Heirloom Seeds

Heirloom seeds carry generations of flavor, history, and careful selection into today’s garden. This collection brings together non-GMO vegetables, herbs, flowers, grains, and other time-tested, open-pollinated varieties valued for their distinctive character and seed-saving potential.

Grow familiar favorites, rediscover uncommon varieties, and save seed from the plants that perform best in your garden. Explore the full collection, including certified organic options, and carry a much longer growing tradition into the next season.
Cherry Belle - Organic Radish Seeds
Cherry Belle - Organic Radish Seeds
Cherry Belle - Organic Radish Seeds
$5.65
Choose size
Parisian Pickling - Cucumber Seeds
Heirloom Cucumber Seed- Parisian Pickling Cucumber-Bucktown Seed Company_01
Parisian Pickling - Cucumber Seeds
$3.95
Sold Out
Verde - Organic Tomatillo Seeds
Heirloom Seeds_Tomatillo Verde_Bucktown Seed Company-01
Verde - Organic Tomatillo Seeds
$5.45
Choose size
Bull's Blood - Beet Seeds
Heirloom Seeds - Bulls Blood Beets - Bucktown Seed Company-01
Bull's Blood - Beet Seeds
$3.95
Sold Out
Chioggia - Organic Beet Seeds
Heirloom Seeds_Beets_Chiogga_Bucktown Seed Company-03
Chioggia - Organic Beet Seeds
$4.95
Sold Out
Thai - Organic Basil Seeds
Heirloom Seeds - Thai Basil - Bucktown Seed Company-01
Thai - Organic Basil Seeds
$4.95
Choose size
Lemon - Organic Basil Seeds
Heirloom Seeds_Basil_Mrs. Burns Lemon_Bucktown Seed Company-03
Lemon - Organic Basil Seeds
$4.95
Choose size
Black Krim - Tomato Seeds
Heirloom Seeds_Tomato Black Krim_Bucktown Seed Company-03
Black Krim - Tomato Seeds
$4.95
Sold Out
Crego Mix - China Aster Seeds
Crego Mix - China Aster Seeds
Crego Mix - China Aster Seeds
$3.95
Sold Out
Tom Thumb - Dwarf Organic Shelling Pea Seeds
Tom Thumb - Dwarf Organic Shelling Pea Seeds
Tom Thumb - Dwarf Organic Shelling Pea Seeds
$5.95
Choose size
German - Organic Chamomile Seeds
German - Organic Chamomile Seeds
German - Organic Chamomile Seeds
$4.95
Sold Out
Orange Sun - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Orange Sun - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Orange Sun - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
$5.35
Choose size
Broadleaf Sage Seeds - Organic
Broadleaf Sage Seeds - Organic
Broadleaf Sage Seeds - Organic
$5.35
Choose size
Marvel of Four Seasons - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Marvel of Four Seasons - Organic Lettuce Seeds
Marvel of Four Seasons - Organic Lettuce Seeds
$4.95
Choose size
Italian Pepperoncini - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Italian Pepperoncini - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Italian Pepperoncini - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
$5.95
Sold Out
Early Golden Crookneck - Organic Summer Squash Seeds
Heirloom Seeds - Summer Crookneck - Squash - Bucktown Seed Company-01
Early Golden Crookneck - Organic Summer Squash Seeds
$4.35 $5.95
Sold Out On Sale
Walla Walla - Organic Onion Seeds
Walla Walla - Organic Onion Seeds
Walla Walla - Organic Onion Seeds
$5.95
Sold Out
Florence - Organic Fennel Seeds
Heirloom Seeds_Fennel_Florence_Bucktown Seed Company-01
Florence - Organic Fennel Seeds
$4.95
Choose size
Georgia Southern - Collard Seeds
Heirloom Seeds_Collards Georgia_Bucktown Seed Company-01
Georgia Southern - Collard Seeds
$3.95
Choose size
Watermelon - Radish Seeds
Heirloom Seeds_Radish Watermelon_Bucktown Seed Company-01
Watermelon - Radish Seeds
$4.35
Choose size
Red Corn - Poppy Seeds
Red Corn_Poppy_Flower Seeds_Bucktown Seed Company_05
Red Corn - Poppy Seeds
$3.95
Choose size
Red Core Chantenay - Organic Carrot Seeds
Heirloom Seeds_Carrot Red Cored Chantenay_Bucktown Seed Company-02
Red Core Chantenay - Organic Carrot Seeds
$4.95
Choose size
Catnip Seeds
Catnip Seeds
Catnip Seeds
$3.95
Choose size
Tall Trailing Mix - Nasturtium Seeds
Tall Trailing Mix - Nasturtium Seeds
Tall Trailing Mix - Nasturtium Seeds
$4.65
Choose size
Customers rate us 4.8/5 based on 305 reviews.

Growing and Saving Heirloom Seeds

Heirloom seeds carry generations of careful selection into each new garden. Gardeners kept the varieties that offered memorable flavor, unusual color, dependable harvests, regional character, or a story worth preserving. Growing them gives those choices another season to take root and another place to call home.

Each heirloom brings its own character to the garden. Some are tied to a family, farm, region, or community, while others have endured because their flavor, beauty, or usefulness continued to earn a place year after year. Planting a mix of vegetables, herbs, flowers, grains, and fruits creates a garden rich with variety and connected to a much longer growing tradition.

Stewardship begins simply: grow these varieties well, learn their habits, share their harvests, and pass their stories along. Whether a seed is saved, exchanged, or planted again next season, each crop becomes part of a living chain between the gardeners who came before and those who will follow.

Carry the Garden Forward

Organic Garden Seeds

Organic Garden Seeds

Organic vegetables, herbs, flowers, grains, and other garden varieties grown according to organic standards.
Beginner Garden Seeds

Beginner Garden Seeds

Dependable vegetables, herbs, and flowers chosen for an approachable and rewarding start.
Medicinal Garden Seeds

Medicinal Garden Seeds

Traditional herbs for teas, infusions, salves, and a home apothecary rooted in practical garden use.

Heirloom Garden Questions

Heirloom seeds are open-pollinated varieties preserved over time for their history, flavor, appearance, adaptability, cultural importance, or connection to a particular place or community. While definitions vary, a variety is often considered an heirloom once it has been grown for 50 years or more, with many passed from one generation of gardeners to the next.

Yes. Heirloom varieties are open-pollinated, so seed can generally be saved and grown again. Some crops cross readily with nearby varieties, making distance, timing, caging, or hand-pollination useful when keeping a variety true.

Heirloom refers to a variety’s history and how it has been preserved over time, while organic refers to how the seed crop was grown and certified.

Many of the heirloom seeds we source are Certified Organic. Seeds grown here at Bucktown Seed Company are produced using Certified Naturally Grown practices. Other heirloom varieties may come from growers who use regenerative, soil-building, and low-input methods without pursuing formal organic certification, so the growing and certification details are listed on each product page.

Beans, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, and many self-pollinating flowers are welcoming places to begin. They are generally easier to keep true than crops such as corn, squash, cucumbers, or brassicas, which can cross more readily with nearby varieties.

Grow a Piece of American History

Rooted in America

Rooted in America

Six American heirlooms chosen for their flavor, history, and enduring place in gardens across the country.