Comments regarding St. Clare Heirloom Seeds

St. Clare Heirloom Seeds is a great company. I was reminded when I went to make my order and pulled out my old seed packets that they pack their seeds in small plastic zip bags, inside the paper one. Especially in the case of tiny lettuce seeds, etc, this is such a helpful practice!

The company has great customer service and will communicate in a personal and warm way about any question or what have you. The shipping is fast and reasonable, and they tucked in a free seed packet with my order!

I highly recommend this company!

Great selection of open pollinated and heirloom varieties of vegetable and flower seeds from a family run business. Love the fact that the seeds are not only in the normal paper packet with instructions etc, but are also inside small ziplock bags for saving unused seeds. Lightning quick response to a question after ordering. Very quick shipping in well protected packaging. Highly recommend

They had everything I needed in an easy-to-use format.

St. Clare is really, really quick to ship out their stock. They also surprisingly threw in a free packet of watermelon seeds with my order. They're wonderful to order from, even if you're someone who disagrees with some of their statements - all for the love of God, you can easily see their goodwill. May God bless America, and may He bless St. Clare heirloom seeds with much prosperity. St. Clare, pray for us!

Fast delivery, they sent what I ordered ( like most gardeners I hate substitutions ). This was my first order with them and surprised when I got a free pack thrown in. Also liked the personal touches of the order. I'll be ordering again from St. Clare Heirloom Seeds. God Bless America

I am very happy with my first order from St. Clare Heirloom Seeds.

There was a mix-up on my part, and they corrected it so quickly,.and with kindness.

St Clares was recommended by a dear friend and I am so glad she did. I will be very happy to order from here again

Phyllis

Very fair prices for heirloom seeds and a wonderful selection, too! Seeds arrive in illustrated paper envelopes containing labeled zip-lock bags for easy storing in the fridge (a helpful tip I picked up from the newsletter). The St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Website is informative and easy to navigate. I'm happy to help support a small family-run business with my purchase. I am eager to start my family's first real vegetable garden (with some flowers as well) thanks to the good people at St. Clare's!

Excellent selection of seeds to choose from.....
Super quick delivery!
Communication was Great!

The seeds that I ordered arrived very quickly (much faster than I would have expected). They were a gift and it isn't time for planting at the moment so I can't review how well they grow, but everything looks great. Also, the company was kind enough to include a personal note at the bottom of the invoice as well as one additional bag of seeds for free. Would recommend this family business to others.

Excellent seeds. Sprouted easily last spring and the most recent batch. I was particularly happy with the Danver carrots. My neighbor could never grow carrots, but mine were large and delicious! Excellent customer service. I forgot to add something to my order and they helped me receive everything in 1 shipment.

Wonderful company with excellent seeds! I received all my packets quickly and great prices. Excited to be growing entirely from seed this year. No more transplants from Big Box hardware stores! I feel blessed to have found St Clare Seeds! (Hopefully we won’t have drought here in Central Texas and I’ll have a fine harvest!). 😊❤️🙏👏🏻

This is my 2nd year ordering seeds from St Clare Heirloom Seeds. Their seeds were high quality and their customer service was good. I would recommend them!

I love this company. This is my second year to order from them. They are fast, efficient, friendly. What else could I ask for? I haven’t planted my new seeds yet, but the ones I’ve ordered in the past have been high quality, good germination.

I just found St. Clare Heirloom seeds and have already placed 2 orders. The seeds are great, the selection can be over-whelming, but the descriptions help a lot. Mostly I love the companies ethical and moral practices, but also thoroughly enjoy the little bonus pack of seeds that come with each order. The hand signed note is a surprise, and very welcome. It makes me feel like there is somebody on the other end that cares! God bless you and God bless America💕💕💕

I ordered several seed packets toward the end of July, received them 8 days later. Loved that the seeds were in a zip lock bag inside the packet & the personal note. I mostly ordered to get a few flower varieties for next spring, but I planted a couple things for fall, the cucumbers & carrots germinated well. Unfortunately due to very heavy rain I lost the carrots, but there was enough to replant & everything is now growing nicely. I will definitely be a repeat customer.

I have never had any luck starting plants from seeds until I found St. Clare Heirloom Seeds. Everything I have planted from them has done marvelous!!! They package everything so neatly and give wonderful directions. I love the ziploc bags inside each packet! I won't buy seeds from anyone else in the future. Can't wait to expand my garden next year! Thank you St. Clare Heirloom Seeds!!!

Wonderful experience! Order arrived in a timely manner and everything germinated well. They even included a sample packet of lettuce seeds. I also really enjoyed the newsletter included. It has so many useful tips that I filed it with my gardening folder for future reference. The plastic resealable inner baggy is a really nice touch and will be useful for saving seeds (as they suggested). I especially appreciated it with the tiny oregano seeds; it made them so much easier to see and work with. Will definitely be ordering from them again next year!

I ordered mini popcorn seeds from them and within a week or so I have the seeds. Exemplary service and kindness too! Can't ask for more than that can you?

Received seeds quickly, and I find the experience charming. There was a personal note wishing me God's blessings from the owners. The packages are simple and easy to read, with clear planting instructions. The information about soil temperature was especially welcome. And the seeds, unlike with most commercial seed packs, are inside a plastic bag within the envelope, a nice touch. The prices were also extremely good compared to what is in our local Tractor Supply. So I am well satisfied and expecting good results later this summer.

I received my seeds timely. They even included a free package of seeds. All the seeds germinated quickly and the plants are beautiful. I plan on buying from them again, I would definitely recommend them to others.

Be aware that I offered negative feedback on St. Claire's behavior as a company and my reasons for not ordering from them in the future. That review (and at least one other from another who agreed) were removed. I am curious to know how often cutstomers' opinions are censored.

"On Apr 23, 2021 5:07 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear WIOrganic,

Thank you for your review highlighting this issue. We appreciate your time, and review.

We would like to point out though, that this reviewer’s original review was not based on our company's behavior (as they say here), rather it was based on their dislike of a statement on our website, and our beliefs. Their review said they had good service in the past and liked our seeds, but that after seeing our statement and beliefs recently they no longer wanted to purchase from us.

Their original (negative rating) review, and the other reviewers’ recent negative ratings, which were removed by Dave's Garden, had nothing to do with St. Clare’s customer service or products. That is why Dave's Garden removed the reviews. We had requested the reviews be changed to neutral, as the reviewers would not do so. The site chose to just remove them, saying: "We have removed the negative reviews that are not based on the service you provide."
We had a number of people, with zero purchases, or customer service experience with us, leaving negative reviews here on Dave’s Garden, merely because they do not like our beliefs. They were very negative in their speech, and called us names or derided us, and said we are hateful or racist. We have no problem with a person speaking their feelings or opinions, but their rating of us should be neutral then, if it is based on feelings about beliefs, rather than service.

Here is the statement from our site they did not like: “We are Pro-God, Pro-Life, and Pro-America, We Support the 2nd Amendment, Our Troops and Veterans, Our Police Officers, and All Politicians Who Truly Believe in and Work for All of the Above. Viva Cristo Rey! (Long Live Christ the King!) God Bless America, Land of the Free!”

Our statement on our home page is striving to stand up in some small way for truth, goodness, belief in God, and the beliefs our nation was founded on. We see the world changing and much corruption out there. There is not a whole lot we can do to change this, but we can speak truth, and this is what we are doing with our statement. Yes, we know there is corruption out there in the police force, the government, church, etc. But, we are speaking up for and standing with those who are not corrupt, who daily go to work, and strive to do right, to live for God and good, who deserve support, and to know they are not alone!

It is unfair for a person to leave a negative review here on this site, which goes against our ranking in the Watchdog Top 30, if they have had nothing but good service and positive results with our seeds, or in other cases have never had experience with us as a customer, or even personally conversed with us on the issue that offends them, and experienced our customer service. We have worked very hard to give the best service we can, even through the most difficult times our family has endured. We have striven to go over and above normal customer service so many times. When a customer has a problem with our products or service, we strive to address it immediately, and make things right. These are the things a company rating is supposed to be based on.

A negative review takes away 5 points to every positive review we receive here. It would not be fair to have this effect, when we did nothing wrong to deserve that. That factor is meant to keep the checks and balance when a company is giving very poor service, or has poor products. It makes sense, and we appreciate it’s reasoning. If we gave really poor service on an incident, we would humbly accept a negative rating.
We also would like to add, we do not(as questioned in this review) censor reviews of our company’s products or services ever. The only reviews we would deem not appropriate/fair are ratings based solely on dislike of our beliefs. That is not a rating, and anyone who wants to can see the same things that this reviewer found offensive merely by visiting our website.

We truly wish you the best, and harbor no ill-will, nor will we request this review/rating removed or changed, as it does not unfairly affect our ratings(as a neutral), which we have earned by hard work over the years we have been with Dave’s Garden and serving our gardening friends. May God bless and keep you!

Sincerely,
John, Sarah, and Family
St. Clare Heirloom Seeds

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St. Clare Heirloom Seeds is a great place to buy vegetable seeds. I have purchased from them for two seasons now, and I am happy. The germination rates are quite high. And, St. Clare's has excellent customer service. I plan on buying from them again in the future, and I would recommend them to others.

"On Apr 23, 2021 4:21 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Robert823,

Thank so much for taking the time to leave a review! We are happy you are please with our seeds and service. We truly appreciate your repeat patronage.

God bless!
John, Sarah, and Family
St. Clare Heirloom Seeds"

Very Catholic and helping people prepare for future events

"On Apr 10, 2021 7:32 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear prhstooker,
Thank you for the positive rating. We are pleased you are happy with our company.
God bless you,
The St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Family"

Got my seeds quickly, they were beautifully packaged and I even got a free pack of lettuce seeds. Which I really wanted to start growing. I will be ordering from here again

"On Apr 10, 2021 7:27 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Jennawren13,
Thanks so much for the positive rating! So glad the seeds made it to you quickly! Love to hear reviews on our packaging. :-) Awesome! Love when the free packet is something a customer is excited to receive or wanted to grow. Thank you for your patronage!
God bless,
John, Sarah, and Family"

Wonderful Company with Quality heirloom, organic, and regular seeds. Excellent success percentage with all seeds we've purchased the past 5 years. Usually ships promptly, with some allowance for seasonal rushes. Great at notifying when things are back in stock.

"On Apr 10, 2021 7:24 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear LycheeLady,
Thanks so much for the positive review! So glad you've had such great results with our seeds. We appreciate your continued patronage. Yes, we try really hard to ship quickly, which can be difficult to keep up being a family run operation, and life in the midst of things. :-) We are grateful when customers kindly are understanding when we have a seasonal rush or after a sale when we have been overwhelmed with orders, it may take a little more time to ship out. Thanks for mentioning that, and understanding. We can't tell you how much we appreciate that. We do try to let customers know when we can if we get something back in stock they asked about, as you mentioned(may forget from time to time, or be unable to at times, depending on things like being overwhelmed with medical needs of a child or such.), but we try to give the service we would like ourselves. Thanks again for taking the time to review!
God bless,
John, Sarah, and Family"

I have ordered my first batch of open-pollinated/heirloom seeds...excited for what comes! So far order to receipt has been extremely easy and i especially appreciate the personal touch and messaging from the family owners.

Blessings and happy growing!

"On Apr 10, 2021 7:14 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear dawnofnew,

Thanks so much for your review! We love hearing the details that customers appreciate, it is encouraging, and helps us know what they find meaningful or helpful. Blessings to you, too!

God Bless,
John, Sarah, and Family"

A really nice experience - fast service, even in the midst of the pandemic garden crush. A kind note and a great one-pager for new gardeners even for a simple order of herb seeds and seed saving packets. Will be ordering from them again!

"On Mar 10, 2021 7:14 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear svieira,
Thank you very much for your positive rating, and taking the time leave a review. We are so glad you are pleased with our service, and look forward to serving you in the years to come.
God bless and keep you,
John, Sarah, and Family"

Friendly prompt service with a personal touch. We started ordering from StClare this season because they have excellent selection of open pollinated and heirloom seeds, have met most of my seed requirements for this season and I really prefer to support businesses who share our values and principals. Look forward to doing business with them in the future.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:40 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Paul,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a rating! We appreciate the positive feedback, and your patronage. :-) We are please you are happy with our service, and appreciate your support!
May God bless you,
John, Sarah, and Family"

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These folks are FAST in filling their orders! This is the first time I've ordered from this company. I placed an online order for seeds on Sunday, Jan. 18; the seeds arrived in the mail today, Thursday, Jan. 22 --- and remember that Monday was a national holiday.

I also placed an order for worm casts and look forward to getting that.

I like that they specialize in open-pollinated varieties. Selection isn't huge, but they seem to have done a good job of vetting what they offer. I've had bad experiences with mail order houses that offer everything plus the kitchen sink without regard to whether a particular variety is a good grower, has good flavor, etc. If the germination rate is on a par with their service, St. Clare's will have a repeat customer in me.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:38 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Molly ,

Thank you, so much, for again posting positively about your continued experiencing with our company! We truly appreciate your faithful support, as well as taking a stand in defense of us.

May God bless and keep you,
The St. Clare Heirloom seeds Family"

St. Clare seed is a great company to work with. Two years ago I had very poor germination of some squash seeds I had purchased from them. Some of the seeds germinated but most did not. I reported it to them not asking or expecting a refund since I wasn't sure it was the seed or some other factor. I mainly just wanted to let them know my experience. Within the day I received an apology and they refunded the cost of the seeds to my credit card. Last year everything I purchased from them grew great including the squash.

St. Clare is my go-to company for all of my garden seeds.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:46 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear GAgardenboy,

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review. We truly appreciate that you took the time to give us a second chance and make things right when one of your seeds didn't grow well. We are so glad to continue to serve you, and appreciate your purchases!

God bless and keep you,
John, Sarah, and Family
St. Clare Heirloom Seeds"

Great, small-town-feel service regardless of where you are ordering from. I will be back.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:48 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Friend,
Thanks so much for the positive rating! we are happy you like our service. Thank you for your patronage!
God bless,
The St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Family"

I've ordered from this company a couple times and I've been very impressed with them. My packages always come quicker than expected and you can tell they put a lot of care into what they do. The seeds are great, I've never had any issues with them. Will continue to purchase from St. Clare's.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:51 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear flatbeds,

Thanks so much for leaving a review! We are very grateful, and are so happy you like our seeds and service. We look forward to continuing serving you in the years to come.
May God bless and keep you,
The St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Family"

Been a customer of these folks for many years.

In light of the huge surge in gardening caused by Covid it is great to see a company holding true to providing the best service possible. Many large companies are choosing to "tweak" tried and true varieties in order to come up with a "new" variation to trademark and skyrocket prices. Not so with heirloom seed companies, like this one, that take the non-gmo pledge and adhere to the heirloom principles of seed saving. I mean $6-$7 for 20 seeds from some of these large companies!

And then there is shipping. $4.00 flat shipping seems right in line with the going postal rates plus a little to cover packaging and labor. Some of these big guys are double or triple that. And it goes up exponentially.

As someone who has gardened for 30 years and counting I know the value of these small seed purveyors and I hope folks will flock to all these small and heirloom sellers, or they may not be here for long!

It's too bad politics must enter into such a great environmentally sound hobby as heirloom gardening. If you feel this strongly, by all means look elsewhere. Those are the rights many veterans have given to you free of charge.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:57 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear RCBulldog,

Thanks so much for taking the time write a review. We love serving repeat customers, and are always grateful when they take the time to let others know of the service they have received with us.

To you, and to ALL who have left us reviews, we send out a huge THANK YOU! If we have not left thank yous before, we apologize to those who have taken all the time to leave ratings/reviews. It truly means a lot to us.

Thank you also for your service to our country, rcbulldog. We are so grateful for the sacrifices of all those who serve, or have served, as well as their family's sacrifices.

May God bless and keep you!
John, Sarah, and Family
St. Clare Heirloom Seeds

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I have placed several orders from St Clare over the past couple years and have been very impressed by the quality of their product and service. Selection is great and they have always thrown in a bonus seed pack. Seeds arrive quickly and the germination is outstanding. I look forward to doing business with them for many years to come.

I love this company. Their customer service is excellent, I received my seeds quickly and I love the packaging with detailed planting instructions. Much more detailed than the big box store seed companies. Their website is easy to use and I love their positive statements and quotes. It is also nice to support a small home based company. I also received a free pack of Brussel Sprouts which is something I have never grown and I can't wait to try. All the positive feedback on this web site makes me happy I stumbled upon them and not someone else because I didn't know about this website till after I had ordered the seeds. Looks like the only 2 negative comments are politically based "cancel culture" types that can be completely ignored by me. Thank you St. Clare I will continue to support you through the years.

Very pleased! First time buyer, order came in a timely manner, seeds look great and we love to support our small businesses. We are very excited because this year will be our first time growing dry beans !!

Our order arrived quickly and was accurate. Enjoyed using their welcome discount for new newsletter sign-ups, and look forward to purchasing from them again in the future. Love supporting family owned businesses— especially Catholic ones!

I found several varieties of seeds I was interested in planting, flowers and lettuce this order. I received my order promptly and they included 2 packets of free seeds that were consistent with what I was ordering which was a nice addition. I enjoyed the newsletter as well.

I like this company. They put their seeds in little plastic zip close bags within the paper envelopes. Their seed prices are very good and better if you catch their sales. Shipping price is awesome.