Seed Organizations

This section includes nonprofit, nongovernmental programs or projects that preserve and disseminate vegetable seeds and other plant materials including heirloom, native or rare varieites. Most of the groups or projects listed here encourage their members to participate, at some level, as stewards of garden diversity and several sell plant materials by mail to their members and the general public. Some of the living historical farms with heritage garden programs, listed on the Public Gardens page, offer membership options that may include access to the vintage vegetable varieties displayed at museum sites.

Abundant Life Seed Foundation P.O. Box 772 930 Lawrence St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 360-385-5660 or 385-7192
Bountiful Gardens/Ecology Action 18001 Shafer Ranch Rd. Willits, CA 95490-9626 707-459-0150	Permaculture Seed and Plant Exchange c/o Joe Hollis Mountain Gardens 3020 Whiteoak Creek Rd. Burnsville, NC 28714
	Santa Barbara Heirloom Seedling Nursery P.O. Box 4235 Santa Barbara, CA 93140-4235 805-968-5444 Specializing in the sale of heirloom flower and vegetable seedlings from around the world.
Central Prairie Seed Exchange c/o John Larrison, Treasurer Route 1, Box 146 Grantville, KS 66429 Specializing in the exchanges of flowers, fruits and vegetables locally adapted to the central Midwest.	Scatterseed Project c/o Will Bonsall Box 1167 Farmington, ME 04938
Corns c/o Carl and Karen Barnes Route 1, Box 32 Turpin, OK 783950 405-778-3615 Specializing in the preservation and distribution of open-pol- linated varieties of corn.	Seed Savers Exchange c/o Kent Whealy 3076 North Winn Road Decorah, IA 52101 Specializing in the maintenance and distribution of rare varieties of food crops. Publishes "Garden Seed Inventory" and "Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory," unique catalogs of catalogs that provide access to every non- hybrid vegetable, fruit and nut variety available from U.S. and Canadian mail-order seed com- panies.
Garden State Heirloom Seed Society P.O. Box 15 Valley Rd. Delaware, NJ 07833 908-475-4861	Butterbrooke Farm Seed Cooperative c/o Tom Butterworth 78 Barry Rd. Oxford, CT 06478-1598 203-888-2000 Specializing in production and distribution of seeds for cold-tolerant, short-season food crops.
Native Seeds/SEARCH 2509 N. Campbell Ave. #325 Tucson, AZ 85719 520-327-9123 Specializing in drought-tolerant native food crops of the Desert Southwest and Mexico. www.desert.net/seeds/home.htm

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