The Sample Seed Shop

For those of you that are local, I will be having a plant sale on Sat. May 26th, 9-4. Heirloom tomatoes, perennials, etc will be available. Email SampleSeeds@yahoo.com if you need more info.
Hope to see you there!
Remy

iPads (definitely)and iMacs (maybe) seem to be loosing orders i.e. you put 10 things in your cart, and then your cart goes poof! We can not fix the problem The cart pages are controlled by PayPal and not us. We have contacted PayPal. They so far have not figured out the problem. Don’t keep trying to make an order over and over. If it isn’t working for you, it isn’t working. So either wait until you can use a computer (Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome as a browser works best,) or copy and paste your items to an email (I know PITA) and we will bill you the appropriate charge.

Thank you for your patience! We appreciate your business.

You may be new to this site and wondering if it is a legitimate place to order from.
Here are links to sites where customers have spoken:

Because of your great reviews we have been in the Garden Watchdog top 5 for Perennial Seed and Tomato Seed for 2 years, and we are now in the Watchdog 30 list of best companies overall at the Garden Watchdog!

THANK YOU to those of you who have taken the time to write reviews! Your voices help keep cost low because less is spent on advertising.

Hi All,
I’m happy to offer you sample size, quality seed at an inexpensive price. Even at such good prices, you will get bonus seeds with your order! And you might notice some of my sample sizes contain more seed or the same amount of seeds in packets at other sites.
How is that being done?
~The seed packets are not fancy printed ones, just great seed in simple packets. The internet has such a wealth of knowledge about any plant you wish to grow; everything is a Google search away. If a search doesn’t help, I’m here to answer your questions too.
~There is no paper catalog. I know some people like to peruse a paper catalog at their leisure. I’ve found the site does print nicely, so you can make your own catalog.
~I work on this web site myself. All photos are taken by me unless otherwise noted. (All photos taken by me, be they good or bad, are my property. You can not use them without my permission.)
~My office is in my home, so there is less overhead cost.

I hope you find some interesting new seeds for your garden on this site. Please know that varieties will change throughout the growing season, so check back again soon.

Thank You for choosing The Sample Seed Shop!

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Thank you!

The festival kicks off this weekend. There will be happenings all summer. Click Here to see the National Garden Festival web site. Part of the festivities will include the Ken-Ton Gardens Tour which I will be a participating in. This will occur Sat. July 23 and Sun. July 24. The information is on the Tonawanda web site, Click Here. When it is closer to the date, where you can pick up maps will be made available.
My garden is not some grand garden worthy of a trip, but the whole day of checking out gardens would be fun. If you’re in the area, stop by and say hi! The following weekend is the big shebang, the Buffalo Garden tours with over 350 gardens to chose from.

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who came to visit!

For those of you in the western NY area, I will be teaching a seed starting class at Niagara Wheatfield on Monday March 7, 2011. It will include seeds to take home. For more info please check out the PDF brochure by Clicking Here.
Hope to see you there!
UPDATE: The class was a success. Thank you to those of you attended. I hope you have great success with your seeds and garden this year!

A little inspiration for those of you who have never attempted this before. Photos are from today. I need to start working on separating all my babies.
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The Seed Swap Day and the winter sowing class was a great success! I think a lot of gardeners got inspired to plant seeds.
I was interviewed about it the week before it happened on a radio program in Rochester called Naturally Green with Michael Warren Thomas. If you would like to hear the interview please Click Here.

For those of you near the Rochester, NY area, I will be teaching a class on winter sowing for the Rochester Civic Garden Center. This event is scheduled for Saturday, January 30, 2010, 9:45 am-12:30 pm. I’m looking forward to this!
Remy

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I got thinking about things I want to ensure as I start this business, things I want to promise myself as well as the customer.

• Great Customer Service~ I want to make sure all email inquiries are answered promptly. I think within 24 hours, less if possible, should be the standard practice. If for some reason I will be away, and no one else can answer emails, make sure it is visibly announced on the web site.
• Have Seeds offered In Stock~ If for some reason a run on a variety happens like a mention in a magazine article, take care of the problem quickly. I don’t want anyone disappointed in the seed being out of stock after ordering. They should be contacted immediately and offered a solution
• Customer Information (phone numbers, email, and addresses)~ I promise to only use them for contacting the customer about orders. I will never give them out to other companies. I can’t stand telemarketers and spam mailers!
• Viable seed~ I will send seed of excellent quality. Seeds that are harder to germinate, needing special conditions or a long wait period, will be listed as such. I don’t want to disappoint the novice gardener.
• Low Prices~ I will do my best to keep prices reasonable, down right cheap if possible. I think some seeds are way over priced. When I see some of the stuff for sale elsewhere, I can not believe people are paying those prices.
• No False Claims of Rarity~ I promise to never state something is rare if it isn’t. Sometimes plants are unusual or not found at the popular seed outlets, but that makes it uncommon or hard to find, not rare. If I’m the only business selling the seed in the USA, then it might be rare.
• No False Claims of Plant Virtues~ I promises to give accurate plant descriptions. I may like certain varieties and think they are great, but they are not the BEST EVER! or TOTALLY DISEASE FREE! or what ever silly claim you might read elsewhere. I also promise to never use a color enhance photo. BEWARE OF PLACES THAT DO THIS.
• No Making New Names Up or Histories for Varieties~ Unfortunately there are catalogs out there that like to rename plants and/or give some story that is totally untrue to help drum up sales. I promise the names and histories I write to be as accurate as possible.
• Religion ~ No using biblical references to get you to buy seeds. BEWARE OF PLACES THAT DO THIS. They may be good people, but there are and have been many places that do this that are scammers. Please check the GardenWatchdog before ordering.
• No Stealing Photos~I would rather go without a photo and have poorer sales than steal some unsuspecting gardener’s pic. It is happening much too often unfortunately. Which reminds me… All photos on this site, be they good or bad, are taken by me unless stated otherwise. You can not use them without my permission.

I’ve probably forgotten a thing or two. Any suggestions of things you hope I do, or hope I never do, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! The more you say now, the better for everyone. You can leave a comment or send an email to sampleseeds@yahoo.com

Figuring I should put a face on this web site for people to know me, here it is. The photo is of my SIL(cactus) and me(butterfly) last year at Plantasia, WNY’s garden show.

You should never feel too old to have fun and be silly!