# Heritage Seed

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The heritage seed catalogue has arrived!

Join us for another episode from the allotment, where Vicky and Karin have received the Garden Organics Heritage seed catalogue. The excitement is palpable as they discuss the Global seed vault, seed monopolies and the beauty of small spaces. And Basil, the unusual tomato specimen survivor. …

Meet the Heritage Seed Library

Mollie talks to Catrina Fenton from The Heritage Seed Library. They have a new project underway looking for seeds from across the UK which may be long lost family varieties. We get an update from Darren as his pocket parks for the National Trust near completion. There's a bit of health and safety t…

2. Preserving Seeds for Future Generations with The Heritage Seed Library

Heritage Seeds with The Heritage Seed Library  In this episode of the Blooming Garden podcast, host Jane Westoby speaks with Catrina Fenton from Garden Organic about the significance of heritage seeds and The Heritage Seed Library in their 50th Anniversary year. Discussing the origins of the librar…

S5 Ep10: The importance of heritage vegetables with Raymond Blanc OBE

In this month’s episode, we're joined by Raymond Blanc OBE from his kitchen garden at Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons. We toured the garden, which is home to over 100 heritage vegetable varieties. Raymond talks about his own gardening heritage, and how growing with his mother and father in France influe…

How to ripen your pears, the magic of the moving Mimosa plant, and Kumquat curiosity

This week, David Maxwell heads to County Antrim where he meets a Canadian couple gardening in the shadow of Slemish. Judith and Hugh Jackson moved to the area from Vancouver after they both retired. They built a house in a rural area and they quickly realised that gardening at 300 metres above sea …

ORFC 2026 - seed saving, community, sustainability and futures

With thanks to our guests: Charlotte Allender (Head of UK Vegetable Genebank at the University of Warwick); Elaine Bradley (Exec Director of the Irish Seed Savers Association) and Catrina Fenton (Head of Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library).  Photo credit: Hugh Warwick 🎧 Subscribe to Meet the Fa…

S4 Ep1: January 2024 - An interview with the Seed Detective

Join Fiona Taylor as she chats to Adam Alexander, aka the Seed Detective. Adam is a volunteer Seed Guardian for Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library, and self-confessed seed nut! Adam shares stories of his travels around the world, and why seed saving and sharing is so important.For information o…

Hunting Resilient and Rare Seeds with Adam Alexander | The Beet

Launch your business with a free trial of Shopify. Go to https://shopify.com/thebeet to learn more! Episode Description: On this episode of The Beet Podcast, we explore the fascinating world of rare and endangered vegetables with seed hunter Adam Alexander, who tracks down hundreds of unique se…

Lucy Hutchings - She Grows Veg!

Hello and welcome back to a brand-new season - we’re back for a whopping sixth season of the podcast with new guests and brand-new stories and conversations and this time I'm using this as my chance to celebrate the amazing women of horticulture with a season I'm calling 'A Celebration of Women in …

Heritage Seeds, Compost and Bokashi with Chris Collins

In this episode Peter chats with Chris Collins from Garden Organic. Chris is currently the Head of Horticulture at Garden Organic and he tells us a little about what is going on in their 50th anniversary year. We learn why heritage seeds do so well in the United Kingdom and why organic gardening an…