Skip to content
Yesterdays Gardener
Facebook Instagram
  • Heirloom Plants 101Expand
    • What’s an Heirloom Plant?
    • Heirloom Flowers
    • Heirloom Herbs
    • Heirloom Roses
    • Heirloom Seeds
    • Heirloom Vegetables
  • Garden LifeExpand
    • Garden Reads
    • In The Garden
  • Resources
  • Seed Sources
  • About Me
  • Contact
Yesterdays Gardener

Heirloom Plants 101

Heirloom vegetables, flowers, herbs and seeds all have a story to tell. Dive into the catalogues of small independent seed companies and their listings will speak to you.

They’ll tell tales of seeds being sewn into the hems of the clothing of refugees escaping from wartorn countries, or of pioneer women nurturing precious plant cuttings as they travelled across entire continents to new territories. They whisper sagas of seeds passed down from generation to generation; of flowers traded by neighbours across the fence. And by growing heirloom plants, you can start (or continue) your own story too.

Join me on this journey! Look up your favourite flower, veggie or herb below and read along. I hope you’ll be inspired to grow more varieties with colourful pasts that have nothing to do with laboratories and big agribusiness. Find out more about why we should grow heirloom plants.

If you don’t see a variety you’re looking for, please be patient, it’ll be coming soon. Or drop me a comment letting me know whose story you’d like me to tell next!

Heirloom Plant Directory

Johnnie jump up

Heirloom Flowers

Bearded Iris 101
Lavender 101
Lily of the Valley 101
Morning Glory 101

Heirloom Herbs

Dill 101
Thyme 101

heirloom pink roses

Heirloom Roses

‘Buff Beauty’ Rose
‘Harison’s Yellow’ Rose

heirloom vegetables

Heirloom Vegetables

Beans 101
Lettuce 101
Peas 101

Welcome!

woman with sunflower

I'm Dani Brown, lover of heirloom plants and teller of seed stories. I discovered my passion for old-fashioned plants and gardens when I was heritage garden coordinator at a British Columbia museum.
I help gardeners (and anyone who loves food and our planet) learn why and how to find and grow heirloom plants.

Find out more about me here.


~WISE WORDS~

"Our vegetable garden is coming along well, with radishes and beans up, and we are less worried about revolution than we used to be."

Author E. B. White


…

  • Privacy Policy

SUBSCRIBE TO THE BLOG

© 2023 Yesterdays Gardener

Facebook Instagram Pinterest
Scroll to top
  • Heirloom Plants 101
    • What’s an Heirloom Plant?
    • Heirloom Flowers
    • Heirloom Herbs
    • Heirloom Roses
    • Heirloom Seeds
    • Heirloom Vegetables
  • Garden Life
    • Garden Reads
    • In The Garden
  • Resources
  • Seed Sources
  • About Me
  • Contact
Search