Learn – heirloom – The Diggers Club

What are Heirloom Seeds

We oppose genetically engineered seeds and fight all attempts to own or destroy our garden inheritance of open-pollinated heirloom seeds.

Become a seed sponsor and help Diggers preserve heirloom seeds for gardeners of the future, so they can enjoy the best of the past.

Growing heirlooms connects us all to an age-old community of gardeners and farmers.

The genetic diversity of heirloom plants is crucial to maintaining genetic diversity of the world’s food crops.

"A seed has everything it needs to form a new plant."

Why first-hand trialling and testing our vegetable and flower seed varieties is an important part of the Diggers practice.

Marcus Ryan explains why fruit doesn't taste as good as it used to.

Clive Blazey explains how almost all the vegetables we eat today were available before 1900.

Many of our open-pollinated heirloom varieties are produced at the Diggers Seed Production Area on the site of the Diggers Preservation Garden.