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Hand harvested heirloom seeds, locally grown in Howell, Michigan by Renegade Acres. Locally grown Michigan Seeds! Our seed packets are completely handmade.
Garden Hoard propagates heirloom seeds for a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs while providing consumers with the knowledge and tools to grow bountiful produce and beautiful flowers. We have grown every variety of seed we sell, organically. We collect seeds from our plants by hand, dry them, clean them and put them into inventory. Each packet is designed, cut out, folded, and secured together by us, by hand, and every packet is made to order. We take what we have learned from growing these many varieties of plants and compile how-to guides that we include with many of our seed packets. We love to teach and inspire, and hope that others will pass on what they have learned. The attention to detail with our hand-harvested seeds and how-to guides are part of why we are becoming a trusted seed brand. Aside from selling our homegrown seeds online, we also sell at local farmers’ markets in the summer. We are a vendor at the Brighton Farmers’ Market on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the Howell Farmers’ Market on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. We moved to our small 7-acre farm, Renegade Acres, in October 2015 that is located in Howell, Michigan. The farm is operated by Katie (me) on a daily basis and my husband, Christian, helps in his spare time. On our farm, all kinds of heirloom fruits and vegetables are grown for food and seed production, and are isolated properly by a variety of methods to keep seeds pure. We established our seed business in 2010, and have been expanding every year. Managing the hoard is a big undertaking. We work at least 70 hours a week on a wide variety of tasks. Throughout the week, we ship out any seed orders that come in. We also continuously pot up plants, start seeds, harvest produce, transplant, dehydrate produce as well as keep the farm under control with regards to watering, weeding, trellising, and so on. During the off season, we clean the seeds that were harvested and keep the website up to date. We update our page on a regular basis, as well as our Twitter and Instagram account. Garden Hoard is officially recognized by the Council for Responsible Genetics as a Safe Seed Resource.
09/27/2026
The Harvest Moon 🌕
There’s something extra magical about a full moon this time of year. After months of planting, watering, weeding, harvesting, preserving and working until the sun goes down, the Harvest Moon is nature’s little reminder that the end of the season is near.
The fields are changing, the pumpkins and gourds are piling up, the last of the crops are being picked, and autumn is officially settling in around the farm.
Here’s to cool nights, moonlit fields, full harvest crates and the beautiful chaos of fall.
09/21/2026
The last day of summer 🌞
09/14/2026
Fall is just around the corner and we can feel it in the air. It's hard to believe in about a month the first frost will kill all of the crops outside. We are working hard on catching up on seed orders this week, but this next month is going to be wild! I can promise there are no days off! Onward into autumn. 🍂
Among many other things, I am a flower-arranging machine. 😂🌸
I’ve got 800+ seed orders to catch up on, double the harvesting to do for this weekend, and somehow need to keep everything shipped, organized, and in check.
But we continue on. 💪🌻 There’s always something to grow, harvest, arrange, pack, ship, or somehow make happen around here! There are always, always so many things in motion.
🌿🧡 Hummingbirds LOVE Klip Dagga! 🧡🌿
Klip Dagga (Leonotis nepetifolia) is a tall, fast-growing member of the mint family, native to tropical Africa and southern India. We grow it right here in Michigan specifically for seed!
It’s also widely known as Lion’s Tail or Christmas Candlestick, thanks to its fuzzy, tubular, bright orange flowers arranged in spiky, round whorls that look almost like little pincushions. 🐝🌺
Beyond being a beautiful pollinator plant, Klip Dagga has a long history of traditional use. In African, Caribbean, and Latin American traditional medicine, various parts of the plant have been used for ailments including fevers, headaches, colds, asthma, and snakebites.
We absolutely love growing this unusual beauty, and the hummingbirds seem to agree! 🐦🧡
Crazy to think there was a time when I was growing all of these just for seed, and never even thought about using them in bouquets for people to enjoy. 🌸
Now it just makes sense to share them! There’s something so special about growing something from seed, saving the seed, and then getting to share the beauty of it with other people. 💛
And don’t worry, we’re still getting plenty of seeds! 🌱✨
No matter what something looks like when you start out, just remember: with a little time, a little effort, and a little imagination, you can turn it into something magnificent. ✨
Sometimes you just have to see the potential before anyone else can. 💛🌱
Here are some of this week’s flowers, fresh from the farm. 🌸💐
I can’t believe it’s already mid-August! 🌻 The summers always seem to fly by, and I honestly don’t know where the time disappears!
Here are this week’s bouquets, filled with all the beautiful things that were in bloom around the farm. 💐🌸🌼 Every week brings something a little different, and I love seeing how the flowers change as the season rolls along.
Enjoy these blooms while they last! 🌿💕
08/08/2026
The days are hot and humid, but we’re still getting the job done! ☀️🥵💪 The farm doesn’t stop for nothin! 😂🌱
Keeping up with the harvest, flowers, markets, and everything else this ridiculously busy summer throws at us. 🌻🍅🥒
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