Seed Catalogues

My favourite seed catalogue is Chiltern Seeds. Unfortunately since it is in England its not a lot of use now. Other than that you might try The Garden Shop https://www.thegardenshop.ie/seeds/ though I have not bought seeds from them. I have purchased other things and been entirely satisfied with them. I rather fancy the multicoloured Chard and Beetroot.

If you have someone in the uk you could ask them to receive them and forward them to you.

This is the comment on the Chiltern Seeds site

Unfortunately, we have stopped accepting orders from Northern Ireland and countries outside of the UK. Further clarity is needed regarding the situation post Brexit and should it become clear that we can send orders overseas again, rest assured we will!

and this is Suttons Seeds

Unfortunately like many companies in our industry we are currently only able to supply orders to UK based customers

and they are pretty typical, maybe there are some still posting seeds but I haven't found them.

Here are a few, all Irish

https://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com/

Lots of heritage and unusual varieties. Germination excellent in my experience. Very good value and all organic. And you’re supporting a great small Irish business.

https://irishseedsavers.ie/

Again the focus is on heritage varieties, with a concentration of Irish seeds. And again have germinated very well for me

https://shop.giy.ie/collections/seeds

GIY doesn’t need too much introduction. Small range of seeds, very good value and have always performed for me. Lovely shop/restauraunt and very interesting growing beds. If you are ever in Waterford it’s well worth a visit.

I’ve also got some wonderful seeds in the past in the on-site shop in The Organic Centre in Rossinver (Leitrim). Not sure whether they sell seeds online. You could phone them and ask. https://m.facebook.com/TheOrganicCentre/ and https://www.theorganiccentre.ie/

For more mainstream orders I’ve used https://www.mrmiddleton.com/vegetables/ and https://www.glanbiaconnect.com/search?text=Seeds in the past.

If last year is anything to go by, Brexit has been very bad for Irish gardeners because we can't use UK suppliers. I used Kings Seeds for years but they couldn't send last year and that remains the case today. I hoped it would have been worked out by now but looking around tonight I can only see UK websites that say they can't supply Ireland.

There are plenty of local suppliers but, purely based on last year's experience, they will struggle to meet demand. Spring 2021 was a mess as anybody who tried to use an Irish garden website will remember. Most either ran out of stock or completely shut down due to volume of orders. I might be being a bit dramatic but I am looking at ordering from the Netherlands this year.

Charles Dowding used to use these.

I assume he can't now

https://www.bingenheimersaatgut.de/en/organic-seeds/vegetables.html

I would advise ordering soon.

You never know how Covid will work in the next 6 months

Just buy one packet. It should be all you need for a lifetime’s supply !!

Lol, more likely like Fennel, once you have a plant you will always have a garden full of them. They seed like crazy!

Just watching a gardening YouTube video and the guy is on about buying seeds already for next season, surely it's too early yet? He's UK based so I don't know what their seed situation is with Brexit.

Finally ordered my seeds. A few from fruithill farms and most from green vegetable seeds. 150e spent.