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Wildflower Seed Growers ad Harvesters:
Update; No vacancies as as of 2009
Seed harvesters and pickers
Small scale wildflower genebank growers
Commercial Wildflower Growers in Ireland
Welcome to the wildflower producers section of our web site.
Anyone can be a wildflower grower, seed picker, harvester or assist in production, however it is hard work and requires you to be free most days during the spring if growing crops and again in summer from June 21st onward if harvesting.
Our work is an ideal lifestyle for someone who is hard working, can travel around Ireland, stay over night, and be prepared to start early.
The lifestyle is rewarding, active and suits persons with an ability to multi tasking as no two crops are the same nor is anyone day alike.
We hope in the years to come to create a resource for Irish Wildflower Seed and growers and harvesters.
This web hopes to bring you many examples of our industry. If all goes well on this web and I iron out the glitches, I hope to expand a number of sections on this web and this section will be very active. From here DBN hopes to expand the knowledge of our years of growing wildflower crops to utilise and conserve native plants.
There is now a growing Biodiversity industry in Ireland , as we all look forward we find that many important parts of the jigsaw are in place and soon we should be at market entry for another generation of great DBN ideas and products.
We have met a few buyers in our time and have entered some strange markets to satisfy their demands. Nelsons a large herbal company visited and brainstormed about long term future supply chains and didn't buy a seed but instead funded me to attend commercial herb growing training in Canada,
To Teagasc where we first brought the national collection of species that we have collected. In the Teagasc, Oakpark Research Station,. Carlow. from 1994 to1998 we grew two very colourful acres of flora had had great laughs with the scientists who often came out to see our crops and have a laugh.
I formulated a plan with Dr. Tom Thomas, All was over viewed by the D.A.F. and Bord Glas, there were days when we must have seemed very odd, but every body saw the possibilities and we got great support.
 To-date the plan is still at the forefront of our training of commercial growers, and or outreach extension service is bring in new growers all the time.
The hard part is identifying the growers that the crops suits. we do our best.
DBN pioneered this industry and is always seeking growers and farmers who are set up the produce crops and floral hay meadows. From Corn Poppy an Marigold too tall blackheads and buttercup.
We sell many often overlooked species. Odd sales we have made include Common Rushes to stabilise soils, Wild Carrots to remove toxins from the soil, Nettles, have sold as a food source and for butterfly lovers.
Growers and Pickers please return to this site prior to the seed harvest and after winter updates.
Seed Growers Pledge
Seed harvesters and pickers:
Seed harvesters and pickers wanted throughout Ireland
DBN Seed Pledge and Grower-Producer Declaration | Seed Pickers | Conservation | Code of Practice for Collectors | Official Seed Testing Station | The Story of Seed | Biodiversity | N8 Roadside Meadow Cahir, Co Tip, Ireland. Conservation in action. | Index - Conservation Section. Why we should grow native species, how we grow them and the agreements entered to ensure they are native. | Seed Savers & Slugs
Small scale wildflower genebank growers
If you own a small plot of land about 1/2 to 1 acre and wish to grow wildflowers for DBN, we have a very interesting proposal for you. Email us and tell us about your plot. mailto:
Commercial Wildflower Growers in Ireland
DBN Seed Growers Declaration | EULA | Commercial Wildflower Growers in Ireland | Seed Germination | Species Data Pages | Seed Germination | Conservation | Extracts from Flora Locale's Seed Growers Charter and Pledge | Why Grow Native
Mission Statements
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