Catalog Review: Park Seed Co.

Park Seed Co. remains one of the oldest and widely-respected seed companies in the business.

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Founded in 1868 , Park Seed Company is celebrating 144 years in the horticulture and growing business . One of the home epithet in seed suppliers , Park Seed offers hundreds of flower , ornamental , herbaceous plant , fruit , Charles Edward Berry , plant , and of trend vegetable germ and plants in their printed and online catalogs .

“ Park ’s Picks ” starts the catalog off , with many of their recommended flower and veg variety . The Bio - Dome is their hallmark cum take off outfit and one of their best - selling products . You are then led into an telling selection of herb . As with other seed company , Park offer germ “ collections ” which save you money .

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Making up the majority of their seeded player catalog , Park offers an absolutely awe-inspiring and beautiful choice of flowers and ornamentals , both annual and repeated . You could spend a lifetime try even most of what they offer .

Gear … ya mother ta have gear ! And Park ’s has it . From seed embark on supply , tools , containers , works food , plague ascendancy ; even greenhouses and dusty skeletal frame , Park does n’t let down .

You finally reach their vegetable seed section . Again , an telling natural selection , with icon indicating new , organic and All America excerpt . Rounding out this perfect catalog are their fruit and berry selections .

From a graphic and layout viewpoint , the catalog is top - notch , with a clean design and well-situated to follow data format . The selections are in a grid data formatting , with photos on the exterior of the page and replicate in the center . Photos are all top quality and are clearly identified . Item name , numbers and prices are in bold eccentric for light ordering .

permit me to share a personal news report . Park Seed is n’t just one of my garden supply companionship … they hold a very inspirational memory of my younker . When I was in junior gamy , living in Goldsboro , North Carolina , my vegetable gardening rage was just starting to grow ( pun intended ) . Park Seed was the primary source for my seeds at the time . I could n’t wait for those gilt packets to arrive !

One year on a Spring break , my ma and I decide to inflict their corporate HQ and trial gardens in Greenwood , South Carolina . Being just a few hours ’ campaign , we come down for a weekend sojourn . A small-scale , yethugedetail quickly countenance the air out of our excitement . The readiness was closed on weekends ( oops ! ) . This was obviously devastating to me being a young lad ( not to mentionembarrassing ) .

Upon returning to the hotel , my mommy did n’t want to give up so straightaway . She launch the Greenwood earpiece Bible ( remember those ? ) , which was only about a quartern of an column inch compact . There she detect a itemisation for none other than George W. Park himself , the company ’s current president . With a stroke of luck ( or fortune ) , she called the issue and heanswered .

She told him the report of our head trip and our inauspicious discovery . He responded , “ I ’m going to church in the morning . Meet me there at the chief entrance around 10 - 10:30 . ” He met us there and proceeded to give us apersonal privatetour of the entire facility ! As you may imagine , I was in garden heaven . The tour of duty end in the natural endowment shop , where he give me a complimentary t - shirt and coffee mug off the shelf . I no longer have the shirt ( I could n’t meet into it now anyway ) , but I still have the coffee mug . That experience not only remains a symbol of their commitment to client appreciation , but is my most special childhood horticulture storage .

Thanks for allowing me to partake in that off - the - open part of this catalogue followup . you could reach Park Seed Co. online atwww.parkseed.com .

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