is not required to purchase from their selection of heirloom seeds and plants. More information on the benefits of membership is available on their website. A small quarantine surcharge applies for orders shipped to Western Australia. You're encouraged to read about their history. It's a gorgeous story.
Seed Suppliers of Interest:
- Australian Seed: Western Australia we specialise in Australian native seed but also stock a large selection of vegetable, flower and exotic seeds, including many rare and unusual species.
- Inspiration Vegetable Seeds: offering the home gardener a select range of gourmet variety vegetable seeds.
- Rangeview Seeds: specialise in seeds for sustainably, seeds that produce foods, homemade medicines, clothing, shelter and anything practical.
- 4 Seasons Seeds: supplier of rare seeds and other selected seeds and plants.
- Fair Dinkum Seeds: sell a large and constantly changing variety of awesome heirloom seeds, plants, native Australian bushtucker, rare fruit and unusual heirloom vegetables.
- All Rare Herbs: specialises in the rare, unusual and hard to find herbs and plants.
Permaculture:
- Permaculture Research Institute: A variety of resources if you're looking to move beyond organic gardening and introduce permaculture principles into your garden.