Australian Seed Sources

[Whwoz]

I am going to put a list of Vegetables seed suppliers here that are from Australia to start with, for my own benefit as much as anyone else's. Folks from elsewhere might want to check the out out of curiosity and other members from Oz might find it useful, particularly if new to gardening. I may add suppliers of native seed later. A lot of these operations supply flowers as well as vegetables, one or two have a reputation for changing the odd name for the sake of a sale, hopefully that has stopped now. I have not purchased seed from all, only some.

Woz

In no particular order

Boondie Seeds boondieseeds.com.au
The Diggers Club diggers.com.au
Eden Seeds edenseeds.com.au also has an organic arm, Select Organic
Green Harvest greenharvest.com.au
New Gippsland Seeds and Bulbs newgipps.com.au
Rangeview Seeds (Tasmania) rangeviewseeds.com.au
Southern Harvest southernharvest.com.au
The Italian Gardener theitaliangardener.com.au
The Lost Seed thelostseed.com.au
The Seed Collection theseedcollection.com.au
Green Patch Seeds greenpatchseeds.com.au
Fair Dinkum Seeds fairdinkumseeds.com
Inspirations Vegetable Seeds vegetableseeds.net.au
Seed freaks (Tasmania) seedfreaks.com.au They have an interesting article with a retired vegie breeder linked to their site

Patrina Nuske-Small has a site for the Dwarf Project, Dwarftomatoproject.net where she is no longer selling seeds direct herself, but refers you to

Seeds of Plenty
Tasmanian Natural Garlic and Tomatoes
Daves Seed
Thumbs Up Seedlings and Seed
for your DTP seed requirements Down Under

Two Chilli specialists
The Hippy Seed Company thehippyseedcompany.com
Jungle Rain junglerain.com.au Have a feeling that this company maybe moving more towards being a supplier of hot sauces rather than seed.

Several on Ebay.com.au, Gumtree or facebook
Rahiseedbank
Pumpkin Paradise
Lifeforce Seeds


A couple more chilli specialists found after looking for Biquinho seed.

Chillibird Chillibird.com.au
Chilliseedbank.com.au
Chilli-seedz.com
they have some interesting chillis, one could start a collection that would nearly rival one Tomato collection!
Added 30/1/2020

Added 5/5/2020

Grow heirloom Seeds Growheirloomseeds.com.au These people have not only seeds, but also a range of potted plants, including a few different members of he gingerfamily, including tumeric (a light yellow form) and Galangal. I have crossed paths with them at Farm World, our local agricultural field days and they are easy enough to get along with. They do several other markets on a regular basis also.

Seeds of Plenty seedsofplenty.com.au have not dealt with these.
and Chili Mojo, chilemojo.com.au, have not dealt with these either, they are basically resellers from others listed above according to website.

Added 24/4/21
Farmhouseseeds.com.au

Added 5/5/21
Thanks to Kurt, see below https://thechillifactory.com/m/

And also
Useful Seeds. A good small operator, former lecturer in Biology at one of our Universities, based in Bendigo, small time plant breeder and current owner of the Australian garden forum Ozgrow.

Added 6/5/21
South Pacific seeds Pty ltd.
Spssales.com.au, another I have tracked down when searching for something,but yet to use

ChilliMadness.com.au
A chili specialist that I came across while trying to track down Gypsy F1 seed in Australia. First experience of dealing with them was good. Recently moved their sales onto Ebay.

Another chilli specialist in
The Chilli Pepper House chillipepperhouse.com.au

[Thornbury]

Hi Whwoz,
Thanks for putting this together. There is few that I had not known about.
I have been getting my seeds from 'the seed collection'.
Do you have a preferred supplier?

[Whwoz]

At this stage, The Lost Seed is probably my first pick of sites to check out, not only for their good range of seed but also for garlic and Heritage fruit tree scions at the appropriate times of the year. Very well packaged when sent through the post.

Eden Seeds also good, often see them in shops locally as well as online. Have had the odd incorrect variety from them.

Boondie Seeds have been good when i have dealt with them, small packs, but when you are paying $1 or $1.50 as against $3 plus, the numbers are fair and generally more than what you need for a season

New Gippsland has been slow the times we have ordered from them - 3 to 4 weeks plus.

Diggers - most try them, they have a "name" but not the reputation in some areas to match.

Rahiseedbank and Pumpkin Paradise both have good selections and have been good to deal with. Pumpkin Paradise have around 175 varieties, most of which they are probably the only supplier for in Oz.

Oh and Welcome to the Junction Thornbury.

[patihum]

While I can't order tomato seeds now from Rangeview, thanks to the new restrictions, I have in the past. Found them to be true to type and a generous amount of seeds too. Very helpful when I ran into problems ordering online!

[Nico]

Whoz thank you very much

[MissS]

Whwoz, Just to let you know that if you want to you can always edit your original post and just add vendors to your original list. Of course you need not do that but just letting you know that it is an option.

[Whwoz]

3 more seed suppliers added to OP if anyone is interested

[Whwoz]

Added Farmhouseseeds.com.au today, have not dealt with them but they appear to have some seeds in useful size lots without being excessively large. Their selection of corn looks to allow good staggered planting.

[Whwoz]

Package turned up today from Farmhouse seeds today from order placed Thursday, so very quick response. Solid box shipped in and a bonus packet of basil seed included. Very happy.

[Kurt]

Don’t forget the chillifactory.com/growing that held the worlds hottest pepper,the Butch T some years ago.

https://thechillifactory.com/m/

[Whwoz]

Added South Pacific seeds Pty ltd

[Whwoz]

Added Chilimadnes.com.au

A specialist Chili grower, been in operation since 2008 by all accounts and have recently moved onto Ebay. First experience was good, will be keeping an eye on their page for different varieties

[Whwoz]

Patrina Nuske-Small is no longer selling seeds herself, but has a number of listed retailers of DTP seed on the DTP website. Lots of new and different tomatoes and other seeds on those sites

Seeds of Plenty,
Tasmanian Natural Garlic and Tomatoes
Daves Seed
Thumbs Up Seedlings and Seed

[Whwoz]

The Chilli Pepper House is another chilli specialist I have just stumbled across. Shares a lot of common varieties with the other sites listed above plus a few different ones, some of which will go on next seasons wish list.

[Ffoxyy]

Transition farm has quite a few varieties that are not available elsewhere and great descriptions. They also send to WA which is rare. https://www.transitionfarm.com/shop?category=Tomato

[Whwoz]

@Ffoxyy thank you for that one, one that I was not aware of. Have
Ing had a quick peak at their website, I will check them out more thoroughly soon.

Whereabouts are you based, If I may ask.

[Ffoxyy]

@Ffoxyy thank you for that one, one that I was not aware of. Have
Ing had a quick peak at their website, I will check them out more thoroughly soon.

Whereabouts are you based, If I may ask.

Western Australia, so it's triple hard to find any decent or new varieties here. I've had a blast at Seeds of Plenty this year but still want more. )

[Whwoz]

@Ffoxyy thank you for that one, one that I was not aware of. Have
Ing had a quick peak at their website, I will check them out more thoroughly soon.

Whereabouts are you based, If I may ask.

Western Australia, so it's triple hard to find any decent or new varieties here. I've had a blast at Seeds of Plenty this year but still want more. )

That says it all to me Ffoxyy. I can understand your frustrations with seed supply. Can't recall if some of the suppliers list above are set up to send to WA or not.

For those whom are not aware Australia has basically three quarantine zones, most of Australia is one, Western Australia is a separate zone and Tasmania is third. WA and Tas have tighter restrictions than everything east of the border.

[Whwoz]

@Ffoxyy thank you for that one, one that I was not aware of. Have
Ing had a quick peak at their website, I will check them out more thoroughly soon.

Whereabouts are you based, If I may ask.

Western Australia, so it's triple hard to find any decent or new varieties here. I've had a blast at Seeds of Plenty this year but still want more. )

You may want to check out the Eden Seeds website, they list a number of retailers in WA. They can also send some seeds direct.

The Seed Collection, Happy Valley Seeds and also the Diggers club are able to seed some direct although you would have a quarantine fee to pay most likely. Have not checked all of above suppliers yet and I believe a couple have closed or been taken over. Will get the list updated and include send to WA/Tas in it somehow sometime soon.

[Ffoxyy]

@Ffoxyy thank you for that one, one that I was not aware of. Have
Ing had a quick peak at their website, I will check them out more thoroughly soon.

Whereabouts are you based, If I may ask.

Western Australia, so it's triple hard to find any decent or new varieties here. I've had a blast at Seeds of Plenty this year but still want more. )

You may want to check out the Eden Seeds website, they list a number of retailers in WA. They can also send some seeds direct.

The Seed Collection, Happy Valley Seeds and also the Diggers club are able to seed some direct although you would have a quarantine fee to pay most likely. Have not checked all of above suppliers yet and I believe a couple have closed or been taken over. Will get the list updated and include send to WA/Tas in it somehow sometime soon.

Yes, I know and have used all of those. Happy Valley doesn't send tomato seeds here anymore (it might change when/if the brown rugose situation gets better), Seeds of Plenty is the best shop for tomato varieties at the moment, hope they stay that way and keep bringing new varieties in. We're very much restricted. ((