Robins get all the credit for being a first sign of spring, but that’s not entirely true. For gardeners, a seed catalog arriving in the mailbox is the first proof that spring is on its way. Seed ...

If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December and early January, so the seed catalogs we’ve gathered here are hot ...

January is the time to snuggle up indoors where its warm and flip through the seed catalogs that have been filling your mailbox this month. The beautiful photos and hundreds of varieties can set you ...

DENVER — It can take weeks to get your seed orders together for the coming spring and summer months, but all that planning can be a good distraction from the bitter cold of winter. Seed catalogs are ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. It's no wonder that gardeners love the first few ...

It’s always fun when garden catalogs arrive in the mail. Mine generally start to arrive in December and continue through February. In the evening when things slow down, you will find me drooling over ...

DENVER — My favorite part about collecting my mail is the arrival of seed catalogs. They've been an important of American life for over a century. While garden centers and nurseries offer a wide array ...

In the middle of the unforgiving Canadian winter, there’s one thing that brings me spring-like cheer: seed catalogs. I’ve been a seed catalog enthusiast for as long as I can remember. As a child ...

In an old French gardening book, the author describes the winter ordering of seeds for the new year’s garden. “We wait until the children are in bed. We must choose wisely because if the children were ...

Whoever said “hope springs eternal in the human breast” must have been talking about the mail-order plant business. On dreary winter days we all love browsing through mail order plant and seed ...

I hate to be the one to give you bad news, but some seed companies are already running out of seeds. Don’t panic: there are, in fact, plenty of seeds out there. And if one company doesn’t have your ...