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Gardeners rate and recommend their favorite gardening catalogs for seeds, plants, tools, gadgets, furniture and more.

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Burgess Seed and Plant Co.

I ordered inexpensive live plants, trees and shrubs and they've done wonderfully at so much less than other catalogs.--Burgess offers a wide range of plants and seeds, including vegetables, vines, fr…More

The Cook's Garden

I have always been completely satisfied with the seeds I've purchased from The Cook's Garden. They have a great variety of vegetables not often offered in other catalogs. All the seeds I ordered had …More

Gurney's Seed & Nursery

At least, that's what I call them, more so than Sears & Roebuck could ever be. You've listed all of my favorites. And then some. I'm a big fan of Gurney's, because that's what I grew up with. The alt…More

Heronswood Nursery

Heronswood Nursery has always been a favorite of mine - they always seem to have the most exotic, must-have stuff! This year, they're offering a black - black! hellebore! Also tops for me are Wayside…More

High Country Gardens

I am in love with High Country Gardens. I am a bit biased since I worked at a xeriscape demonstration garden. It's nice to have a reference chock full of drought tolerant plants.--High Country Garden…More

Johnny's Select Seeds

Johnny's Seeds is a great reliable place to buy seeds. There's a huge variety and good prices. They also offer organic seeds and products.--Johnny's specializes in seed for cold climates. They offer …More

Pond Megastore

I like the water garden plants and water lilies from Pond Megastore.They also have other places to find them at water-garden-blog.com--Pond Megastore carries all types of water plants as well as wate…More

Sustainable Seed Company

We really like Sustainable Seed for their heirloom veggies seeds. Our pastor turned us on to them. They sell over 100 kinds for less than $1. --Great selection of vegetables, herbs and flowers as wel…More

Territorial Seed Company

Love their catalog, their seed is first rate and their customer service is excellent. --Territorial Seed Company specializes in seeds for the Northwest (west of the Cascades), but many of their their…More

Urban Farmer Seeds & Plants

Check out this site and their variety of fruit, vegetable, herb and flowers. They don't have a catalog but have an on-line order form. --They seem to have added a catalog, as well as a newsletter wit…More

Thompson and Morgan

The catalog is very informational. I really appreciate knowing the degree of difficultly for seed germination.--Thompson and Morgan is a good source for unusual seeds, like vines, trees and shrubs, a…More

NE Seed

Great catalog, easy to navigate and follow. Lots of vegetable, flower and herb varieties per page and really good prices for larger quantities. Has a small organic seed section and the necessities fo…More

Burgess Seed and Plant Co.

The catalog was too good to be true. I've found plants I really wanted and did not find elsewhere. The only problem is that they take the order and your money and never ship. When I contacted them an…More

Territorial Seed

I am an organic gardener and have a tendency to patronize the online nurseries that offer a variety of organic seed. I've been purchasing various types of seed from this group for several years. Thei…More

Nichols Garden Nursery

Nichols carries a very wide variety of herbs, flowers and veggies. They have the seeds and the plants and the very best quality and service. It's been a favorite of mine for more then 20 years and th…More

Burgess Seed and Plant Co.

The service was horrible! In these hard economic times, you would think a company would treat a customer with the attitude "The Customer is Always Right"!! Apparently not with Burgess. They refuse to…More

Pinetree Garden Seeds

I've been getting the Pinetree garden seed catalog for over twenty years now and it's both the kickoff and highlight of our garden catalog season. They specialize in seeds for the home gardeners but …More

Burgess Seed and Plant Co.

Read the Better Business Bureau website before ordering from this company. They operate under "eburgess.com", operate under a number of different names, but the BBB traces them back to "House of Wesl…More

Fine Gardening Catalog Mall

I love one-stop shopping. Fine Gardening magazine has a catalog "mall" (for lack of a better term) where you can request many different vendor catalogs while filling out your address form only once. …More

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

They specialize in seeds adapted to the mid-Atlantic region with emphasis on open-pollinated varieties. They are on the safe seed pledge list. They also carry a wide selection of potato, onion & garl…More

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

This catalog outdoes the most consistently beautiful catalogs with pictures of thee various seeded fruits, flowers, herbs, and vegetables in their actual environment from their base in Missouri. They…More

High Country Gardens

Glad to see High Country Gardens on your list of catalogs!Everything we ordered from them has florished and done well year after year! We have divided perennials over and over and results are awesome…More

FEDCO

The catalog is 137 pages of black&white pictures and detailed descriptions of each plant. Many heirlooms! Located in Maine, so there are numerous short-season varieties listed, many not found in any …More

Territorial Seed Company

I love this catalog and the company. Tons of seeds and plants plus lots of tools and fertilizers, frost protection blankets...LOTS of stuff! I really like that this company is on the same side of the…More

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