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At Renee's Garden, I offer only non-GMO varieties that are very special for home gardeners, based on great flavor, easy culture and exceptional garden performance. This seed line is my personal selection of new, exciting and unusual seed choices of time-tested heirlooms, certified organic seeds, the best international hybrids and fine open-pollinated varieties.

I harvest and use the vegetables and herbs in my kitchen to choose the most delicious, and cut the flowers for bouquets to select the finest colors, forms and fragrances. Our varieties are tested and guaranteed for every major US climate zone.

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Our individually written packets offer beautiful watercolor portraits, with personally written descriptions, complete growing instructions, a quick-view planting chart, growing tips, harvesting information and cooking ideas. Inside you'll find superior quality seed – the top germinating, reliable seed lots usually reserved for specialty growers.

First and foremost, Renee’s Garden is a company run by gardeners, for gardeners. It is our way to spread the joy of gardening as a meaningful, productive and satisfying activity that connects us to each other and the earth.




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Our Trial Garden

We work hard to find good, sustainable and organic growers with the skill and expertise to grow the high-quality, high germinating seeds we know we can count on and our customers will be successful with. All our varieties are Renee's personal selections, chosen for excellence in flavor, color, ease of growing and garden performance for home gardeners.

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Seeds From Around the World

Renee's Garden seeds are selected from growers we know and trust in the USA, Holland, Italy, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Thailand, Japan, China and New Zealand. All our seeds are carefully trialed and evaluated in our test gardens in different climate zones.

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Safe Seed Pledge

Safe Seed Pledge
Safe Seed Pledge
Safe Seed Pledge
Safe Seed Pledge

Whether you plant our Certified Organic seeds or choose from our large range of conventionally produced seed varieties, you should know that supporting sustainable farming practices is an integral part of our mission at Renee’s Garden. We have signed the "Safe Seed Pledge" developed by The Council for Responsible Genetics; we do not sell chemically treated or genetically engineered seeds.

We have been committed organic gardeners for over 25 years, using strictly organic gardening practices with great success and satisfaction. Everyone at Renee’s Garden eats and enjoys the organic produce we grow in our trial gardens as a significant part of our diets. Our organic seeds are sourced from small USDA Certified Organic seed growers, family farms and cooperatives who meet our high standards for germination & purity. We offer a wide range of seeds that support pollinator health and well-being: just look for the pollinator friendly tags when browsing our catalog.

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Our Staff

Renee Shepherd

Founder

Renee Shepherd is widely regarded as a pioneering innovator in introducing international vegetables, flowers and herbs to home gardeners and gourmet restaurants. She founded Shepherd's Garden Seeds in 1985 (later selling the company) and established Renee's Garden to do what she likes best – searching out the very best seeds from around the world, testing them in her own gardens, cooking and developing recipes around their unique characteristics, and sharing them with other gardeners. Read more

Beverly Yates

Beverly Yates

Wholesale Marketing Manager

Beverly supports our wholesale sales team, building strong relationships with independent garden retailers, distributors and marketing partners. Her background as a Colorado Master Gardener and permaculture design instructor is a big asset!
Brian Montgomery

Brian Montgomery

National Sales Manager

Brian is responsible for all sales to our wholesale garden center and nursery customers, and he manages our in house sales staff to make sure our sales processes are efficient and customer serving.
Mimi Osborne

Mimi Osborne

Watercolor Artist

Mimi is a freelance botanical illustrator & talented watercolor & mixed media artist in San Francisco. She creates the watercolor variety portraits on the front of Renee’s Garden packets from the photos we take of them in the trial garden.
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Karen Bailey

Karen Bailey

Photographer

Karen is a plein-air and mixed media painter, musician and gardener. She is a signed, accomplished and skilled photographer. She takes photos of both new & existing varieties for our website & for our packet artist Mimi to paint from in creating packet fronts.

 

Beth Benjamin

Beth Benjamin

Horticultural Advisor

Beth worked with Renee back in her mail order days & was her original partner in starting Renee’s Garden. Beth shares both a lifetime of gardening expertise & expert knowledge of all our varieties, responding to customer questions and comments via email.
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Lindsay Del Carlo

Lindsay Del Carlo

Trial Garden Manager

Lindsay’s gardening & propagation background serve her well in managing our N. Ca. organic trial garden, growing about 325 varieties each season. She takes photos for social media, is our YouTube host, & contributes the monthly “Trial Garden” column in our e-newsletter.
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Cheri Brownfield

Cheri Brownfield

Accounting

Cheri expertly does all our bookkeeping & general accounting. She brings her extensive experience in working with small and medium-size businesses to work closely with customers & carefully keep our financial house in order.

 

Sarah Renfro

Sarah Renfro

General Manager

Sarah maintains the smooth operation of our business, spearheads communication between our warehouse & sales offices, coordinates budgeting and planning processes & generally makes sure our business is running smoothly and efficiently. Sarah is Renee’s niece.

Our Warehouse Crew

Our Warehouse Crew

Boulder, CO

The hardworking team that packs, fills and ships orders everyday!

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