Burpee Seeds has a long history in the American mail-order seed business. The Burpees date to the late 1800s as a prominent Philadelphia family. W. Atlee Burpee was born in 1858 and was expected to ...

As gardeners curl up on the couch each January, dreaming of abundant summer, a war of words rages in that cozy corner of literature inhabited by seed catalogs. It’s your wits against those of seedsmen ...

Snow may be on the ground today, but it won’t be there forever. So, why let it get you down? Brew up a nice mug of hot tea, sit back, relax and let your fingers do the walking through some seed and ...

We always clue our listeners in to the money-saving deals that some seed catalogs offer as an incentive to get people to order before the big springtime crush, but I’ve never seen an offer like this ...

What’s going to be in your garden this summer? Burpee knows. According to the giant seed catalog’s 2015 retail seed forecast, California’s many backyard fruit and vegetable farmers dig tomatoes most ...

If tending to gardens carried us through the pandemic, seed catalog are sparks of hope, carrying us through the long winter. Even if you order online, these catalogs can inspire, inform and, yes, ...

I hadn't been back to Fordhook Farm, the ancestral home of the W. Atlee Burpee family, since the summer of 1992, when I fell in love with a zucchini called 'Roly Poly.' So I dropped by recently to ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2006--Bazaarvoice, a new company that helps online brands enlist their customers in building their businesses, today announced that W. Atlee Burpee & Co. has ...

Although the ground was three feet under a mound of white snow, George Ball Jr’s mind was still in the dirt. Explained the president of the Warminster, Bucks County-based W. Atlee Burpee Seed Co., ...

Robins get all the credit for being a first sign of spring, but that’s not entirely true. For gardeners, a seed catalog arriving in the mailbox is the first proof that spring is on its way. Seed ...

I love old books about gardening. Each winter I set aside some time to read a few: There are always tricks of the trade that have gotten lost over time, or once-beloved plants that are now largely ...