It all started in 1998 with Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, the company that now offers one of the largest selections of heirloom seeds in the U.S. with over 1000 varieties of tasty vegetables, fragrant flowers, and spicy herbs. Groovy seeds for all your home and market garden needs. Jere collects many ethnic varieties each year through his extensive travels. We offer the most unique, colorful and flavorful varieties. Our varieties can be found in many major gardens, including Disney World, the U.S. National, Chicago, New York, St. Louis Botanic Gardens, Monticello, Living History Farms, and Colonial Williamsburg, to name a few.
Baker Creek carries one of the largest selections of seeds from the 19th century, including many Asian and European varieties. Jere Gettle founded the company in 1998 as a tool to promote and preserve our agricultural and culinary heritage. Our varieties have been featured in Organic Gardening, Mother Earth News, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, and many others. Gardeners can request a free 124 page color catalog that now mails to nearly 250,000 gardeners nationally.
Over the past twelve years, Baker Creek has branched out into other related projects as well, including The Heirloom Gardener magazine, which is now in its seventh year of publication. Our festivals started in 2000 as an idea to bring gardeners, homesteaders and natural food enthusiasts together to exchange thoughts, seeds, listen to speakers and enjoy vendors, old-time music and much more. Out of these festivals has grown our pioneer village, Bakersville. Other projects include our trial gardens, seed collecting expeditions, our popular online forums [www.idigmygarden.com], garden photography which can be seen at www.gettle.org, and educational produce exhibits at places like Silver Dollar City, which have been seen by hundreds of thousands of guests. We also work extensively to supply free seeds to many of the world’s poorest countries, as well as here at home in school gardens and other educational projects. It is our goal to educate everyone about a better, safer food supply and fight gene-altered Frankenfood and the companies that support it.
Here are a couple of stories about our seed company.
You can contact us at:
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company
2278 Baker Creek Road
Mansfield, MO 65704
(417) 924-8917
www.rareseeds.com