Why seed balls?
Seed balls make gardening easy, fun, and accessible!
- Wildflower seed balls help pollinators and can help grow endangered wildflowers
- Garden with seed balls all year! Learn which plants to sow and when, and you'll be getting green in the dreary midwinter!
- Protects seeds from wind, birds, squirrels, and other critters.
- Easy dispersal means more uniform coverage.
- Little hands and old eyes struggle handling tiny seeds. Marble-sized seed balls eliminate this discouraging challenge.
- They're simply good, green, fun!
You, Seed Balls, and the Great Green World.
Add Color with Wildflower Seed Balls
Monarchs need Milkweed
Native Pollinators need you
Custom orders
Wildflower Conservation Seed Balls
Bulk seed balls
How-to
Beautify
Help the bees
Garden with Wildflower Seed Balls All Year!
Interested in making seed balls? Check out our complete kits, or use your own seeds, and we'll handle the rest! We've got all the supplies, even our own seed ball matrix - pre-mixed and moistened!
Kokedama
Kokedama are an unusual, understated, and unsung type of bonsai. Suitable for indoors or out, they make a great activity for the long mid-winter. We spend a great deal of time working with soil materials in our workshop, and sometimes, we come up with ideas besides making seed balls. Our seed…
The Complexities of Soil…
and the little seed that could. I had one class in graduate school that changed my perception of the world. Soil Science. It turned my world upside down, literally. Professor Martin Jurgensen, recently retired from teaching, but still conducting research, set the soil on fire. He did study the effects…
Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria in Legumes
Rhizobium Plants need nitrogen, and have to get it from the soil. Unfortunately, many soils don’t have a lot of nitrogen available for plants, and that can limit their growth. But many legumes evolved a symbiosis with a certain genus of bacteria, Rhizobium. The relationship between legumes and Rhizobia is…
The r/K Continuum
From Ashes to Coconuts Biologists classify organisms in many ways: their taxonomy, their ecological niche, their mating habits. One fascinating classification scheme is called the r/K continuum. Two fine scientists, Robert MacArthur and E.O. Wilson (1967), developed the concept, which was popularized in the following decades. It is a spectrum…
Seed Balls and Birds
Instinct and Intelligence I love birds. I have two feeders outside my work room window and keep them well stocked with seeds, fruits, and suet. I don’t consider myself a birder by any stretch, but I have done some thinking about birds and seed bombs.The picture on left is a young…
Iron in Clay Experiment
Lactobacillus and electrons [click images to see a larger version] There’s a lot of discussion about what color clay to use for seed balls. We discuss some of the theory behind that here, but thought it would be a good idea to put some of that to the test. I…
Testimonials
"Sometimes you meet people who are really terrific. Seed-Balls happens to be one of those people! I asked a question at night and had a reply by morning! Its a great product and a great idea. I received my order earlier than scheduled. I will buy from them again. I will recommend to all my friends.Visit their website: http://Seed-Balls.com "~J. B. from New York
"So far so good, well packaged and on time for planting. The company even gave me a place to email if I had problems. The seeds are in the ground and hopefully when summer comes I will have milk weed and Monarch butterflies everywhere!! Thank you so much!!"
~ J. A. H. from Alabama
"Love them bigger than expected,which is great! Easiest way to plant!"
~ A. D. from New Jersey
"Thank you so much for the package you sent! It is so lovely and delightful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am thankful for you!"
~M. P. from Indiana
"Unbelievable ! ! Ordered on 10-13 and received on 10-15, that's what I call speedy delivery. So glad I ordered from this seller. Will order again and will tell my friends. Packaging was perfect to protect my order. "
~C. B. from New York
"My friends are saying that I am "monarching" with all my seed planting and preaching milkweed . These seed balls are so easy to handle and plant. Love them !"
~B. J. H. from Mississippi
"I contacted the seller before I placed the order. They are very prompt with responses and knowledgeable about their products. I will definitely place another order with this seller. "
~K. L. D. from Michigan
"FAST SHIPPING. Great price. Comes w/planting instructions and is for a GREAT cause, help mother earths pollinators. WILL REORDER. THANK YOU "
~T. D. T. from Iowa
" I showed these to my neighbors (each of us has 40 semi-wooded acres) and they are enthusiastic... we are having a 'seed-bomb' party after the first rains... hope to get those monarchs in numbers next year! "
~D. M. from California