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Want to learn how to garden in the Pacific Northwest?
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I've compiled a list of organic gardening resources to grow medicinal, vegetable, edible and PNW native plants in the Salish Sea area (greater Seattle area and western Washington).
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These are the resources I refer my clients to. They're good stuff.
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Good luck!
hey community, is there something I'm missing? let me know!
Test del suolo
King Conservation District - Fino a 5 test del suolo gratuiti per famiglia. (Solo residenti nella contea di King).
Dipartimento di Ecologia "Dirt Alert" - Test gratuiti sui metalli pesanti per alcune famiglie nelle contee di King, Snohomish, Pierce e Thurston. Controlla la loro mappa per l'idoneità .
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A & L Labs (Portland, OR)
Consulenti dell'azienda agricola di test del suolo (Moses Lake, WA)
Logan Labs - Specializzati nell'analisi dei micronutrienti. (Vista lago, OH)
Cornell Soil Health Lab - Specializzato in test interessanti come the Valutazione completa della salute del suolo che mostrano la salute microbica, lo stoccaggio del carbonio, la capacità idrica disponibile e altro ancora. (Cornell, NY)
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Sources for Materials
Bulk Materials - mulch, cedar hog fuel, compost, gravel and more.
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ChipDrop - Free arborist chips delivered to your home.
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Sky Nursery - gravel, bark mulch and more.(Shoreline, WA)
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Evergreen Topsoil - gravel, bark mulch and more. (Kenmore, WA)
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De Jong's Sawdust and Shavings - cedar hog fuel, gravel, bark mulch and more.(Redmond and Lake Stevens, WA)
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Burien Bark - MooDoo, bioretention soil, gravel, bark mulch and more. (Burien, WA)
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Lenz Enterprises - compost, gravel, bark mulch and more. (Stanwood, WA)
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Cedar Grove - vegetable garden mix and more (various locations in Western WA)
Fertilizers & soil amendments - organically based, slow-release​
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GrowOrganic.com - (online)
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Johnny's Seeds - (online)
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Territorial Seed - (online)
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Hendrikus Organics - (online)
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Fungi Perfecti - mycorrhizae (online)
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Walt's Organics - (Ballard, WA)
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Sky Nursery - (Shoreline, WA)
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Molbaks Home + Garden - (Woodinville, WA)
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Swanson's Nursery - Crown Hill (Seattle, WA)
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Seattle Farm Co-Op - Rainier Beach (Seattle, WA)
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Squak Mt. Nursery - (Issaquah, WA)
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Issaquah Grange - (Issaquah, WA)
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Kent East Hill Nursery - (Kent, WA)
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Other retailers: Organic fertilizers are sometimes sold at Grocery Outlet, Walmart, Fred Meyer, Lowe's and QFC.
Seeds
The companies on this list offer non-GMO, open-pollinated, organic, local and/or ecologically grown seed. They don't always check every box. Be sure to look before you buy.
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(Thanks to community for helping co-create this list!)
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Focus: Medicinal seeds
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Strictly Medicinal - (online)
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Focus: PNW Natives seeds
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Inside Passage - (Port Townsend, WA)
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Northwest Meadowscapes - (Port Townsend, WA)
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L&H Seeds - (online)
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BFI Native Seeds - (online)
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All seeds:
local
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Adaptive Seeds - vegetables, flowers, grains, herbs, garlic, cover crop (Sweet Home, OR)
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Cultivariable - Andean tubers, potatoes, unusual edibles (Moclips, WA)
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Deep Harvest Seeds - vegetables, herbs (Whidbey Island, WA)
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Eloheh Seeds* - vegetables, grains, herbs (Yamhill, OR)
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Filaree Garlic Farm - garlic, sweet potatoes, onions, shallots, potatoes (eastern WA)
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Irish Eyes - potatoes, garlic, onions, shallots and vegetables (Ellensburg, WA)
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Peace Seedlings - (Corvallis, OR)
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Rhythm Seed Farm - rare, grains, medicinals, vegetables (Portland, OR)
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Saltwater Seeds - vegetables, grains, flowers (Olympic Peninsula, WA)
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Seattle Seed Company - (Seattle, WA)
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Siskiyou Seeds - vegetables, grains, flowers, medicinals (Williams, OR)
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Suot Farm - flowers (Burlington, WA)
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Territorial Seed - (Cottage Grove, OR)
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Thyme Garden - (Alsea, OR)
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Uprising Seeds - vegetables, flowers, herbs, grains (Bellingham, WA)
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Wayside Botanicals - medicinals (Ferndale, WA)
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Wild Dreams Farm - vegetables, flowers, herbs (Vashon, WA)
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Wild Garden Seeds - (Philomath, OR)
* = BIPOC owned
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online
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Alliance of Native Seedkeepers* - vegetables, herbs, rare flowers
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Backyard Garden Seeds* - vegetables, herbs
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Kitazawa Seed Company* - Asian vegetables, herbs, flowers
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Melanated Organic Seeds* - vegetables, flowers, herbs
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Second Generation Seeds* - Asian vegetables, herbs
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Seed Mail Seed Co.* - vegetables, garlic, potatoes
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True Love Seeds* - vegetables, flowers, herbs, culturally-important
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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - heirloom, not organic
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note: Baker Creek has a history of affiliation with MAGA and other white supremacist groups, as well as in selling heirloom seeds from Indigenous lineage without appropriate consent. I welcome you to learn more about it here and here. Indigenous ethnobotanist Linda Black Elk (Catawba) has called for a boycott of Baker Creek seeds.
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EarthBeat Seeds - medicinals, perennials, wild plants (Worchester, VT)
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Experimental Farm Network - literally everything (Philadelphia, PA)
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Foundroot Seeds – vegetables, herbs (Haines, AK)
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Fruition Seeds – ginger, potatoes, vegetables, flowers, herbs (Naples, NY)
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Grand Prismatic Seeds - natives, dye plants, vegetables, herbs (Salt Lake City, UT)
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Indigenous Seed Initiative - rare, fruits, medicinals, vegetables
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Native Seed SEARCH - desert-adapted vegetables, seed rematriation (Tucson, AZ)
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Sandhill Preservation Center - vegetables, flowers, sweet potatoes (Calamus, IA)
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Seeds and Soil Farm - vegetables, flowers (Palmer, AK)
* = BIPOC owned
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other places to find organic, non-gmo or heirloom seeds:
Ace Hardware, Grocery Outlet, Home Depot, Lowe's, PCC, QFC, Fred Meyer, Walmart, most garden centers and some food banks.
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