Yes, indeed we do! We have a full lineup of USDA Certified Organic seeds, sourced from seed producers both large and small. Organics are clearly identified when you look at our catalog at: reneesgarden.com/collections/certified-organic

Yes, if they have been stored in a cool dry place in your house. Humidity and heat are the worst enemies of preserving seed germination (don’t keep seeds in the garage or garden shed where extremes of temperature really will affect them!). Just sow the seeds a little thicker than you would if the seeds were fresh.

Find your USDA zone here. Our perennial seed packet backs all state the USDA zone where that particular plant can survive.

All of the vegetables we offer, as well as annual flowers and herbs can be grown throughout the US and Canada if planted at the proper time. This is because all annual flowers and herbs and most common garden vegetables are annual plants which grow and produce in one season.

Without knowing more about your location and climate, it's difficult to assess what went wrong. Typically germination issues are related to: planting too early when outdoor temperatures are too cold or, conversely, planting when temperatures are too hot; planting too deep; improper soil conditions or watering issues, especially with seeds started indoors.

If you would like horticultural assistance with seeds you have purchased from Renee’s Garden, we are glad to help!
Just use our contact form to tell us the specifics of which variety you bought and be sure to include: the lot # on the bottom back of the packet and the details of when and where you sowed the seed. If relevant, include a cell phone. Our horticultural advisor is very familiar with all our varieties and has extensive experience in growing them. She will respond promptly via email.

Please know that we stand behind the quality of our seeds, and write careful and detailed growing instructions on the back of every packet based on our own growing experience which most customers find very helpful. If you write to us for horticultural assistance, we will try to figure out what went wrong for you; we will replace or refund for disappointment of any sort, but we like to try and help sort it out first. That said, we do careful germination tests when we packet our seeds, but occasionally something can happen during shipping.

Please review our Gardening 101 section to see if your question is answered in one of our articles which cover topics that have been asked by other gardeners. You will find complete, detailed planting and growing instructions on all our packets online (click on each variety and scroll down), based on our own growing experiences in our east and west trial gardens.

If you have purchased our seeds, and have a specific horticultural question, please use our contact form. Include the packed for date and lot # found on the bottom of packet back; and a photo if relevant. Tell us where you live and when you purchased the seeds. Our horticultural advisor will get back to you via email as soon as possible.

Thank you for your interest in coming to see our trial garden. Unfortunately, the gardens are located in a residential area with extremely limited parking and we are not able to host visitors or give tours. However, we can heartily recommend the excellent self-guided tour you can take at the nearby University of California, Santa Cruz's Farm and Garden Project, where you can enjoy 4 acres of French intensive, raised beds of vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit trees that have been organically grown there for 50 years. We donate quite a few of our seeds to these gardens every season, so you will see a lot of our varieties as well!

Please contact us and provide your ZIP code and we will look up retailers in your area. If your favorite garden retailer doesn’t currently carry our seeds, we would very much appreciate a referral!