Seed can only be ordered through the checkout on this website. Please do not try to order through The Secretary or by directly contacting a member of the Executive or Seed Savers team.
This offer to mail seed is only available to current financial members of Permaculture Sydney West (PSW).
For those who joined or re-joined PSW after 30 June 2021, there is a limit of 20 packets of seeds (you may not order seed labelled 'rare') plus a three-month wait before the next order can be placed. This does not apply to returning members: those who renewed after 30 June 2021.
Some seed is in short supply, so this system is operated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
The basic cost for shipping and handling is $5.00 for standard letter mail. How long this takes to reach you after it is posted is in the hands of Australia Post.
Express Post is $10 and should reach you on a Tuesday or Wednesday.
If your order is too big to fit in the envelope we use, you will be contacted and asked to pay further shipping costs.
Your order is not packed until full payment, including shipping and handling, is made. All seeds ae posted on Mondays only.
You can arrange contactless pick up of your order from Emu Heights (where the seed is stored) rather than wait for it to come through the mail. The handling cost is $5.00.
The only way that your seed bank can continue to make locally grown seed available to you, is if members donate seed to the bank each season. Therefore, it is understood that you will grow some of your crops to maturity and return seed to your PSW seed bank. Someone from PSW Seed Savers may contact you regarding seed if you have chosen a variety that is short supply.
Orders will be mailed on Mondays up to, and including, Monday 29th November 2021. The first mail out will be Monday 16th August 2021.
How long the seeds take to arrive after posting will depend on Australia Post.
The processing of your order is also handled by volunteers so please be patient and polite.
Seed offered for sale is seed that can be planted during Spring and/or Summer.
Only seeds that are in the catalogue can be ordered. If the seed is not in the catalogue, it is currently not available. Some seed is in short supply so may go ‘out of stock’ while the Catalogue is still open. May we suggest you order early if you really want that seed.
The number of seeds in each packet varies according to the type of seed and the “rarity” in our seed bank. The quantity in each packet is shown on the individual product pages.
It is up to you to research which variety of seed you want; that said, why not try something new instead of the same variety over and over?
Seed is grown, packed and labelled by volunteers: if the seed is not what it says it is, we apologise. We will not offer a return of your money.
PSW Seed Savers is run by volunteers. If you have a suggestion, we would love to hear from you. Whether it be from the seed varieties or this very website, we're are all ears! so lettuce know what we could do better.
