When it comes to gardening, few activities are more grounding and rewarding than planting seeds and watching something grow from almost impossibly small beginnings. It is also a very economical way to grow a greater range of flowers and produce – including some of the more unique and diverse plants like heirloom or heritage varieties.
To put it simply, growing from seeds is far cheaper than buying plugs or ready-grown plants, and it’s a much more rewarding way to fill your garden with flowers and produce. With so many different varieties of seeds available you are also guaranteed plenty of choice, allowing you to be creative when deciding what to grow in your space. For example, there are over 10,000 varieties of tomato grown around the world for consumption, all differing in taste, colour and size. These varieties have been developed by gardeners over the centuries and adapted to a country’s individual microclimate. The same has been done with other vegetables and of course flowers, giving the grower the strongest, healthiest and
