Irish Garden Seeds for Cool, Temperate Gardens
Growing heritage peas in our hillside garden in North Wexford.
Open-Pollinated & Heritage Seeds Grown & Saved for Cool, Temperate Gardens
At Fat Tomato, we grow and save Irish garden seeds in our tiny hillside edible garden in North Wexford, Ireland. Our seeds are chosen for flavour, resilience, and how well they perform in cool, temperate climates - the kind of gardens found across Ireland and much of Northern and Western Europe.
Every variety we offer is open-pollinated and chemical-free, grown slowly and carefully observed throughout the season. We save seed only from healthy, flavourful plants that thrive in real gardens - not trial plots or heated glasshouses designed for scale.
These are seeds for people who care about how food tastes, where it comes from, and how it’s grown.
Why Choose Irish Garden Seeds?
Growing conditions in Ireland are challenging but rewarding. Cool summers, changeable weather, high humidity, and short growing windows demand varieties that are adaptable, robust, and worth the effort.
We select and save seeds that:
Perform reliably in cool, temperate gardens,
Suit polytunnels, greenhouses, raised beds, allotments, small patios and pots
Are grown for flavour first, not yield alone
Can be saved and grown again year after year
Because our seeds are grown and selected in Irish conditions, they are naturally suited to similar climates across Europe - from coastal regions to northern gardens where summers are mild and seasons matter.
Lilywhite seakale - a rare and beautiful perennial vegetable with deep roots in Ireland’s coastal food culture
Open-Pollinated Seeds, Grown with Care
All of our garden seeds are open-pollinated, meaning they grow true to type and can be saved by the home gardener. This matters to us.
Many of the varieties we grow are heritage or heirloom types, selected not for uniformity or yield, but for flavour, resilience.
Open-pollinated seeds:
Support biodiversity
Preserve flavour and heritage varieties
Give growers independence from seed companies
Encourage a deeper connection between the grower and the plant
We grow to strict organic standards, without synthetic chemicals, and work closely with the rhythms of the land. Seed saving is done carefully, in small batches, and only when conditions are right - which means availability is always limited and seasonal.
Seeds for Flavour
As cooks as well as growers, flavour drives every decision we make. We grow vegetables and herbs because we want to cook with them - fresh, preserved, fermented, or dried. That perspective shapes our seed selection, favouring varieties that bring:
Depth and balance
Sweetness, acidity, bitterness, and aroma
Texture that works in the kitchen, not just the garden
This is why many of our seeds are also linked directly to recipes, growing guides, and seasonal kitchen ideas in our Grow & Cook journal. You can also taste what we grow through our online store and by visiting our on-site Honesty Farm Shop.
Sowing open-pollinated seeds in our Polytunnel
Explore Our Irish Garden Seed Collection
Our seed collection changes each season, depending on what we’ve been able to grow and save successfully.
You’ll find:
Heritage and open-pollinated tomato seeds selected for Irish gardens, allotments, patios, pots, glasshouses and polytunnels
Heritage herb seeds for cooking, drying, and teas
Edible flowers grown for flavour and beauty
Vegetables suited to shorter growing seasons
→ Read our step-by-step guide to growing tomatoes in Ireland
Growing Guides & Practical Advice
We share what we learn as we go - openly and honestly. Our Grow & Cook journal includes:
Step-by-step guides to growing in Irish conditions
Seasonal sowing advice
Notes on polytunnel and outdoor growing
Recipes and ways to use what you grow in the kitchen
Whether you’re sowing your first seeds in pots by the door or managing a productive kitchen garden, our guides are written from experience.
Ordering Irish Garden Seeds
We ship our seeds across Ireland and Europe, carefully packed and clearly labelled, with growing notes and cooking suggestions included.
If you’d like to understand more about how we grow, save seed, and work to organic standards, you can read more about our garden and approach here: