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Permaculture, Food Forest, Edible Perennials, Forest Gardening Plants.

 

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Seed Sources

Alpine Garden Society, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 3JP, UK
An excellent seed list available to members.
https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/

Asklepios seeds
Onlineshop specialized in seeds from around the globe - medicinal and ornamental plants, Ethnobotany & more
https://www.asklepios-seeds.de/

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
http://www.rareseeds.com
Rare perennial vegetables

Brown Envelope Seeds, Skibbereen, Ireland
https://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com

B & T World Seeds
An amazing list of over 45,000 species and varieties downloadable from the web.
http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/

Chiltern Seeds
Over 4,000 species of plants
https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/

Chris Chadwell Seeds, Slough, Berkshire
A botanist who can supply a range of seeds from various countries in the world.
http://www.chadwellseeds.co.uk/

Doubleday Research
https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/
Rare seeds

Evergreen YH Enterprises
http://www.evergreenseeds.com
Asian vegetable seeds

J.L. Hudson
http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net

Fedco Seeds
http://www.fedcoseeds.com
Perennial Veggies

Johnny’s Selected Seeds
http://www.johnnyseeds.com
Wide range of vegetables, including perennials.

Hardy Plant Society, Pershore, Worcestershire, WR10 3D, UK.
An excellent seed list available to members.
http://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/

Magic Garden Seeds, Regensburg, Germany
https://www.magicgardenseeds.co.uk

Really Wild Flowers
Specialise in the supply of British native plants and seed material, an expertise developed for over 25 years. Also provide comprehensive advice. (Please note not open for visits.)
Heather Cottage, 23 New Close, Bourton, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 5DL,UK
Tel: 01747 416376 E-mail: info@reallywildflowers.
http://www.reallywildflowers.co.uk/

Rare Exotic Seeds
https://www.rarexoticseeds.com/

Seeds of Change
Provide organic open-pollinated seeds for veg, herbs and edible flowers. Nothing particularly exotic though.
https://www.seedsofchange.com/seeds

Seeds of Diversity Canada
http://www.seeds.ca

Seed Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org

Strictly Medicinal Seeds
Lots of Medicinal/Ayurvedic/Chinese herb seeds
https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/

The Seed Vine Australia
Wide range of seeds for Trees, Medicinal plants, Herbs, Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables, including many heirloom and organic varieties.
https://www.theseedvine.com.au/

The Real Seed Catalogue, UK
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
http://www.southernexposure.com
Plants for the hot, humid South

Underwood Gardens
http://www.underwoodgardens.com

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
http://www.ars-grin.gov
US National collection of plant materials

Wild Garden Seed, 97370 Philomatts, Oregon, USA
https://www.wildgardenseed.com

 

Plant Sources 

UK

Backyard Larder
https://backyardlarder.co.uk/

Burncoose and South Down Nurseries, Cornwall, UK
Very good general range with many unusual species.
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/

Cally Gardens, Scotland, UK
Unusual perennials and some rare shrubs
http://www.callygardens.co.uk/

Cool Temperate Nurserie
45, Stamford Street, Awsworth, Notts NG16 2QL
Supply many trees supplied on their own rootstock
http://cooltemperate.co.uk/
Drysdale Gardens Exotics, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
A good range of Exotics and a huge range of Bamboos.

The Edible Garden Nursery, Whidden Down, Okehampton, UK
https://theediblegardennursery.co.uk/

Edulis, Ashampstead, Reading, UK
https://www.edulis.co.uk/

Hall Farm Nursery, Gainsbrough, Lincolnshire. UK
Wide range of shrubs and trees
http://www.hallfarmnursery.co.uk/

Hardy Exotics, Penzance, Cornwall, UK
A good range of plants for mild countries
http://hardyexotics.com/

Herb Garden and Historical Plants Nursery, UK
http://www.historicalplants.co.uk

Incredible Vegetables. UK.
https://www.incrediblevegetables.co.uk/

Jacques Amand Ltd, Middlesex, UK
Rare and unusual bulbous plants
https://jacquesamandintl.com/

Langthorn's Plantery, Dunmow, Essex, UK
A wide range of plants inc. Fagopyrum dibotrys and Lycium barbarum
https://langthorns.com/

Mallet Court Nursery, Tauton, Somerset
A wide range of trees and shrubs inc. Cephalotaxus harringtonia nana.
http://www.malletcourt.co.uk/

Mount Pleasant Trees, Rockhampton, Berkeley, Gloucestershitre, UK
This nursery produces very high quality native trees for woodland planting.
https://www.mountpleasanttrees.com/

Nickys Nursery, UK
https://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/

Otter Farm (Mark Diacano’s nursery), UK
https://www.otterfarm.co.uk/

Pennard Plants, East Pennard, Somerset, UK
https://www.pennardplants.com/

Plants4Presents
The Glasshouses, Fletching Common, Newick, Lewes, BN8 4JJ, UK (01825) 721162
Plants4Presents specialise in gifts and deliver a really wide range of unusual herbs and edible plants including over 20 different citrus varieties.
https://plants4presents.co.uk/

Plants with Purpose & Appletreeman, Bankfoot, Perthshire, UK
A wee green family business from Perthshire Scotland, specialising in edible, useful, wildlife-attracting plants and local & heritage fruit trees and bushes.
https://plantsandapples.com/

Plants of Distinction, Ipswich, UK
https://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/

Poyntzfield Herb Nursery, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, UK
An excellent range of herbs, medicinal plants and seeds.
https://www.poyntzfieldherbs.co.uk/

Really Wild Flowers, UK
Specialise in the supply of British native plants and seed material, an expertise developed for over 25 years.  Also provide comprehensive advice. (Please note not open for visits.)
Tel: 01747 416376    E-mail: [email protected].
http://www.reallywildflowers.co.uk/

Spinners, Lymington, Hampshire. UK
A wide range of plants,
http://www.spinnersgarden.co.uk/

Stone House Cottage Nurseries, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. UK
A good range of climbing plants.
https://www.shcn.co.uk/

Thomas Etty, UK
http://www.thomasetty.co.uk/

Tree2mydoor Gifts, UK
One Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5BP Tel: 0161 870 6368
The specialist gift company offering a range of gift wrapped trees, plants, roses and native wildflower seed. Nationwide UK delivery.
https://tree2mydoor.com/

Thornhays Nursery, Cullompton, Devon. UK
A good range of fruiting trees
https://www.thornhayes-nursery.co.uk/

The Royal Horticultural Society's Plant Centre, UK
RHS Garden, Wisley, Woking, Surry. A wide and constantly changing range of plants.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/shop

 

 

 

USA

Abundant Life Seed Foundation
Open Pollinated seed, inc heirlooms, medicinal herbs, Pacific North West Natives. Non-profit and into seed saving.
http://www.saveseeds.org/

AgroHaitai Ltd.
http://www.agrohaitai.com
Asian vegetables

American Rock Garden Society
An excellent seed list available to members.
https://www.nargs.org/

Bamboo Garden Nursery
http://www.bamboogarden.com
Hardy bamboos.

The Banana Tree
http://www.banana-tree.com
Unusual tropical plants

Burpee Heirlooms, Warminster, PA
Hairloom Vegtables & Flower seeds
https://www.burpee.com/

Cultivariable, Moclips, WA
https://www.cultivariable.com

Edible Plant Project
http://www.edibleplantproject.com

Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO)
http://www.echonet.org
A great sources for tropical perennial vegetables.

Experimental Farm Network
https://www.experimentalfarmnetwork.com

Food Forest Nursery
https://foodforestnursery.com
Perennial permaculture plants hardiness to zone 7 or colder.

Florida Bamboo Company
http://www.floridabamboo.com
Clumping bamboos for tropical and subtropical Florida.

Future Forest Nursery
Trees for Hawaii reforestation and tropical timber species
https://www.forestnursery.com/

Forestfarm Plants
A good range of edible and medicinal plants including many of our favorites and plants for erosion control, ground cover and hedging.
https://www.forestfarm.com/

Gaia Yoga Nursery, Hawaii
http://www.gaiayoga.org/nursery

La’Akea Gardens, Hawaii
http://www.permaculture-hawaii.com
Permaculture nursery

Lewis Bamboo Grove
Cold Hardy Bamboo.
https://lewisbamboo.com/

Lilypons Water Gardens
http://www.lilypons.com
Aquatic vegetables

Moore Water Gardens
http://www.moorewatergardens.com
Edible aquatic plants.

Mountain Gardens
http://www.mountaingardensherbs.com

Nichols Garden Nursery, Albany, Oregon
Herbs, Rare Seeds and Wildflowers
https://www.nicholsgardennursery.com/

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
http://www.oaec.org
California species

Oikos Tree Crops
Providing food plants that can produce food crops with minimal intervention yet provide maximum nutrition.
Kalamazoo, MI 49019-0425 USA Phone:  269-624-6233
https://oikostreecrops.com/

One Green World, Molalla, OR
Different varieties of Sea Buckthorn, Medlars, Quinces, Pawpaws, Persimmons, Aronias, Cornelian Cherries, Goumis, etc
https://onegreenworld.com/

Perennial Pleasures
http://www.perennialpleasures.net
Hardy perennials

Plant Delights Nursery
http://www.plantdelights.com

Pond Plants and More
http://www.Pondsplantsandmore.com
Aquatic vegetables

Pure Land Ethnobotanicals, Racine, WI
A large herbarium supplying seeds, including over 200 rare species.
http://www.ethnobotanicals.com/

Richters Herbs
https://www.richters.com/

Rivenrock Gardens
http://www.rivenrock.com

River View Herbs, Maitland, Hants County, NS
Lots of Herbs
http://www.riverviewherbs.com/

Sand Hill Preservation Center
http://www.sandhillpreservation.com

St Lawrence Nurseries, Potsdam, NY
Offer Northern Climate Fruit and Nut Trees
https://stlawrencenurseries.com/

Stokes Tropicals
Banana's, Ginger, Pineapples.
https://www.stokestropicals.com/

Taro and Ti
http://www.taroandti.com
Edible taro varieties

Tripple Brook Farm
http://www.tripplebrookfarm.com
Cold-hardy perennial vegetables. 

 

 

Elsewhere

Mudbrick Herb Cottage, Australia
A family-run organic herb nursery providing hard-to-find herb plants, dried medicinals, spices, and essential oils. https://www.herbcottage.com.au/

Earthcare Enterprises, Australia
http://www.earthcare.com.au

Le Grainier, Switzerland.
From seeds to plants, sustainability and preservation. Le Grainier is a Swiss cooperative aiming to preserve biodiversity by proposing more than 3'000 varieties of open-pollinated and organic seeds of vegetables, medicinal and aromatic herbs, flowers, trees and shrubs.
https://www.legrainier.com/

Naturplanteskolen, Denmark
Naturplanteskolen (Nature Plant Nursery) is a permaculture LAND center where they collect, study, grow and sell permaveggies, edimentals (edible ornamentals) and unusual edible herbs and perennial edibles, currently around 400 species.
Stærkendevej 177, 2640 Hedehusene, Denmark  Phone:  +45 23 2613 88
https://naturplanteskolen.dk/

Daley's Nursery, Australia
Offers "one of the largest and most diverse ranges of Subtropical Fruit and Nut trees in Australia. The stock line also includes rainforest and regeneration tubestock and ornamental flowering trees."
https://www.daleysfruit.com.au/

Provenance Growers, Hobart, Australia
https://www.salamancamarket.com.au

Balkan Ecology Project, Shipton, Bulgaria
http://www.balkep.org/

Deaflora, OT Glendow, Stevernummer, Germany
https://deaflora.de/

Saveurs Vivaces, 33 rue de la Breche du Houx, Jouars-Pontchartrain, France.
https://saveursvivaces.com/

De Godin (degodin.nl), Groningen, Netherlands
http://www.degodin.nl

Van Bourgondien
http://www.dutchbulbs.com
Bulbs/Edibles

Van Engelen Inc.
http://www.vanengelen.com
Bulbs

Herbs, Spices & Extracts

Napiers the Herbalists
https://napiers.net/

Other Services

Foragers

The Association of Foragers
An international professional foragers association, promoting sustainability and ecological stewardship through teaching and harvesting wild plants and fungi for use as food, drink and medicine.
http://www.foragers-association.org.uk

Scotland
Monica Wilde
FORAGING TEACHER - Wilde in the Woods
Monica is a foraging teacher, research herbalist and pop-up cook. She runs walks, courses and pop-ups on wild food, wild booze, wild medicine and all aspects of harvesting, preserving, preparing and cooking. She is mainly found in Scotland but can be sometimes be spotted 'down South'.
http://monicawilde.com/

England - Midlands
Richard Mawby - Forage Frolics
www.facebook.com/foragefrolics
Email: [email protected]
Forage Frolics provides simple and basic courses in the realms of foraging in order to stimulate your awareness upon wild foods, and how beneficial they can be in contributing a healthy addition to your diet. Join Richard in a relaxing stroll through nature; become one with your surroundings and re-learn the connection we once had with the wild.
http://www.richardmawby.com/foragefrolics

 

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