Heirloom seed vault

The last seed you'll ever need to buy.

35 open-pollinated heirloom varieties and 16,000+ seeds, sealed for ten years. Save seed from your own harvest and it comes back true, every season after.

  • 16,000+ seeds across 35 garden varieties
  • Open-pollinated, non-hybrid, non-GMO
  • Sealed airtight for long-term storage
  • Radishes and lettuce picking inside 30 days
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From, per kit
$40.00
100% heirloom, non-GMO16,000+ seeds10-year storage60-day refund
The heirloom seed vault pouch on a potting bench with a basket of fresh heirloom vegetables
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100% heirloom, open-pollinated seed
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Every packet labeled with depth, spacing and days to harvest
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Airtight, moisture-resistant packaging
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60-day money back guarantee

Why the seed you saved last year didn't come back

Most seed on the rack is hybrid. It grows well once - and that is all it is bred to do.

Hybrid seed comes apart

Save the seed off a hybrid plant and sow it, and the traits that held together in year one segregate. Plants come up stunted and uneven, and a good share never comes up at all. Growers call it F2 breakdown.

So you buy it again

Forty to a hundred and twenty dollars of packets, every spring, for as long as you keep a garden - because the seed you grow can't be replanted.

And the kits are random

Big-box seed kits throw in whatever is cheapest, with vague instructions and packets that never germinate. You can't build a garden on that.

The seed vault pouch with seed envelopes and heirloom seeds laid out on linen
The seed vault

Gardens Vault Heirloom Seed Vault Kit - 35 Varieties, 16,000+ Non-GMO Seeds

★★★★★

Rated 4.8 out of 5 by verified buyers

A full family garden in one sealed kit - tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash, lettuces, herbs and more - with seed left over to store.

  • 35 resealable packets, 30 crops
  • Grows in beds, containers, window boxes and trays
  • Save your own seed and replant it next season
  • Buy 2, get a 3rd kit free
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$40.00

Plant once. Save. Replant.

Open-pollinated seed is a one-time purchase. Your garden grows the resupply.

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Plant what suits your season

Pick from 35 varieties for your frost-free window. Every packet prints planting depth, spacing, sun and days to harvest.

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Harvest in about a month

Radishes and leaf lettuce are picking inside 30 days. Tomatoes, peppers and squash follow through the season.

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Save the best, replant forever

Keep seed from your healthiest plants. Because every variety is open-pollinated, what you save is what you sow - next year and every year after.

Wherever you have soil and sun

A backyard, a raised bed, a balcony or a sunny windowsill - the packets tell you depth, spacing and days to harvest.

Balconies and containers Balconies and containers Tomatoes, herbs and lettuce in pots - no backyard needed.
Seed trays Seed trays Start tomatoes and peppers early on a windowsill, then plant out after frost.
Straight into the row Straight into the row Beans, radishes, carrots and greens go directly into the ground.
Up the trellis Up the trellis Cucumbers and squash climb and keep producing all summer.

Rack seed vs the vault

Both grow a crop in year one. Only one of them grows the next year's seed.

  Gardens Vault Rack seed
Good crop in year one ✓ ✓
Save the seed and it comes back true ✓ ✗
Free resupply from your own harvest ✓ ✗
Open-pollinated, non-hybrid, non-GMO ✓ ✗
Sealed for long-term storage ✓ ✗
A seed line you can hand down ✓ ✗

From gardeners who stopped buying seed every spring

What customers tell us.

From the garden
★★★★★

For years I tried keeping my grandmother's garden going with hardware-store seed and could never save seed that came back. First season with this kit everything grew the way I remembered. Second season I replanted entirely from my own saved seed.

Michael K., verified customer
From the garden
★★★★★

I've wasted a lot of money on big-box seed kits. This is completely different - the varieties make sense for cooking, every packet is clearly labeled, and germination has been outstanding. I'm replanting saved tomatoes and cucumbers this spring.

Jessie L., verified customer
From the garden
★★★★★

We run a small homestead and saved seed from our healthiest plants last season - replanted this year with zero drop in quality. We've since bought three more kits: my parents, my sister's family, and one for storage.

Daniel H., verified customer
60Days

Sixty days. Count the rows.

Open it, pull three packets, sow a short test bed and count the rows on day eight. If it doesn't satisfy you, email us for a full refund.

Questions people ask before they plant

Will these grow where I live?

Yes. Garden vegetables go in after your last frost and come out before your first, so what matters is your frost-free window, not your hardiness zone. Every packet carries its days to harvest so you can plan around your season.

I've never grown anything. Is it beginner-friendly?

It's built on the assumption you haven't. Instructions are printed on every packet, and radishes and leaf lettuce are picking inside 30 days, so you get a result fast.

How long can it sit before I plant it?

The packets are sealed airtight and moisture-resistant. Store the kit somewhere cool and dry and plant this spring or keep it in reserve for years.

How many seeds and varieties are in it?

16,000+ seeds across 35 varieties covering 30 crops - three lettuces, two tomatoes, two radishes and two beans are why 30 crops make 35 packets.

What if nothing comes up?

You have 60 days. Sow a short test bed and count the rows on day eight. If it doesn't satisfy you, email us for a full refund.

Plant this spring, or shelve it for ten years

35 varieties, 16,000+ seeds, sealed airtight - and every seed you save comes back true.

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