{"id":44,"date":"2024-02-13T06:06:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T06:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-04-17T01:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:51:12","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heirloom Seed Sanctuary &#8211; Welcome to Heritage Hobby Seed Ark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Heritage-Hobby-Seed-Ark-Heirloom-seeds-grown-in-Sudbury-Ontario-Open-pollinated-organic-biodiversity-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Heritage Hobby Seed Ark Rare and endangered Heirloom Seeds grown in Sudbury Ontario Canada\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Heritage-Hobby-Seed-Ark-Heirloom-seeds-grown-in-Sudbury-Ontario-Open-pollinated-organic-biodiversity-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Heritage-Hobby-Seed-Ark-Heirloom-seeds-grown-in-Sudbury-Ontario-Open-pollinated-organic-biodiversity-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Heritage-Hobby-Seed-Ark-Heirloom-seeds-grown-in-Sudbury-Ontario-Open-pollinated-organic-biodiversity-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Heritage-Hobby-Seed-Ark-Heirloom-seeds-grown-in-Sudbury-Ontario-Open-pollinated-organic-biodiversity-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Heritage-Hobby-Seed-Ark-Heirloom-seeds-grown-in-Sudbury-Ontario-Open-pollinated-organic-biodiversity.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Northern Ontario Grown <\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-2-color\">Rare Heritage &amp; Heirloom Seed<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Over<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\"><em> <strong>1, 800 Varieties <\/strong>&#8211; All grown by me in Sudbury, Ontario!<\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-8e96b14865da18f4d22f88b845e3a09b\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-2846\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3357-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>    200 New Varieties for 2026   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-2845\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Orders Without Payment Are Deleted Within 24 Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-bd5182bc3c4b85a3d9948a5114d7b73b\"><strong>ORDERS<\/strong> <strong>PROCESSED<\/strong> <strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">IN APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-65d208ee2d6c4ce7d80da27adaa10309\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">On this website are some of the rarest heirloom seed varieties in Canada.<\/mark> I&#8217;m a small boutique preserving rare seeds from around the world that will grow well in Northern Ontario.  I do my best to grow things which are not offered elsewhere. As a small specialty shop, the amount of seeds I have of each variety is limited but every year I add a lot of new genetic material.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b69430c2d1f09f1d9bdbc1402b9c8a09\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-8-color\">I do all the growing, harvesting, winnowing and seed order processing myself, without outside help. I am usually able to process orders quite quickly but as the website gets busier each year it can take me time to get through very large orders or the height of seed order season. I do my best to mail things out as quickly as possible. <\/mark> I use only hand &amp; wind power to clean my seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>Please know that due to the nature of open pollinated heirlooms and bees that visit my gardens, I cannot guarantee the absence of crossings. While it isn&#8217;t common, it&#8217;s entirely possible that the bees could travel from one plant to another  &#8211; even with isolation distance &#8211; and cause cross pollination. I do my best as a heritage seed saver, but these things happen in a pollinator friendly garden. <\/em><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Bean Seed Packs $5.00<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Most Others: $4.50<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:var(--ast-global-color-5)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\"><strong><em>Shipping  <\/em><\/strong><\/mark><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">$8.00 Flat Rate<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\"><em>Shipping for 10 packs of bean seeds or more: $15.00<\/em><\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\"><em><strong>Number of Seeds Per Packet<\/strong>:  <\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\"><strong>Pole Beans &amp; Semi-Runners: 20 &#8211; 25 Seeds<\/strong>, <strong>15 for large seeded varieties.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Bush Beans: 20 Seeds, 15 for large seeded varieties.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Peas: 25, large seeded pea varieties will have 20.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Extra Large Beans: Favas, Runner Beans: 8<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Tomatoes: 25-50 Seeds <\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Peppers: 25-30 Seeds<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\">Most of the remaining seed types &#8211; fruits, lettuce, corn and so forth, I give a generous portion of s<\/mark><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-7-color\"><strong>eeds.<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>*FOR THE BEST CLARITY OF IMAGE CLICK ON THE SEED VARIETY, AND THEN ON THE PHOTO IN THE DESCRIPTION. <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/heritagehobbyseed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Heritage-Hobby-Seed-Ark-Heirloom-Endangered-Seeds-grown-in-Sudbury-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Heritage Hobby Seed Ark. 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