Welcome to the world of Italian vegetables.

Here you will find a wonderful range of new varieties of familiar vegetables and herbs together with more recent arrivals to the Australian table such as eggplant, rocket, zucchini and fennel, while still others, cavolo nero, cima di rapa, chicory, radicchio and endive, will be familiar to those with an Italian background or an interest in Italian food and travel. The seed range also includes hard to find varieties such as salsify, celeriac, lambs lettuce, artichoke and asparagus.

The Italian Gardener imports and sells vegetable and herb seed from Franchi Sementi SpA, Bergamo, Italy, a family owned business since 1783. Italians are very fussy about their vegetables and for more than 225 years, Franchi have won the support of gardeners around the world by offering a range of heirloom vegetable varieties, selected for their taste and vigour.

Steve Manfredi of Kilcare Restaurant on the central coast of NSW comments "I'm a big fan of Franchi seeds and I buy from you regularly. Thank you so much for importing them. I love the fact that many of these seeds are Italian heirlooms and many just can't be found easily anywhere else."