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Twining Vine Gardens
Our little patch of Eden is constantly evolving to include a greater diversity of native plants as well as rare and hard to find species and varieties from around the world. Our selection is slowly growing to include heirloom tomatoes, magnolias and peonies.

The Volunteer Seed Collectors' Seed Store
An intrepid group of volunteers have worked for almost twenty years to develop their program of seed collecting, and now they make their first tentative steps into the world wide web with their seed store - where now you can find seed for many rare and unusual plants.

Other Seed Sources Links to a number of seed sources

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An intrepid group of volunteers at VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, BC, Canada have worked for more than twenty-two years to develop their program of seed collecting, and now they offer their seed on the Web - where you can find many rare and unusual varieties.

Twining Vine Seed Store

Our little patch of Eden is constantly evolving to include a greater diversity of native plants as well as rare and hard to find species and varieties from around the world. Our selection is slowly growing to include heirloom tomatoes, magnolias and peonies.

Feature Articles

Louis van Houtte

Born in 1810 Belgium, Louis van Houtte was to become one of that nation's greatest plant explorers and nurserymen. A biographical sketch newly translated by Judith M. Taylor from the 1911 original. More...

Davidia involucrata - The Dove Tree

'To my mind Davidia involucrata is at once the most interesting and beautiful of all trees of the north-temperate flora….

Hers' Juliana Lilac Hers' Juliana Lilac

The International Registrar of Lilacs, Freek Vrugtman, discuses his search for the legendary lilac discovered by Joseph Hers in China almost 100 years ago.

Explorers, the Scottish Plant Hunters' Garden

Nick Dawson writes about establishing the new Scottish Plant Collectors' Garden in Pitlochry, Scotland.

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