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.
Hungarian Hot Wax - Hot Pepper Seeds
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Hungarian Hot Wax - Hot Pepper Seeds
$5.95
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Black Eyed Susan - Rudbeckia Seeds
Black Eyed Susan - Rudbeckia Seeds
Black Eyed Susan - Rudbeckia Seeds
$3.95
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Strawflower Tall Mix Seeds
Strawflower Tall Mix Seeds
Strawflower Tall Mix Seeds
$3.95
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Moon and Stars - Organic Watermelon Seeds
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Moon and Stars - Organic Watermelon Seeds
$5.75
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Rosa Sicilian - Tomato Seeds
Rosa Sicilian - Tomato Seeds
Rosa Sicilian - Tomato Seeds
$5.35
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Habanero Orange - Hot Pepper Seeds
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Habanero Orange - Hot Pepper Seeds
$6.95
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Polar Bear - Zinnia Seeds
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Polar Bear - Zinnia Seeds
$3.95
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Golden Wax - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
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Golden Wax - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
$5.65
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Jarrahdale Large - Pumpkin Seeds
Jarrahdale Large - Pumpkin Seeds
Jarrahdale Large - Pumpkin Seeds
$4.95
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Love-In-A-Mist - Nigella Seeds
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Love-In-A-Mist - Nigella Seeds
$3.95
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White - Yarrow Seeds
White - Yarrow Seeds
White - Yarrow Seeds
$3.95
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Crimson Clover - Organic Cover Crop Seeds
Crimson Clover - Organic Cover Crop Seeds
Crimson Clover - Organic Cover Crop Seeds
$5.95
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Royalty Purple Pod - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
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Royalty Purple Pod - Organic Bush Bean Seeds
$5.95
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Purple Beauty - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Purple Beauty - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
Purple Beauty - Organic Sweet Pepper Seeds
$4.95
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Purple Dark Opal - Organic Basil Seeds
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Purple Dark Opal - Organic Basil Seeds
$4.95
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Green Globe - Artichoke Seeds
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Green Globe - Artichoke Seeds
$3.16 $3.95
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Tall Mix - Centaurea Seeds
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Tall Mix - Centaurea Seeds
$3.95
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Delicious 51 - Melon Seeds
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Delicious 51 - Melon Seeds
$3.95
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Moonflower Seeds
Moonflower Seeds
Moonflower Seeds
$3.95
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Red Russian - Organic Kale Seeds
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Red Russian - Organic Kale Seeds
$4.95
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Bright Lights Mix - Cosmos Seeds
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Bright Lights Mix - Cosmos Seeds
$3.95
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Red Garnet - Amaranth Seeds
Red Garnet - Amaranth Seeds
Red Garnet - Amaranth Seeds
$3.95
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Connecticut Field - Organic Pumpkin Seeds
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Connecticut Field - Organic Pumpkin Seeds
$5.95
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Ruby Red - Organic Swiss Chard Seeds
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Ruby Red - Organic Swiss Chard Seeds
$5.35
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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.