Alternative Christmas Gift Guide
, by Ellen Rignell, 3 min reading time
The run up to Christmas is intense.
Everyone is trying to sell you the 'perfect gift' for the 'perfect day'. And for those of us who are trying to be a little more mindful about what we buy, the sheer volume of gift ideas and advertising is overwhelming. This is where our alternative guide for ethical Christmas gifts for gardeners in the UK comes in!
Seeds have been gifted and swapped over the darkest months of the year for thousands of years. With their symbolism of hope and new life, seeds make a wonderful gift for gardeners at Christmas. Continue the ancient tradition of sharing seeds this winter!
Here are a few things we're offering with gifting in mind.
Bestseller Luxury 'Rose Gold' Cut Flower Seed Gift Collection
There's nothing more luxurious than having your own cutting garden, and the Rose Gold Cut Flower Seed Collection is a great place to start. Carefully curated by Ellen, this heirloom seed bundle is full of seeds saved from our farm & locally adapted to UK growing conditions.
The open-pollinated varieties in this seed bundle have been handpicked to create a gorgeous display of bronze, delicate salmon, and rosy pink blooms perfect for cutting. Sow a few packets of seed and you'll have bucketfuls of sustainable blooms, all summer long.
Seed Sowing Calendar Tea Towel
This beautiful tea towel makes the perfect gift for any budding gardeners. With a bespoke design created by botanical artist & print-maker Rosanna Morris, the organic cotton tea towel is printed with a vegetable & flower seed sowing guide, surrounded with botanical illustrations.
Rare Seeds Heirloom Vegetable Gift Collection
Our vibrant collection of rare, heirloom vegetable seeds make an excellent gift for the nature-friendly kitchen gardener in your life. Our Rare Seeds Luxury Vegetable Seed Gift Collection has been carefully curated by Ellen to offer something new to the gourmet gardener. Locally adapted to UK growing conditions, most of the varieties in this collection have been saved on our 3 acre farm in Dorset, giving you the best chance of kitchen garden success!
Tools of the Trade 2027 Calendar | The Landworkers' Alliance
This year's Landworkers' Alliance calendar celebrates the trusty tools, indispensable utensils and nifty machines that keep our agroecological food, farming and land systems ticking.
It's a beautiful thing to have on your wall and a perfect gift for a gardeners, growers, bakers, foragers... anyone with a love and connection to the natural world. The stunning lino prints are created by Emma Reith.
Locally Adapted Heirloom Seeds for UK Gardeners
Our seeds are all open pollinated and heirloom varieties which have proven themselves to be delicious, beautiful and well-adapted to organic cultivation. These are varieties that thrive in our wet, maritime climate! We focus on really robust varieties which perform well in organically managed gardens. So whether you're looking for heirloom seeds for permaculture gardens, sustainable seeds for a cut flower garden or heritage varieties for a kitchen garden, our seed collections are a great place to start.
Behind the Seeds
We are one of a handful of seed companies in the UK that saves its own seed. Most of the varieties in our catalogue have been produced on our 3 acre farm in Dorset, with other varieties being sourced from local family-run farms. We use organic growing techniques, focusing on building soil health and see our farm as part of a larger ecosystem. Using these sustainable farming techniques means that our seed is strongly adapted to growing in organically managed gardens.
Every gardener is delighted to be given seeds over Christmas - not only is it a thoughtful gift, but it also reminds them that spring and new life are just around the corner.
If you're looking to support a small business and a small farm this Christmas, buy our seeds! It means the world to us :)
