Growing plants from seed has many practical benefits:  saving money, getting a head start on the growing season and choosing from a large selection of varieties.  There are also the wonderful personal benefits of watching life stretching up to the light from a tiny seed.

The Dufferin Garden Centre is here to help.  We can walk you through the process with our seed-starting brochure.  This is great information to get you started; choosing the right container, finding the best growing medium, looking for high-quality seeds and planting and caring for you seedlings.

This March, our seed selection allows you to get the jump on spring.  We have in stock a wide variety of seeds for herbs, vegetables, annual flowers and perennial flowers.  This is a great time to get the children involved, watch for the Fun Seeds such as “Snake Gourds, Peanut Pumpkins and Baby Boo Pumpkins”, etc.  There is everything you need to get started including; starter trays, peat pots and pellets.  Don’t forget your starter soil mix, potting soil, specialty soils for cactus, orchids or violets and fertilizers.

Our selection of seeds from the Ontario Seed Company includes many heritage varieties plus exciting new varieties.  Their seeds are suited to the shorter Canadian growing season and are tested at their trial farm.  You will find a wide variety from Aimers Seeds, which are specialty organic seeds.

Check out the new seeds from the Livingston Seed Company with many beautiful varieties to choose from.

Seed Shop

The hardest part of growing your plants from seeds is the waiting for that first little seedling to poke its head up through the medium to greet the sun.

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