Discover 9 California vegetable seed companies to grow your garden with. Learn what makes each seed company unique and how to purchase each one's seeds.

1. CALIFORNIA
seed companies
Notes from a Sunset Garden

2. The Sustainable Seed
Co. specializes in
organic and heirloom
vegetable varieties.
They grow their
seeds at two California
farms that generate
their own power with
onsite solar panels and
a wind turbine.
Buy seeds online or by
phone.
Chico, CA | Covelo, CA
Sustainable Seed Co.
California Vegetable Seed Companies

3. Kitazawa Seed Co.
is one of the oldest seed
companies in the
US. They carry over 500
traditional Asian
vegetables and grain
seeds in envelopes
printed in the same
manner as at their
founding.
Buy seeds in SF at Soko
Hardware, online,
phone, or snail mail.
Kitazawa Seed Co.
California Vegetable Seed Companies
Oakland, CA

4. Natural Gardening Co.
California Vegetable Seed Companies
The Natural
Gardening Co. is the
oldest certified
organic nursery in
the US. They offer a
large selection of
open pollinated,
non-GMO, and
organic seeds. They
have a wonderfully
easy to navigate
online catalog.
Buy seeds online or
by phone.
Petaluma, CA

5. Bountiful Gardens is part of
a non-profit that seeks to
teach an international
audience biointensive
growing techniques
designed to maximize food
production in small-scale
ecologically sustainable
agricultural spaces.
Buy seeds online or by snail
mail.
Willits, CA
Bountiful Gardens
California Vegetable Seed Companies

6. Redwood Seed Co.
grows all their
seeds at an off the-
grid family farm in
the Lassen foothills.
They specialize in
Mediterranean,
drought tolerant,
and short season
varieties.
Buy seeds in SF at
Rainbow Grocery
Coop, online or by
snail mail.
Redwood Seeds
California Vegetable Seed Companies
Manton, CA

7. The Living Seed Co.
is driven by a strong
passion to improve
the world through
the practice of seed
saving. The majority
of their seeds are
grown locally and
additional seeds are
sourced exclusively
from farms in North
America.
Buy seeds online.
The Living Seed Co.
California Vegetable Seed Companies
Dixon, CA | Nicaso, CA

8. Renee’s Garden has a
large selection of
organic and heirloom
varieties. Most of their
seeds are from
overseas, but they re-
grow them in their
Felton trial garden to
ensure compatibility
with the Bay’s climate.
Renee's Garden
California Vegetable Seed Companies
Felton, CA
Buy seeds in SF at Hortica,
Succulence, Clement
Nursery, Orchard Supply
Hardware, Just for
Fun, online or by snail mail.

9. The J.L. Hudson website and
process to order seeds is not
for the feint of heart. When the
J.L. Hudson seed packets are
finally in your hand, you will
know it was worth the extra
effort. These packets feels like
you have exclusive access to
the best-kept secret
seedsman around!
Buy seeds following the online
instructions.
J.L. Hudson Seedsman
California Vegetable Seed Companies
La Honda, CA

10. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
California Vegetable Seed Companies
Baker Creek
Heirloom Seeds
specializes in rare,
heirloom seeds while
also carrying highly
sought common
varieties. They’re
actually based out of
Missouri, but they
have an amazing
seed bank in
Petaluma, CA.
Petaluma, CA
Buy seeds online or at
the Petaluma Seed Bank

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