BotanyCa Shop reopening – fall 2022
The Seeds Shop is open!
It has been a very dry, tough summer in SW Ontario; also in other regions weather has been very capricious this year, to say the least. The seed set has been affected in general, not only in the wild areas, but also in the gardens.
We remain committed to only collecting a small quantity of seeds from the wild areas, and only from well-established populations. Therefore, more than ever we have to be less wasteful and learn to make due with less, including seeds speaking.
BotanyCa operates as a seeds provider for the hobby gardeners and specialized nurseries.
With regret, we cannot provide large quantities of seeds for naturalizations or other large scale garden projects.
From the beginning, the desire and goal of this business was for regular gardeners to have access to native species not commonly offered by other sources in Canada (or offered as DOD); and also to non-native, more unusual species which come at a high price as plants and are best grown from seeds.
With this in mind, species with limited seeds in stock can only be ordered as 1 pck./person like in previous years. Also, all the other species, at least for the beginning of the season, can be purchased in max. 2 pck. /person.
There are enough seeds in 1-2 pck. of seeds not only to grow enough seedlings for an average garden, but also, in most cases, to share them with friends!
Direct access to various plant categories
This being said, I extend again many thanks to all those who continue to make the effort of growing plants from seeds and provide a refuge in their gardens to various species, some of which are only grown by specialized nurseries (the dwindling number of them), or not at all.
Many thanks as well to those few who generously contribute with seeds, enriching our offerings.
I would be happy to hear from other knowledgeable people willing to collect seeds of native species, especially from other provinces than ON (Contact form).
The real reward of a small scale seeds business is actually seeing more people trying to grow plants from seeds. Propagation by seeds will always help the conservation of biodiversity, not only of plant species, but all other life forms with which they are tightly interconnected; for this reason we have to persevere.
It is a continuous learning process and an experience like no other.
Thank you again. To the seeds and sowing!
