Cottage Garden Flowers Seed Kit, 20 Varieties
Build Your Garden With These Shido Seeds
Choose a seed packet as your starting point, then round out the bed with these for that thrown-together-but-somehow-perfect harvest.
Cottage garden flowers grow from this Shido seed kit of 20 varieties, one packet each, built for a loose, layered English border. Every packet of these cottage garden seeds is non-GMO and hermetically vacuum-sealed. Standard paper-packed seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year. I would like to report that cottage gardens are planned. They are not. They are twenty arguments held in one bed, and the Morning Glory wins most of them by climbing onto everyone else. Cornflower and Corn Poppy behave like old friends. The Sunflower assumes it is in charge. Each packet carries a Japanese woodblock print, so even the losers look distinguished in the drawer. The Funky Squash was not invited. It came anyway. Sold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Chive has exhibited for 14 consecutive years, winning the 5-star booth award twice. The squash still does not have a ticket.
Why Vacuum-Sealed Seeds Last Longer
Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.
About the Packaging
Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.
Shipping
- Free shipping: On qualifying US orders — threshold shown at checkout
- Standard: 5–8 business days, Express 2–3 business days (at checkout)
- International Ships: to 40 countries — rates at checkout
- Packaging Ships: in outer box to protect gift box
Returns
We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 7 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.
We stand by the quality of our flower seed packets! Every Shido seed packet is lab-tested for germination before it ships. If your seeds do not perform to the stated germination rate under correct growing conditions, contact us and we will replace or refund. Guaranteed!
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What makes Shido Seeds different
Shido Seeds are designed by Chive Studio, a ceramic design company. We are not a seed conglomerate. We do not sell through big-box retailers. Each variety in the catalog was selected because it is worth growing — not because it ships well in bulk or photographs well in marketing materials.
Every packet is germination-tested at an independent third-party lab before it earns its woodblock illustration. The vacuum seal removes the oxygen that causes standard paper packets to degrade. The stated germination rate is a floor, not a marketing figure.
If something goes wrong, contact us. We will make it right.
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