Hello. I am based in London and am looking for a large commercial seed supplier which sells seed to garden centres throughout the USA. In the UK we use Thompson and Morgan who are very large and very reputable; I need your help to find the American equivalent. I keep searching on the internet but only seem to find small specialist growers, who although lovely and have exceptional varieties, cannot supply the quantities that I need.
Thank you all for your help in advance.
You don't say exactly what you want to do with the seeds (sell packets in various US stores or your own stores, repackage under your own label , resell in bulk, grow them yourself, import, export) but here are several ideas:
There are several big seed companies that you could look into. Among them Burpee, Ferry Morse, Parks, Harris, Stokes. Jelitto (europe based) is in the U.S. too as are other foreign seed companies, of course, like Thompson and Morgan. And I think Chiltern has a representative in the north east and sells at garden/flower shows and gift shops.
http://www.ferry-morse.com/corporate_info.asp?id=7&folder=co... F M is in a lot of the big box stores (Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart) along with Burpee and is owned by Jiffy which I think is owned by the big Italian Conglomerate Co-op (can't think of the name now).
And J.L. Hudson, the Seedsman, sells Bulk Quantities of hard to find seeds (you will find him rather eccentric, but he has good recommendations on Garden Watchdog) http://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/OnlineRequesting.htm but is only mail order and doesn't sell in garden centers.
Dear Tabasco,
I actually work for a UK based Gift Company and we are launching growing gifts in the USA next year.
Your advice has been great - I can't believe I didn't try posting here sooner!
I have now contacted several of the companies that you suggested and 2 have come back to me already.
A huge thank you for your help.
Danielle
You may want to try http://www.rareseeds.com. They receive and ship seeds overseas and they have some very unusual offerings. They do sell in bulk.
Lisa
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