Comments regarding Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.

Quick delivery - two business days, and a free packet of carrot seeds as a welcome gift.

Super fast delivery! Wow! And a free packet of seeds!

Excelent service. Arrived as promissed: on time. In the pack, some gift seeds. Very kind. Thank you.

Super fast processing. My order arrived before I had a chance to wonder where it was.

I have always loved growing heirloom seeds, and have been a customer of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds for awhile. Tremendous selection of seeds, including unusual varieties. We try a few new vegetable varieties, along with old standby's, every year. Great customer service, great selection and fast shipment. Also, love hearing about the growing Gettle family each spring. Very satisfied customer!

The people at Baker Creek are a good bunch & seem to truly care about their customers as well as the fine quality of the products they sell.
Super fast service, high quality products, friendly people, & excellent pricing...What else could one want in a supplier?!?

This is the first time I have ordered from Baker Creek and it won't be my last! I now have four flats of beautiful tomatos under grow lights ready for Mother's Day! I ordered a lot of different seeds from them. It was hard not to with such a great catalog! Can't wait to see how the radishes, turnips, okra, tomatillos, corn, cucumbers, eggplants, beans, peas, gourds, pumpkins, watermelons, sunflowers, melons, and squash do this year!!!

I travel through Central Missouri on occasion and have previously stopped in at this establishment several times.

The management of the store is friendly. I have nothing but good experiences with them and a willingness to help out. I have had one or two occasions where paid help in the store was less friendly. (In one instance, though the doors of the store were open, an employee told me they were closed. I mentioned that I needed only a couple of items and would not be able to return as I live several hours away. The employee essentially told me that it didn't matter. Thankfully, I was able to speak with management and was able to make my purchases.)

Last year, I planted 8 berry brambles that I purchased from this company. Five survived. This year, I purchased five additional plants. All have survived. (I was unable to get a refund for those that did not survive as I am several hours from the store and cannot drive back to return $15 worth of plants!)

I have enjoyed many an excellent packet of seeds from this company. Most have had a reasonable germination rate. ONE packet of hot pepper seeds was a notable exception. Upon several test runs using the same methods with which I germinate other types of peppers with a near 100% success rate, not a single seed germinated. This is unfortunate, but thankfully, I was not reliant upon this item for a food resource.

Overall, I give this company a positive review based on helpfulness of management and an excellent variety of seeds. I cannot comment on shipping as I have never mail-ordered from them.

Have ordered a few years running from Baker Creek. Always great service. Great product. Just love the catalog as well.

Always have gotten great service and seeds from this company. I would highly recommend.

I love being able to go to one company and finding all the varieties i'm looking for,just received 4 heirloom varieties of squash wow impressed,and had them within 1 week with free flower seeds to boot,LOVE THIS PLACE!

I was very pleased with the selection of heirloom seeds on the website to start with and even more pleased with the relatively low cost and super fast shipping. I have had excellent luck with my seeds germinating so far. An added bonus was the free flower seeds that were included in my order. I have recommended Baker Creek to family and friends and I will most certainly be ordering from them again in the future.

Despite the fact that mine was a relatively small order, the company was nice enough to throw in a packet of free eggplant seeds. And my order was shipped and received by me faster than the speed of sound. I've had nothing but very positive experiences with my orders from Baker Creek over the past year or two, and any seeds I've ordered are consistently high quality. Strongly recommend giving this company a try, if you haven't already.

Great company! Friendly customer service. Awesome heirloom selection.

Wonderful! Seeds arrived very quickly, and I was surprised at the note of apology for possible 'delays'. Despite bad weather back in February my order arrived in less than a week. The free packet of seeds was a pleasant surprise. What few plants I can start this early have sprouted nicely, and I can't wait to start the rest!

Baker Creek is a great company. I love there support for non-GMO varieties and their selection. I have ordered from them for the last several years and never been disappointed with the seeds or the quality of their product and service.

I requested rush delivery on Wednesday, and received the seeds on Friday. I didn't expect such great turn-around.

I also very much appreciated the complimentary lettuce seed packet.

I will be doing business with Baker Creek again, and recommend them highly.

This was my first time ordering from Baker Creek, aka rareseeds.com. I had never heard of them before. I did a search on heirloom watermelon seeds and I found their online catalog a pleasure to navigate through. Choosing the seeds I wanted was fun as I had so many varieties to choose from, and the descriptions were to the point. I found the prices fair, and shipping surprisingly cheap. Checkout was smooth.

My seeds arrived just a few days later with a note apologizing for the delay! I didn't notice any delay at all! I was surprised to receive my order so quickly! The appearance of each packet of seed was VERY different! They looked like they could have come from different companies. I was surprised to find an extra packet of seeds as a free gift even though my order was small - only 6 packets of seeds.

I look forward to planting my seeds and seeing how they do.

This is the 2nd season that I have enjoyed ordering on http://www.rareseeds.com. I order all of my seeds online - usually on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Baker Creek has been very fast as I get the seeds in the mail by Wednesday or Thursday - less than a week! They seem to go out of their way to get my order to me as fast as possible.
My order was accompanied by a small slip of paper asking if I would rate them on this website. I never heard of Dave's Garden until now. Looks like a fun website for me to enjoy!
Anyway, I feel I owe Baker Creek a kind review and went out of my way to register on this website today. I want everyone to know how great they are to do business with.
If anything, order their catalog! The photos of the rare squashes are worth a look not to mention the rainbow of tomatoes!
These folks also publish The Heirloom Gardener magazine. It is SO NICE to read a magazine with NO ADVERTISING! It may not have as many pages as the other gardening magazines, but you will be pleasantly surprised at how long it will take you to read all of the stories!
Okay, enough from me. Don't just take my word for it, read the rest of the reviews!

Love this company!! First time ordering: Got my seeds within a few days! They shipped them the day after I ordered and I wasn't even expecting to get the seeds for a week or two!! Ordered from another company that took over 3 weeks!! Good prices and amazing selection of heirloom veggies. Will definitely order again. Thanks for being such an awesome company.

This is the first time I've ordered from this company. The prices are GREAT--especially when you consider the large number of seeds in each packet! Shipping was very quick.

I loved the variety of heirloom tomatoes and selection that the catalog had to offer I thought that the seeds arrived in a few days and the seeds all germinated quickly, they took kindly to the sun and are very beautiful to the eye. Thank You SDB!

First time ordered from this company and am glad that I did it. Fast response, extra seeds, good size seed packages. Looks like a go for next time. Will tell my friends.

Posted on April 27, 2010, updated April 2, 2011
This is my second year ordering seeds from Baker Creek. Great seed with fast,reasonably-priced shipping! Rocky Top Lettuce mix is a favorite of mine. This baby lettuce mix has great flavor and grows well all summer long in our slightly acidic New Hampshire garden with late afternoon shade (raised beds).

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds is great! Amazing seeds! Really Fast Shipping.

I received my first order from Baker Creek earlier this week, and was very impressed to find a complimentary packet of lettuce seed, as well as an apology for delays in getting the order out. While I didn't find the order took overly long, I think it's excellent that they pro-actively handled any concerns around shipping times. Kudos!

Just transplanted my vegetable and flower seedlings from my order...had a 99% germination rate, and that 1% was probably user-error. The plants are healthy and look terrific.
Their service was excellent; the website was a breeze to use, the seeds shipped super-fast, and I love what this company is all about, so I'm happy to support them. Would recommend you put in your large seed orders here...the selection is phenomenal and the quality is top-notch. I'll be ordering from them again very soon!

LOVE Baker Creek!! Always super fast shipping, excellent seed and variety. Their staff is always super friendly and helpful when I have called in a order. I have ordered from them for the past three years, and have not been let down yet. As for their "religious" comments in the catalog, this is part of the free country that we live in. We are free to own our business and express our own values as we see fit, and if a customer is offended, you are free to not shop there. I for one love them for their traditional values and find them refreshing in a morally declining society.

I for one am NOT offended by the small religious references that are in this company's catalog, and find that it offers a very wide and abundant selection of fine seeds. I found their customer service extremely friendly and professional, and their order fulfillment/shipping times rivaling even some of eBay's best sellers! Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds will be my first "go to" for selection of outstanding heirloom seeds, and I have already recommended their site to many others. May God bless the good people of this company for providing a wonderful service and products for everyone to enjoy!

I am very pleased with BCHS! I placed my order on 3/25. It shipped 3 days later and arrived today (3/30). Everything that I ordered was in the package and they even added a packet of free flower seed! Inside I found a note apologizing for the delay at which I had to laugh because they were SO much faster than other places and my order was 100% correct! I can't wait to get my seed in the ground!

You're welcome, Monica J. Thanks for ensuring a perfect order! I will DEFINITELY order from Baker Creek again!

So Fast You'll Freak! My favorite seed company! Always more seeds per packet, better prices and an extra freebie! This year its lettuce and last year it was tomato. Free salads from Baker Creek!!!! Love you guys!

I just received my seeds this weekend. This is my second time buying from BC and I am THRILLED . Last year most all of the seeds did EXCELLENT, germinating extremely fast. Delicious vegetables too! I can't wait to plant my new seeds. Baker Creek also has EXCELLENT, speedy service. They are definately on my top 3 places to order seeds from!

Posted on February 28, 2010, updated March 28, 2011
Great experience with Baker Creek. This is my second year of ordering. The seeds from last year exceeded my expectations. The germination rate was extremely good, the quality of the produce was wonderful. Both this year and last the orders came very quickly. When I had occasion to call they were friendly and helpful. Love the catalog, beautifully done and is inspiring us to make a trip to visit Baker Creek this summer. Most of all I am grateful to Jere Gettle for the contribution he is making to preserving heirloom seeds for the world—a huge thank you to him for that.

I love this place. The catalog is great and the pictures of the vegetables really help in decision making. I did have a few problems last year but customer service was very helpful and corrected the problem immediately. Shipment is lightning fast, I usually receive the order the same week that I placed the order. I love the many old varieties they carry. I have found alot of new favorites and now order them every year. I recommend Baker Creek to everyone I know. I look forward every year to receiving the new catalog and spend many hours trying to decide what to order. Thanks for being a great company.

What a phenomenal catalog! I can't say enough about how much I have learned from "the book" and can't wait to see how my harvest goes in the garden. Seeds are in the greenhouses or the gardens, and I am anxiously awaiting results. I can say that the green globe artichokes started in November are a foot high. The greenhouse tomatoes are almost eight feet high, but with no ripe fruit. Also started in November 2010. The cucumbers started at the same time got too cold, and are just a pleasant memory. Still, I'll order from them again and again, just to keep this wonderful company in business. Shoot, I may even order things I don't need if it keeps them going.

Baker Creek offers a great variety of traditional seeds at fair prices. The seeds always arrive quickly and have germinated well for me.

Thank you so much for the fast and great customer service. The seeds are very reasonably priced and they arrived quicker than we thought. We love the beautiful catalogue as well. Keep up the great work!

I just received my seeds for this year's garden from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. I was directed to them by a dear friend who is a grower/merchant in Vermont, and has used their seeds for some time. Their catalogue is magnificent (and, in spite of the one comment about the number of trees used in mfg their catalogue, you DO have the alternative option of shopping on-line). Their wide diversity of heirloom varieties is exciting to shop- can't wait to see them in abundance in my hay bale garden. Their site is very easy to use and my seeds came within a week!

I HAVE ORDERED FROM BAKER CREEK FOR THE LAST 3-4 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN VERY SATISFIED WITH EVERY PURCHASE. THEIR CATALOG IS AN EDUCATION IN ITSELF. I ANTICIPATE IT'S ARRIVAL EVERY YEAR AND SPEND HOURS READING IT. I LOVE IT!! I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY TO ANYONE.