Comments regarding St. Clare Heirloom Seeds

I ordered mini popcorn seeds from them and within a week or so I have the seeds. Exemplary service and kindness too! Can't ask for more than that can you?

Received seeds quickly, and I find the experience charming. There was a personal note wishing me God's blessings from the owners. The packages are simple and easy to read, with clear planting instructions. The information about soil temperature was especially welcome. And the seeds, unlike with most commercial seed packs, are inside a plastic bag within the envelope, a nice touch. The prices were also extremely good compared to what is in our local Tractor Supply. So I am well satisfied and expecting good results later this summer.

I received my seeds timely. They even included a free package of seeds. All the seeds germinated quickly and the plants are beautiful. I plan on buying from them again, I would definitely recommend them to others.

Be aware that I offered negative feedback on St. Claire's behavior as a company and my reasons for not ordering from them in the future. That review (and at least one other from another who agreed) were removed. I am curious to know how often cutstomers' opinions are censored.

"On Apr 23, 2021 5:07 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear WIOrganic,

Thank you for your review highlighting this issue. We appreciate your time, and review.

We would like to point out though, that this reviewer’s original review was not based on our company's behavior (as they say here), rather it was based on their dislike of a statement on our website, and our beliefs. Their review said they had good service in the past and liked our seeds, but that after seeing our statement and beliefs recently they no longer wanted to purchase from us.

Their original (negative rating) review, and the other reviewers’ recent negative ratings, which were removed by Dave's Garden, had nothing to do with St. Clare’s customer service or products. That is why Dave's Garden removed the reviews. We had requested the reviews be changed to neutral, as the reviewers would not do so. The site chose to just remove them, saying: "We have removed the negative reviews that are not based on the service you provide."
We had a number of people, with zero purchases, or customer service experience with us, leaving negative reviews here on Dave’s Garden, merely because they do not like our beliefs. They were very negative in their speech, and called us names or derided us, and said we are hateful or racist. We have no problem with a person speaking their feelings or opinions, but their rating of us should be neutral then, if it is based on feelings about beliefs, rather than service.

Here is the statement from our site they did not like: “We are Pro-God, Pro-Life, and Pro-America, We Support the 2nd Amendment, Our Troops and Veterans, Our Police Officers, and All Politicians Who Truly Believe in and Work for All of the Above. Viva Cristo Rey! (Long Live Christ the King!) God Bless America, Land of the Free!”

Our statement on our home page is striving to stand up in some small way for truth, goodness, belief in God, and the beliefs our nation was founded on. We see the world changing and much corruption out there. There is not a whole lot we can do to change this, but we can speak truth, and this is what we are doing with our statement. Yes, we know there is corruption out there in the police force, the government, church, etc. But, we are speaking up for and standing with those who are not corrupt, who daily go to work, and strive to do right, to live for God and good, who deserve support, and to know they are not alone!

It is unfair for a person to leave a negative review here on this site, which goes against our ranking in the Watchdog Top 30, if they have had nothing but good service and positive results with our seeds, or in other cases have never had experience with us as a customer, or even personally conversed with us on the issue that offends them, and experienced our customer service. We have worked very hard to give the best service we can, even through the most difficult times our family has endured. We have striven to go over and above normal customer service so many times. When a customer has a problem with our products or service, we strive to address it immediately, and make things right. These are the things a company rating is supposed to be based on.

A negative review takes away 5 points to every positive review we receive here. It would not be fair to have this effect, when we did nothing wrong to deserve that. That factor is meant to keep the checks and balance when a company is giving very poor service, or has poor products. It makes sense, and we appreciate it’s reasoning. If we gave really poor service on an incident, we would humbly accept a negative rating.
We also would like to add, we do not(as questioned in this review) censor reviews of our company’s products or services ever. The only reviews we would deem not appropriate/fair are ratings based solely on dislike of our beliefs. That is not a rating, and anyone who wants to can see the same things that this reviewer found offensive merely by visiting our website.

We truly wish you the best, and harbor no ill-will, nor will we request this review/rating removed or changed, as it does not unfairly affect our ratings(as a neutral), which we have earned by hard work over the years we have been with Dave’s Garden and serving our gardening friends. May God bless and keep you!

Sincerely,
John, Sarah, and Family
St. Clare Heirloom Seeds

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St. Clare Heirloom Seeds is a great place to buy vegetable seeds. I have purchased from them for two seasons now, and I am happy. The germination rates are quite high. And, St. Clare's has excellent customer service. I plan on buying from them again in the future, and I would recommend them to others.

"On Apr 23, 2021 4:21 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Robert823,

Thank so much for taking the time to leave a review! We are happy you are please with our seeds and service. We truly appreciate your repeat patronage.

God bless!
John, Sarah, and Family
St. Clare Heirloom Seeds"

Very Catholic and helping people prepare for future events

"On Apr 10, 2021 7:32 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear prhstooker,
Thank you for the positive rating. We are pleased you are happy with our company.
God bless you,
The St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Family"

Got my seeds quickly, they were beautifully packaged and I even got a free pack of lettuce seeds. Which I really wanted to start growing. I will be ordering from here again

"On Apr 10, 2021 7:27 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Jennawren13,
Thanks so much for the positive rating! So glad the seeds made it to you quickly! Love to hear reviews on our packaging. :-) Awesome! Love when the free packet is something a customer is excited to receive or wanted to grow. Thank you for your patronage!
God bless,
John, Sarah, and Family"

Wonderful Company with Quality heirloom, organic, and regular seeds. Excellent success percentage with all seeds we've purchased the past 5 years. Usually ships promptly, with some allowance for seasonal rushes. Great at notifying when things are back in stock.

"On Apr 10, 2021 7:24 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear LycheeLady,
Thanks so much for the positive review! So glad you've had such great results with our seeds. We appreciate your continued patronage. Yes, we try really hard to ship quickly, which can be difficult to keep up being a family run operation, and life in the midst of things. :-) We are grateful when customers kindly are understanding when we have a seasonal rush or after a sale when we have been overwhelmed with orders, it may take a little more time to ship out. Thanks for mentioning that, and understanding. We can't tell you how much we appreciate that. We do try to let customers know when we can if we get something back in stock they asked about, as you mentioned(may forget from time to time, or be unable to at times, depending on things like being overwhelmed with medical needs of a child or such.), but we try to give the service we would like ourselves. Thanks again for taking the time to review!
God bless,
John, Sarah, and Family"

I have ordered my first batch of open-pollinated/heirloom seeds...excited for what comes! So far order to receipt has been extremely easy and i especially appreciate the personal touch and messaging from the family owners.

Blessings and happy growing!

"On Apr 10, 2021 7:14 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear dawnofnew,

Thanks so much for your review! We love hearing the details that customers appreciate, it is encouraging, and helps us know what they find meaningful or helpful. Blessings to you, too!

God Bless,
John, Sarah, and Family"

A really nice experience - fast service, even in the midst of the pandemic garden crush. A kind note and a great one-pager for new gardeners even for a simple order of herb seeds and seed saving packets. Will be ordering from them again!

"On Mar 10, 2021 7:14 AM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear svieira,
Thank you very much for your positive rating, and taking the time leave a review. We are so glad you are pleased with our service, and look forward to serving you in the years to come.
God bless and keep you,
John, Sarah, and Family"

Friendly prompt service with a personal touch. We started ordering from StClare this season because they have excellent selection of open pollinated and heirloom seeds, have met most of my seed requirements for this season and I really prefer to support businesses who share our values and principals. Look forward to doing business with them in the future.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:40 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Paul,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a rating! We appreciate the positive feedback, and your patronage. :-) We are please you are happy with our service, and appreciate your support!
May God bless you,
John, Sarah, and Family"

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These folks are FAST in filling their orders! This is the first time I've ordered from this company. I placed an online order for seeds on Sunday, Jan. 18; the seeds arrived in the mail today, Thursday, Jan. 22 --- and remember that Monday was a national holiday.

I also placed an order for worm casts and look forward to getting that.

I like that they specialize in open-pollinated varieties. Selection isn't huge, but they seem to have done a good job of vetting what they offer. I've had bad experiences with mail order houses that offer everything plus the kitchen sink without regard to whether a particular variety is a good grower, has good flavor, etc. If the germination rate is on a par with their service, St. Clare's will have a repeat customer in me.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:38 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Molly ,

Thank you, so much, for again posting positively about your continued experiencing with our company! We truly appreciate your faithful support, as well as taking a stand in defense of us.

May God bless and keep you,
The St. Clare Heirloom seeds Family"

St. Clare seed is a great company to work with. Two years ago I had very poor germination of some squash seeds I had purchased from them. Some of the seeds germinated but most did not. I reported it to them not asking or expecting a refund since I wasn't sure it was the seed or some other factor. I mainly just wanted to let them know my experience. Within the day I received an apology and they refunded the cost of the seeds to my credit card. Last year everything I purchased from them grew great including the squash.

St. Clare is my go-to company for all of my garden seeds.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:46 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear GAgardenboy,

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review. We truly appreciate that you took the time to give us a second chance and make things right when one of your seeds didn't grow well. We are so glad to continue to serve you, and appreciate your purchases!

God bless and keep you,
John, Sarah, and Family
St. Clare Heirloom Seeds"

Great, small-town-feel service regardless of where you are ordering from. I will be back.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:48 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear Friend,
Thanks so much for the positive rating! we are happy you like our service. Thank you for your patronage!
God bless,
The St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Family"

I've ordered from this company a couple times and I've been very impressed with them. My packages always come quicker than expected and you can tell they put a lot of care into what they do. The seeds are great, I've never had any issues with them. Will continue to purchase from St. Clare's.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:51 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear flatbeds,

Thanks so much for leaving a review! We are very grateful, and are so happy you like our seeds and service. We look forward to continuing serving you in the years to come.
May God bless and keep you,
The St. Clare Heirloom Seeds Family"

Been a customer of these folks for many years.

In light of the huge surge in gardening caused by Covid it is great to see a company holding true to providing the best service possible. Many large companies are choosing to "tweak" tried and true varieties in order to come up with a "new" variation to trademark and skyrocket prices. Not so with heirloom seed companies, like this one, that take the non-gmo pledge and adhere to the heirloom principles of seed saving. I mean $6-$7 for 20 seeds from some of these large companies!

And then there is shipping. $4.00 flat shipping seems right in line with the going postal rates plus a little to cover packaging and labor. Some of these big guys are double or triple that. And it goes up exponentially.

As someone who has gardened for 30 years and counting I know the value of these small seed purveyors and I hope folks will flock to all these small and heirloom sellers, or they may not be here for long!

It's too bad politics must enter into such a great environmentally sound hobby as heirloom gardening. If you feel this strongly, by all means look elsewhere. Those are the rights many veterans have given to you free of charge.

"On Feb 27, 2021 6:57 PM, St. Clare Heirloom Seeds responded with:

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Dear RCBulldog,

Thanks so much for taking the time write a review. We love serving repeat customers, and are always grateful when they take the time to let others know of the service they have received with us.

To you, and to ALL who have left us reviews, we send out a huge THANK YOU! If we have not left thank yous before, we apologize to those who have taken all the time to leave ratings/reviews. It truly means a lot to us.

Thank you also for your service to our country, rcbulldog. We are so grateful for the sacrifices of all those who serve, or have served, as well as their family's sacrifices.

May God bless and keep you!
John, Sarah, and Family
St. Clare Heirloom Seeds

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I have placed several orders from St Clare over the past couple years and have been very impressed by the quality of their product and service. Selection is great and they have always thrown in a bonus seed pack. Seeds arrive quickly and the germination is outstanding. I look forward to doing business with them for many years to come.

I love this company. Their customer service is excellent, I received my seeds quickly and I love the packaging with detailed planting instructions. Much more detailed than the big box store seed companies. Their website is easy to use and I love their positive statements and quotes. It is also nice to support a small home based company. I also received a free pack of Brussel Sprouts which is something I have never grown and I can't wait to try. All the positive feedback on this web site makes me happy I stumbled upon them and not someone else because I didn't know about this website till after I had ordered the seeds. Looks like the only 2 negative comments are politically based "cancel culture" types that can be completely ignored by me. Thank you St. Clare I will continue to support you through the years.

Very pleased! First time buyer, order came in a timely manner, seeds look great and we love to support our small businesses. We are very excited because this year will be our first time growing dry beans !!

Our order arrived quickly and was accurate. Enjoyed using their welcome discount for new newsletter sign-ups, and look forward to purchasing from them again in the future. Love supporting family owned businesses— especially Catholic ones!

I found several varieties of seeds I was interested in planting, flowers and lettuce this order. I received my order promptly and they included 2 packets of free seeds that were consistent with what I was ordering which was a nice addition. I enjoyed the newsletter as well.

I like this company. They put their seeds in little plastic zip close bags within the paper envelopes. Their seed prices are very good and better if you catch their sales. Shipping price is awesome.

A great place to buy more well known plant seeds at a great price! Shipping also very reasonable.

It was GREAT and a fun experience the seeds came in great quality and came fast dispute the distance. 10/10

I highly recommend St. Clare Heirloom Seed Company. Excellent customer service. Excellent product and quick shipping. Love the free seeds with the order. They respond very speedily to e-mails, too. You will be pleasantly surprised by the company when you try it!

I received all seeds in timely fashion. Look good and hope they grow well. thanks for service.

I placed an order in late May for some fall seeds; broccoli, cabbages, lettuces, carrots, turnips, spinach, and the like for mid summer planting and eating until the fall / winter and hopefully over winter.

Even When many other seed companies were understandably behind or not taking new orders my order was shipped in four or five days, it came quickly and shipping was cheap. seems like a nice family company.

Germination has been excellent , I’ve been using all seed plugs outside (but in a shaded location) and everything has come up, even the parsnips ! Things seems to be growing well although I think it’s just been too hot for The broccolis and they have withered.

I feel that for many of my basic seed needs this company is a better value than say Lake valley seeds, or the cheaper seeds at a local store. They come in a resealable plastic bag , which keeps them from spilling everywhere and apparently Most seeds last for years if you Keep them in the fridge.

Will buy again.

Great experience ,fast shipping, great packaging , I’m new to gardening and they have provided very helpful information , very happy with the whole order, I will keep buying from them , highly recommend .

I purchased two different mail orders this spring. The shipments arrived quickly. I really like that they include detailed planting instructions and seed history and info. The information is so helpful, and easy to follow.. I also received a free sample seed pack, which was exciting and fun. I am looking forward to the garden results and will definitely be ordering again. Gardening in Michigan

Good selection, and I'm happy to support a local midwestern family-run operation. It's nice to have seeds shipped within an envelope as well as a resealable plastic baggie for lasting freshness. Sans all the glitz and glamour of other seed envelopes, but hey- are you buying seeds or paying for an envelope? Thanks for the timely order fulfillment. God Bless

I was very happy with my seed order, not only are they non-GMO seeds but the company is here in the US. They came well packed with a good amount of information. I will diffidently be buying seeds from them in the future.

Liked the reasonable flat shipping rate and the resealable inner package for seeds. Very satisfied. Would recommend.

I first chose to order from St. Clare Seeds because they are a family business that publicly honors their faith. I have continued to order from them for that reason and because they are simply good seeds with good service!

The website is simple, straightforward, and easy to navigate - it works! Placing orders goes smoothly and shipment is flat-rate and fast. They have given thought to their customers needs by placing the seeds in a small, reusable zip top bag stored inside the traditional paper packet. I love this!

When one of my orders had a mistake (oddly, it was a double mistake, on their end and on mine) I contacted them by email, was replied to within 24hrs, and had the correct seed packet within a couple days. Their service is top-notch!
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In 2018 I began my first vegetable and herb garden with 24 different seed packets from St. Clare. They had excellent germination, which continued throughout 2019 and 2020 for the leftover seeds which were stored intermittently in zip top bags in the refrigerator or in a cupboard. Being heirlooms, I have also saved seed from many of my mature plants (tomatoes, bush beans, leaf lettuce, arugula, peppers, marigolds) and germination rates are good. Their freebie pack was the best producer of all my tomatoes, thanks!

I ordered from St. Clare Heirloom seeds for the first time on April 25, 2020. My heirloom carrot seeds arrived today, May 4, 2020. I am pleased with my purchase, especially thankful for the extra free seed packet included in my order. I will be purchasing from this company again.

Great site and lots of informative details on the products they sell!

I’ve ordered from St.Clare Seeds a few times and I’m always impressed! Great on delivery, germination rate is awesome, and always love the little gift!

Website was a breeze to use. Easy navigation, wonderful selection to choose from, affordable prices, faith based and family owned.

I had information on how and when to plant and my seeds shipped to my house fast.

The online selection was great! When I ordered my seeds they came quickly in the mail. The seller also sent a bonus lettuce seed pack which my wife and I very much enjoyed. I will continue to go to St. Clare Heirloom Seeds for my future seed needs. My only criticism is that the website is a bit dated.