Payment/Shipping Information

PAYMENT OPTIONS

  • E-Transfer: please follow instructions carefully – do not send payment to the auto-generated email.
  • Paypal: for credit/debit card payments (you don’t need a Paypal account to use the service).
  • Cash on Local Pickup: available at the farm/markets/events only.  (Please note you must prepay via E-Transfer or Paypal for pickup of seed orders at Fancy Pants Cafe in Bridgewater)
  • If you wish to pay by cheque, please get in touch with us directly.  We’ll have you place your order selecting E-Transfer for payment, then hold your order until the cheque is received and deposited.

SHIPPING OPTIONS

PLEASE READ:

We currently ship via Canada Post.  Delivery can take 2 weeks or more depending on your location & Canada Post service.  You will receive an email notification when your order is completed & shipped; please check your spam folder if the confirmation email does not appear in your inbox (or spell check the email address you provided with your order).

We aim to minimize our use of plastic packaging and keep shipping costs low for our customers.  Our seed packets are paper and we ship in paper envelopes; if your mail regularly gets wet let us know and we’ll enclose seeds in plastic.

We package as carefully as we can, but cannot guarantee delivery in good condition, as once we ship orders they are out of our control.  Choose the tracking & insurance shipping option for better Canada Post accountability if your shipment is damaged or lost (which is very rare).

SEEDS:

Seed orders received mid-December through February will be filled and shipped/ready, in the order they are received, starting in February.

March through mid-December, seed orders are filled and shipped/ready to pick up weekly.  We fill and ship orders on Mondays or Tuesdays – please keep in mind that if you place your order late on Sunday or on Monday it may not make that week’s order fulfillment.

  • Local pickup: free of charge when pick up is arranged on-farm/at farmer’s markets/events (cash or prepaid) or at Fancy Pants Cafe in Bridgewater (prepaid orders only, make a note at checkout).
  • Shipping via Canada Post
    • Canadian shipping/handling flat rates:
      • Regular no tracking: $6
      • Expedited with tracking: $25
    • International shipping: available to some countries depending on border regulations by custom order, please research your country’s regulations and email us to arrange.

DORMANT LIVE PLANTS:

Asparagus, Sunchoke & Seed Potato orders are filled & shipped/ready to pick up when the ground has thawed in the spring and the risk of a hard freeze in transit is very low, usually in April/May.  If you have a preference for late shipment, please specify at checkout.

Willow Whips are shipped in April only.

**a note on combined orders (live plants & seeds) ordered before April: unless you specify a preference to us, we will choose to hold seeds to ship along with live plants OR ship seeds separately based on our own timing for seeding (i.e. seeds that we direct sow in May will ship with live plants vs. seeds that we start early indoors will ship earlier)

  • Local pickup: free of charge when pick up is arranged on-farm/at farmer’s markets/events
  • Canadian shipping/handling flat rate: $25
  • Canadian expedited with tracking: $35
  • No shipping of live plants out of Canada, sorry!

MERCHANDISE:

Orders are shipped/ready to pick up within one week, March through mid December (mid December through February orders will be held and shipped in February along with seed orders, thanks for your patience!).

  • Local pickup: free of charge when pick up is arranged on-farm/at farmer’s markets/events
  • Canadian shipping/handling flat rate: $25
  • Canadian expedited with tracking: $35
  • International shipping: contact us directly to arrange

SEED GARLIC:

Garlic orders are filled and shipped/ready to pick up within one week, mid-September through November.  We start taking orders in August after harvest is in, sorted & inventoried (August orders are ready in early September).

  • Local pickup: free of charge when pick up is arranged on-farm/at farmer’s markets/events
  • Canadian shipping/handling flat rate: $25
  • Canadian expedited with tracking: $35
  • No shipping of seed garlic out of Canada, sorry!

Gift certificates & gift cards are emailed within a week of ordering year-round

Thank you for supporting small scale seed breeding!