The Italian Gardener Pty Ltd is the Australian distributor of Italian vegetable and herb seed from Franchi Sementi SpA of Bergamo, in northern Italy. Our Mission is to provide you with an exciting Italian vegetable growing experience by making available high quality seed of classic Italian vegetables renowned for their vigour and flavour.

Vegetable varieties are grouped under type in the "Categories" list on the top left hand side of each page, or search for them in English or Italian using the Search Engine on the top right hand side of each page. 

Cooking suggestions are provided so that your home-grown ingredients can be turned into Italian or other dishes that will make the most of the freshness and flavour of your vegetables and herbs. A recipes and cookbooks section of the website will be developed as time permits. 

The range of seed held in stock has been selected from the huge range available from Franchi Sementi and will be added to with time, but and if there is something in particular that you would like to grow, please let me know by email so that it can be considered for inclusion. We would welcome on your growing and cooking experiences with Franchi vegetables so please use the "Product Reviews" facility to comment on gardening and eating/cooking aspects of the herbs and vegetables for the benefit of other growers.

Packet seed can be purchased online using your Visa or Mastercard, or alternatively chosing either "Bank Deposit" or "Cheque". An email confirming your purchase, in the case of credit cards,  or your order will be sent to you giving details of how to pay so thyat the order can be completed.  A wide range of seed in bulk is also available on request.

If a variety is out of stock, this will be shown on the website.