The best seed companies for Oregon and PNW gardens

It is an absolute joy to live in the valley regions of Western Oregon during the winter. Temperatures are relatively mild and we typically don't experience anything too extreme, with some exceptions (the occasional ice storm). Winter is the perfect time to reflect on the successful and not so successful garden trials of the previous year, while also looking ahead to the new year with restless excitement. One of our favorite projects to work on during winter is selecting and purchasing the seed varieties we want to grow in the new season. We have put together a list of our favorite seed companies for Oregon and PNW gardeners so you can browse these catalogs and hopefully find something that excites you! 

We hope you take the time to explore what these companies have to offer. We choose only the highest quality companies who have a passion for diversity, quality, reliability, and a commitment to the industry. We have separated our list into local seed companies if you want to shop as local as possible, as well as national seed companies who also encompass the aforementioned qualities. Happy seed hunting!

National Seed Companies

Botanical Interests | Colorado

Botanical Interests is one of our favorite seed companies because of their care and attention to detail.  Each seed packet features beautiful artwork, detailed planting instructions, and fun facts.  They are a great resource for unique vegetables, flowers, and herbs and they offer a very extensive selection of each.  They package their seeds with care (see photo), making each purchase from them a delightful experience.  

Shop for seed at Botanical Interests!

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True Leaf Market​ | Utah

True Leaf Market is more than just a great source of seeds, they also offer kits for growing microgreens, sprouts and mushrooms! The reason we love True Leaf Market is because of their recent acquisitions of the Kitazawa Seed Company and the Sustainable Seed Company. When you combine the rare seeds from Sustainable Seed Company and the largest collection of Asian seed varieties from Kitazawa, you get one of the best selections of vegetable, herb, and flower seeds available. 

Shop for seeds and unique gift ideas at True Leaf Market

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Eden Brothers | North Carolina

Eden Brothers is our top pick for bulbs and flower seeds.  They offer a great selection of fall and spring planted bulbs, an extensive selection of perennial and annual flower seeds, and an impressive amount of vegetable seeds as well.   If you are searching for heirloom seeds, Eden Brothers has a category dedicated to just heirlooms, which is actually very abundant and includes many varieties that are harder to find.

Shop Eden Brothers for high quality bulbs and seeds

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Local Seed Companies

Territorial Seed Company | Cottage Grove, Oregon

Territorial seed company is a wonderful story of a local family owned seed company who grew their passion of self-sufficiency and gardening into one of the most successful seed companies in the NW.  They have an absolutely wonderful story, which you can read here. They offer a good mix of heirloom and hybrid varieties with an emphasis on varieties that do well in our region.   

Shop for seed at the Territorial Seed Company

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Adaptive Seeds | Sweet Home, Oregon

Adaptive seeds is the epitome of a local, unique, dedicated, and trustworthy seed company. If hard to find, open-pollinated, and genetically diverse seeds that are adapted to the NW is what you are looking for - this is your source for seed. We just made our first purchase from them and were in awe of the unique selection they carry.  All of their seeds are either grown by them, or they disclose the exact farm where they were grown. Support this wonderful local company! 

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Uprising Seeds | Bellingham, Washington

Uprising seeds is another Northwest staple for local, organic, and open-pollinated seeds.  In fact, Uprising Seeds was the first certified organic seed company in Washington State! All of their seeds are grown at their farm north of Bellingham, Washington, or they are sourced from other small farms in the Northwest. They just introduced their Gusto Italiano project, which features a collaboration between them, the Culinary Breeding Network, and an Italian vegetable breeding company. You can access some incredible varieties of radicchio and other Italian varieties through this collaboration. 

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Siskiyou Seeds | Williams, Oregon 

Siskiyou Seeds is another NW seed company with a passion for organic and open-pollinated seed that are well adapted to the region. The company grows a majority of their seed on their own fields, and the rest come through partnerships with other small farms in the NW. The offer a great selection of vegetable, flower, grain, and herb seeds.

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Strictly Medicinal Seeds | Williams, Oregon

Here is another wonderful seed company out of Williams, OR, that focuses on seeds and plants with medicinal properties. The selection here is just absolutely amazing and some of their offerings are very hard to find anywhere else. In addition to seeds and live plants, their website offers an abundance of information and tools for extracting and utilizing the medicinal properties of plants as well.