Pollinator Garden 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.
Pollinator garden seeds from Shido come as a 20-variety kit, one packet each, chosen to keep bees and butterflies busy. Unlike a loose pollinator seed mix, every variety here sits in its own non-GMO, hermetically vacuum-sealed packet. Standard paper-packed seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year. I planted these for the bees and have since learned that bees do not send thank-you notes. They arrive, inspect the Zinnia, ignore the Pansy entirely, and leave with the air of contractors who found the job beneath them. The Foxglove gets the most visits and acts unbothered. The Pumpkin Squash hosts the biggest bees and wants credit for it. The Verbena is where the butterflies hold their meetings. Every packet wears a Japanese woodblock print, which is more than the bees wear. Shido Seeds are sold at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The bees were not consulted.
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.
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