About Our Seeds
We take seed quality very seriously. Great care is taken to ensure our seeds are true to type and healthy. All the seeds we offer are either grown by us on our small farm on Vancouver Island, or grown by others we know personally. If grown by others, it will be clearly stated on the variety's page. We never source bulk seed from overseas or from large retailers like many other seed houses.
All seeds we offer are grown with care for our planet and the beings we share our world with. Neither we nor any growers we collaborate with ever use pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, or GMO seeds. All seeds are 100% open pollinated, which means that you can save your own seed from the plants you grow!
About the Seed Saver
Hello! My name is Michalina and I really love seeds. I grew up saving seeds with my mom on the Sunshine Coast. Some of the first seeds I saved with her were scarlet runner beans.
I started growing seeds for her small seed business (Dragonfly Seeds) around 2017, and made the leap to start my own seed company in January 2022.
When starting my own garden, I was frustrated when I couldn't find perennial vegetable varieties I had read about in permaculture and ecological gardening books. I made it my mission to source seeds for these plants and make them available to gardeners like me in Canada (and beyond). On this journey I've gotten to know some incredible plants that I find useful and easy to grow. I hope you like them as much as I do!
Why Perennial Vegetables?
We believe that perennial vegetables have the power to change the world! They are less work to grow than annual veggies, they produce food during the early spring "hunger gap", and they store more carbon in the ground!
Every garden should have at least some perennial vegetables, and there are so many options beyond asparagus and rhubarb! From leafy greens to root vegetables, from ground cherries to onions, there's a plethora of vegetables to try.
Our Philosophy
We believe growing food is a political act, that fights against the dominant and destructive food system. Our foods don't have to be grown with poisons that harm farmworkers and the ecosystems we all rely on. Our food doesn't have to be grown across the world and flown to us while emitting greenhouse gases and losing nutrition.
People don't have to be severed from their connection to the land, food, and seeds. We acknowledge that food and farming have been used as a way to oppress and control groups of people. We believe in food and social justice in relation to seed, and contribute a portion of our sales to Indigenous seed and food projects.
If you run a social justice program that needs seeds, please reach out.