Kitchen Garden

A WORLD IN SEED

Callaloo from Asia, turnips from Finland and peppers from Italy are just a few of the rare vegetables being saved and shared by horticultural charity Garden Organic.

For the last 40 years Garden Organic has been growing uncommon and unusual varieties of vegetables, through its Heritage Seed Library, with the sole purpose of saving endangered seeds for future generations.

A team of volunteer ‘seed guardians’ from across the UK work

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