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Ressources
Ressources de jardinage de base
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!
Analyse du sol
King Conservation District - Jusqu'à 5 analyses de sol gratuites par ménage. (Résidents du comté de King uniquement).
Dept of Ecology 'Dirt Alert' - Tests gratuits de métaux lourds pour certains ménages dans les comtés de King, Snohomish, Pierce et Thurston. Vérifiez leur carte pour l'éligibilité.
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A & L Labs (Portland, OR)
Consultants en ferme d'essais de sol (Moses Lake, WA)
Logan Labs - Spécialisé dans l'analyse des micronutriments. (Lakeview, Ohio)
Cornell Soil Health Lab - Spécialisé dans les tests cool comme the Évaluation complète de la santé du sol qui montre la santé microbienne, le stockage du carbone, la capacité en eau disponible et plus encore. (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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