Here is a vintage seed packet that includes a great illustration of a full head of cabbage on the front and instructions for planting cabbage seeds on the back. This old packet is for the Early Flat Dutch type of Cabbage and it was put up by Card Seed Co. Great for your gardening projects!The…
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Free Vintage Image ~ Coquelourde French Seed Label
Here is a colorful vintage French seed label that includes an illustration of some pretty red flowers. The caption on the label is: COQUELOURDE DES JARDINS VARIEE. From the translation search I did, I think Coquelourde is the name of the flower and des jardins variee is garden variety. This type of label would have…
Free Vintage Image ~ Thyme Seed Packet
Here is a vintage seed packet for Thyme, printed for Roudabush’s Seed Store. The back of this seed packet is essentially the same as the back of the Herbs (Caraway) seed packet here but this one is a little shabbier so I’ve included it here as well. Click on images to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ White Onion French Seed Label
Here is a vintage French seed label for white onions – great for gardening projects! Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ French Cabbage Seed Packet Label
Here is a vintage French seed label that features an illustration of a lovely green head of cabbage with the outer leaves curling outward. This type of label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. The description on the label is: Chou Cabusexpress Click on image to…
Free Vintage Image ~ French Bellflower Seed Label
Here is a beautiful vintage French seed label for double flowering Bellflowers. This type of seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Flowers Seeds Magazine Ad
Here is a vintage magazine clipping, advertising 43 flowers (20 packets of seeds and 23 bulbs) for 30 cents. This ad is from the May 1900 issue of The Delineator. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Seed Packet: Chives
Here is another vintage seed packet that I scanned for you from my collection. Click on image to enlarge.
Vintage Watermelon Seed Packet
In Alberta, Canada, we won’t be planting vegetable gardens for another month or so but I’m sure some of you already have sprouts poking out of the ground (if not full grown plants). I don’t plant veggies but my clematis and peonies are beginning to show signs of life. It’s magical and I love them! Roudabush’s Seed…
De Giorgi Bros Vintage Onion Seed Packet
Here is one more wonderful old seed packet for you before I leave the subject of vintage gardening (at least for now). Click on images to enlarge. I was thrilled to find the 1898 songbook, that I purchased from eBay a couple of weeks ago, in my mailbox yesterday! I’m planning to choose a page from it this evening to upload…
Caraway Vintage Seed Packet
Here is another vintage gardening-themed image for you. I really like this one! I know I say that often but I only share with you the things that I personally would enjoy using in my own designs (if I had time enough to design all the things I dream of designing with my collection of vintage ephemera). Click on images to enlarge.
Burt’s Seed Vintage Carrot Seed Packet
Here are the front and back sides of a vintage carrot seed packet that was printed for the William D. Burt Seed Company of Dalton, N. Y. The cost of the package of long orange carrot seeds was 10 cents. Click on images to enlarge.
