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Garden's Pulse Heirloom Seed Vault Kit (35 Pack)
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Heirloom seed is packed in harvest batches. Another batch becomes available after the next harvest is germination-tested and packed.
WHY 40,000+ FAMILIES BOUGHT
From 1943 Victory Garden lineage
16,000+ seeds across 35 varieties
Open-pollinated non-hybrid non-GMO
Plant like your grandmother fewer grocery runs
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What’s Inside the Vault?
Each kit contains 35 labelled packets with more than 16,000 seeds across vegetables, greens and herbs. Explore the complete variety list below.
Seed Quality & Standards
Heirloom, open-pollinated, non-hybrid and non-GMO varieties. Keep the packet labels and follow the sowing instructions for each crop.
How It Works
Choose crops for your climate and season, sow at the recommended depth, and provide suitable light, water and soil. Harvest food and save mature seed where appropriate.
When Can I Expect a Harvest?
Fast crops such as radishes may be ready in about a month. Tomatoes and winter squash need longer. Timing varies with variety, planting conditions and weather.
Storage & Freshness
Keep unused seed sealed, cool, dry and away from light. Viability differs by crop and storage conditions; try a small germination test before sowing older packets.
Garden's Pulse Heirloom Seed Vault Kit (35 Pack)
$39.99
THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
35 varieties. A garden full of possibilities.
From quick salad crops to hearty winter squash, every kit brings a broad selection of familiar garden favourites. Each packet is labelled so you can plan your planting.
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BasilGenovese -
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BeanLima Henderson -
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BeanBush
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BeetDetroit Dark Red -
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BroccoliWaltham 29 -
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Brussels SproutsLong Island Improved -
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CabbageGolden Acre -
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CantaloupeHales Best Jumbo -
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CarrotScarlet Nantes -
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CauliflowerSnowball Y Improved -
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CeleryUT 52-70 -
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CornEarly Bantam -
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CucumberMarketmore 76 -
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EggplantBlack Beauty -
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KaleVates Blue Scotch Curled -
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KohlrabiPurple Vienna -
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LettuceParris Island Romaine -
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LettuceBlack Seeded Simpson
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LettuceButtercrunch
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OkraClemson Spineless -
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OnionTokyo Long White Bunching -
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ParsnipHarris Model -
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PeaSugar Daddy Snap -
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Bell PepperSweet California Wonder -
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PumpkinSugar Pie -
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RadishCherry Belle -
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RadishFrench Breakfast
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SpinachBloomsdale -
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Swiss ChardFordhook Giant -
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TomatoRoma VF -
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TomatoLarge Cherry
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TurnipPurple Top White Globe -
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WatermelonSugar Baby -
34
Winter SquashWaltham Butternut -
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ZucchiniBlack Beauty
↓ Scroll the list to explore all 35 varieties
Varieties and growing times depend on the supplied packet and local conditions. Save this list as a starting point for your garden plan.
FIND YOUR GROWING SEASON
A garden for your part of the country.
The vault includes cool-season and warm-season crops. Choose what suits your local season, then use your frost dates and the seed packet to decide when to sow.
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Zones 1–4
SHORT, COOL SEASONSStart tender crops indoors and make the most of cool-season greens, roots and peas.
Zones 5–7
FOUR DISTINCT SEASONSEnjoy a broad mix of spring, summer and autumn crops with season-by-season sowing.
Zones 8–10
LONGER GROWING WINDOWSUse mild winters for greens and roots; plan heat-loving crops around summer conditions.
Zones 11–13
WARM CLIMATESMatch sowing to local rainfall, heat and day length, with shade where appropriate.
USDA zones describe winter minimum temperatures. For annual vegetables, frost dates, heat and your local growing season are especially useful.
FROM SEED TO TABLE
Your first harvest may be closer than you think.
Start with a fast crop for an early reward, then let slower varieties fill your garden through the season.
Radish
25–30 days
Leaf lettuce
About 30 days
Spinach
About 40 days
Bush beans
About 55 days
Cucumber
About 60 days
Broccoli
About 75 days
Tomato
80–90 days
Winter squash
About 100 daysIllustrative harvest windows. Some are measured from transplanting rather than sowing; check your packet. Actual timing varies.
BEFORE YOU BUY SEED
Four questions worth asking.
A useful seed collection is more than a long list of names. Look for clear varieties, enough seed to get started, and the option to grow again.
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Are the varieties clearly named?
Named varieties help you choose crops and follow the right growing instructions.
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Can I save seed?
Open-pollinated crops can reproduce true to type when correctly isolated and saved.
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Is there enough variety?
A mix of herbs, greens, roots and fruiting vegetables gives you options through the season.
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Can I store unused packets?
Sealed, cool and dry storage helps preserve seed for a later planting.
A COLLECTION YOU CAN KEEP GROWING
One season can lead to the next.
Hybrids can make excellent crops, but saved seed may not resemble the parent. Open-pollinated heirlooms make it easier to maintain a variety through careful seed saving.
Typical hybrid seed
- YEAR ONE
- ✓ A productive first crop
- SAVE AND SOW AGAIN
- × Saved seed may vary from the parent
- YEAR FIVE
- × Buy the same hybrid again for consistency
- AFTER TWENTY YEARS
- × New seed may be needed each season
Open-pollinated heirloom seed
- YEAR ONE
- ✓ Grow a diverse first crop
- SAVE AND SOW AGAIN
- ✓ Save mature seed from suitable plants
- YEAR FIVE
- ✓ Build experience with your local conditions
- AFTER TWENTY YEARS
- ✓ Continue the seed-saving tradition
Seed saving requires healthy plants, suitable isolation and fully mature seed. Cross-pollination and storage conditions can change results.
WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS
You're not buying seed. You're buying the last seed you buy.
Seed is a small purchase you make forever. Forty to a hundred and twenty dollars a year, every year, for as long as you keep a garden — because hybrid seed can't be saved and replanted.
Open-pollinated seed is a one-time purchase with a maintenance cost of zero. You pay once and harvest your own resupply every autumn.
Buying seed every yearThis kit, bought once
Year 1
$40–120
$49.99
Year 5
$200–600
$49.99
Year 10
$400–1,200
$49.99
Year 20
$800–2,400
$49.99
Illustration assumes $40–$120 spent on replacement seed each year versus a single $49.99 kit followed by successful seed saving. Soil, tools, water and other growing costs are additional. Savings are not guaranteed.
WHY OPEN-POLLINATED SEED MATTERS
Twice, the government mailed families the seed.
Home gardens have helped households make the most of limited space and uncertain times. The practical skills of sowing, harvesting and saving seed still have a place today.
The National War Garden Commission
3M → 5.2Mgarden plots planted, first year to second
1.45Mquarts of fruit and vegetables canned
Farm workers enlisted and European farmland became battlefields. School children, housewives and ordinary citizens were urged to reclaim public parks, school yards and private lots and plant them. By the end of that war the effort had a name: victory gardens.
It happened again, and larger
20M+victory gardens at peak
~40%of all vegetables grown in the United States by 1944
The USDA put the 1943 figure at 42% of all produce. Seed went out with a booklet that taught planting, harvesting and — the part that mattered — how to save seed so nothing had to be mailed the following year.
Both programmes used open-pollinated seed, and both shipped a guide alongside it. Hand a family seed once and teach them to keep it, and that family is set for years on a single distribution.
That is exactly what this kit is.
Sources: “Sowing the Seeds of Victory,” Architect of the Capitol (aoc.gov) for the 1917–18 figures and the National War Garden Commission. The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, and the National Park Service for the WWII figures. The 42% figure is USDA data.
POST-PURCHASE SURVEY
What customers report after their first season.
Seeds germinated within the first two weeks of planting
Harvested vegetables and herbs in their first season
Found it easy with no prior gardening experience
Satisfied with quality and would recommend it
Self-reported by Garden's Pulse customers in a post-purchase survey. Not a controlled trial. Germination, harvest timing and yield vary with climate, soil, water and care — nothing here is a guarantee of any specific outcome.
Real gardens. Everyday growers.
★★★★★“
A useful place to begin
A broad selection makes it easier to plan a first vegetable patch, with familiar crops and labelled packets ready to organise.
Michael K.
Garden’s Pulse product feedback
★★★★★“
Room to grow, season by season
From quick greens to slower summer crops, this collection offers a way to try different plants and build a growing routine.
Jessie L.
Garden’s Pulse product feedback
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Keeping seed for the future
Open-pollinated varieties make seed saving part of the experience, helping a single season become a longer gardening habit.
Daniel H.
Garden’s Pulse product feedback
ROOM TO TRY IT FOR YOURSELF
Start your garden with confidence.
90DAYS
The 90-day growing promise
Try the collection and contact our team within 90 days if it does not meet your expectations. We will help with growing questions and the product guarantee.
- 1Give it a proper start
Follow the packet instructions and provide suitable growing conditions.
- 2Keep your order details
Save your order number and a note of the varieties you planted.
- 3Talk to our team
Contact us within 90 days for help with this product’s guarantee.
BEFORE YOU DECIDE
A few questions before you plant.
How is this different from buying separate seed packets?
One kit brings together 35 labelled heirloom varieties. It is a convenient starting collection rather than a substitute for choosing crops suited to your garden.
Can I grow these where I live?
Choose varieties for your climate, frost dates and available light. Cool-season and warm-season crops need different sowing windows. Local growing advice can help.
Is this suitable for a first garden?
Start with a few easy crops, such as radishes, beans or lettuce. Follow the packet instructions and expand as you learn.
How should I store seed before planting?
Keep packets sealed in a cool, dry and dark place. Germination life varies by crop and storage conditions.
How do I save seed for next season?
Choose healthy plants, allow seed to mature fully, dry it thoroughly, then label and store it. Some crops need isolation to prevent cross-pollination.
Why choose more than one kit?
A larger bundle can be shared with family, used for separate gardens or kept as additional seed stock. Choose the quantity that fits your plans.
What do the crossed-out prices mean?
The crossed-out amount is the listed comparison price for the number of kits included. The selected bundle price is a one-time payment; it does not start a subscription.
What should I do if seed does not germinate?
Check temperature, moisture, sowing depth and time allowed for that crop. Keep your order number and contact our support team for help with the 90-day product guarantee.