Roguelands
Seeds Company
Operating out of the beautiful Rogue Valley of Southwest Oregon, Roguelands Seeds Company was established in the year 2000 starting on Ebay.com through the sale of exclusive rare tomato seeds to interested gardeners. Due to our success on Ebay, in 2001 Roguelands Seeds Company became a growing part time seed business, only to further blossom into a full-fledged heirloom vegetable seeds company under the name of Anioleka Seeds Company. By June of 2004, then operating from Aberdeen, Scotland, we entered the global market by launching a second office back in the United States, only to later re-combine both offices together again in Oregon in June of 2005. As our family is not only native to the Rogue Valley, but has lived in the same general neighborhood for over five generations, we felt it fitting to return the company back to our own place of origin. That same month, to honor our past and home, we changed the name of our company from Anioleka Seeds Company to Roguelands Seed Company. During the early 1920's, our ancestor, the late Franz Schutzwohl came to Oregon's Rogue Valley by way from Bohemia and settled a 40 acre homestead where he later grew vegetables for market use (just as his father, Karl Schutzwohl, had in Bohemia years earlier). During the Great Depression, our ancestor provided most locals with their only source for fresh vegetables during those troubling times, established the first 4-H club in our area, started the local school hot lunch program and founded the Josephine Grower's Co-operative (now known as the Grants Pass Grange Co-op which was recently moved back to near the old homestead on Schutzwohl Lane, which is named for our forebear. The Grants Pass Daily Courier ran a nice story to mark the historical significance of the move and interviewed a few members of the family for the article). He also bred the most amazing Jersey Cattle, maintaining the top Jersey herd in the United States Department of Agricultural HIR tests for over 25 years. During the 1950's he was listed in the book "The Who's Who of Oregon State" due to his many accomplishments. The name of his farm and bloodline of cattle was known as Roguelands, the source of our company name. Today, our Oregon seeds office is located less than one half of a mile from where all this took place over 80 years ago! Some day, we hope to relocate our seed operation back to the original homestead property, which we hope our customers can help us to accomplish through their continued loyalty. In 2005, we expanded our existing inventory of vegetable seed to also include herb seeds and flower seeds. Later this year, we will also be adding an extensive selection of bulk vegetable seed for our professional customers. In the future, we hope to one day also have our seed available in fine garden centers, feedstores and all other fine places that seed is sold worldwide! Come grow with us!
Our Seeds We take our seeds seriously and the greatest care goes into the production, packaging and shipping of our seeds. Currently, all of our seeds are packaged in re-sealable polythene bags with paper labels noting the variety, though we are hoping to upgrade into more advanced packaging in the near future. All of the seed we offer is 100% open pollinated, meaning that it is purebred seed and is the exact opposite of hybrid seeds in that it will reproduce purebred seed which can be saved year after year. In addition to collecting our own seeds, due to the constraints of space, staff, funding and time, we also procure seed from select industry sources so that we are able to offer a more complete inventory to our customers. The greatest absolute attention is paid to the quality, freshness and purity of the seed we offer to our customers. Just as when we started, we still select all of our seed by hand and take great care to discard deformed or damaged seed from our packets. We do at most times of the year have access to an extensive selection of not only bulk tomato seeds, but also bulk and wholesale vegetable seeds, bulk herb seeds and bulk quantities of flower seeds of many types. Due to the fact that bulk tomato seed can be literally "here today, gone tommorrow", we are not currently listing bulk tomato seeds or other bulk seeds on the site in a shopping cart format due to the fact that some seed is very limited in quantities. With this in mind, bulk is often available for almost every type of seed we have on the site and the method to secure the seed is to simply request a quote via e-mail. Please be sure to include your location. There is often a two to four week lead time on all bulk seed orders. Please read an additional note on bulk seeds here prior to requesting a quote. At Roguelands Seeds Company, we cater to a broad range of customers. While most of our customers are backyard garden enthusiasts, we can also count many small market growers, farmers and seed companies amongst our customers, as well as corporations working in the seed and food industry. Distribution of Seeds Currently, we are seeking partners for the retail distribution of our seeds and can offer very competetive terms for potential distributors. If you own a garden center, feedstore, store or even a website and would like to stock our seeds for your customers, please do not hesitate to contact us! As well, if you are a fan of our seeds and would like to buy our seed from your local seed seller, please ask them to contact us about stocking our seeds! An information packet is available for customers to hand out to local seed sellers on request. Regarding Charities We do on many ocassions often give excess quantities of seeds to charities of all types, which in the past has included seed for school science projects, for research at universities, seeds for public garden projects, seeds for third world food and farming programs and ocassionally also to individuals who are very much down on their luck, but brave enough to ask. If you are a representative of a charity (it need not be tax deductable) and are seeking seed for a project, please do not hesitate to contact us about your needs. We guarentee all the individual small seed packets listed in our catalogues to the extent of the purchase price at the time of sale. Though seed is a "live product" and there are many factors which can come into play, if you are ever dis-satisfied with the germination of our seeds, we will gladly refund your money with no questions asked (or) provide a replacement (or) issue you a store credit equaling the same value of your purchase in question, anytime within one year of the purchase date at our discretion. This guarrantee is non-transferable to other parties and does not apply to bulk seeds or seed in customized packets. (see below) Any recommendations we make in our catalogue or list upon our website(s) are compiled from recognized horticultural resources available to us. Though the greatest care is taken to provide sound advice on gardening, Roguelands Seeds Company is not responsible for any damages caused by any recommendations or advice given by staff members of Roguelands Vegetable Seed Company. Any references to the medicinal properties or poisonous properties of certain seeds or plants is intended for historical and informational purposes only and in no way should be construed as being a prescription for medical ailments or other uses. The plant variety descriptions
listed in our catalogue and website(s) are prepared from personal observations
and research from available reliable sources. Any illustrated examples
of plant varieties have been grown under favourable conditions with expert
care, but do not necessarily predict what can be expected under other conditions
in different hands. Variations from the colors that appear in photographs
can sometimes be expected, which can result not only from computer display
and printing differences, but also differences in soil and climate. Though
we do our best to properly depict and describe varieties, your results
may vary based on your climate, soil, location, growing methods, time of
harvest and other factors. With this in mind, photos and descriptions are
meant as a general guideline only and some variation can be expected.
In placing an order, you agree that you understand the above terms. Planting Lists To see what is coming in
the future, please visit our planting lists.
Roguelands Seeds Company
maintains the following for your perusal:
Seeds - In General: www.tomato-seeds.com
Vegetable
Seeds UK Mail Order Form
Heirloom
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OP Tomato Seeds & Heirloom Tomato Seeds OP Pepper Seeds & Heirloom Pepper Seeds
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