Where to buy seeds, seedlings and plants in New York

When to buy seedlings and seeds in New York

Seedlings are bought shortly before they go out, seeds before sowing. Dates from New York's frost dates (last spring frost around 3 April) by the Greenly calendar:

Garden centres

Tagged shop=garden_centre in OpenStreetMap. tag definition

• PlantShed
  Prince Street 1, 10012 New York · Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00 "cafe"||Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 "shop" · 2 km · plantshed.com
• The Sill
  Pacific Street 195, 11201 · Mon–Thu 12:00–19:00; Fri–Sun 11:00–19:00 · 3 km · thesill.com
• GRDN
  Hoyt Street 103, 11217 · Wed–Sat 11:00–18:00; Sun 12:00–18:00 · 3 km · grdnbklyn.com
• 14th Street Garden Center
  Jersey Avenue 793, 07310 Jersey City · Mon–Sat 09:00–18:30; Sun 09:00–18:00 · 4 km · 14thstreetgardencenter.com
• Chelsea Garden Center Red Hook
  Van Brunt Street 444, 11231 · 4 km · chelseagardencenter.com
• The Sill
  Berry Street 190, 11249 Brooklyn · Mon–Thu 12:00–19:00; Fri–Sun 11:00–19:00 · 4 km · thesill.com
• Planter Resource Inc
  West 28th Street 150, 10001 New York · Mon 07:00–15:00; Tue–Fri 06:00–15:00; Sat 07:30–14:00 · 4 km · planterresource.com
• Chelsea Garden Center
  Havemeyer Street 87 · 10:00–19:00 · 5 km · chelseagardencenter.com
• Terrain
  Washington Avenue 990, 11225 Brooklyn · Tue–Fri 10:00–18:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00 · 6 km · shopterrain.com
• Little Shop of Soil
  Starr Street 279, 11237 · Mon–Sat 12:00–20:00; Sun 12:00–18:00 · 7 km · littleshopofsoil.com
• Stolen Magnolia
  Wyckoff Avenue 818, 11385 Ridgewood · Mon–Thu 12:00–18:00; Fri–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 9 km · stolenmagnolias.com
• Little Shop of Soil
  Woodward Avenue 788, 11385 Ridgewood · Thu–Sun 11:00–20:00 · 9 km · littleshopofsoil.com
• PlantShed
  Columbus Avenue 555, 10024 New York · Mon–Sun 09:00–19:00 · 9 km · plantshed.com
• NY City Succulents
  Steinway Street 32-57 · Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 9 km · nycitysucculents.com
• Urban Garden Center
  Park Avenue 1560, 10029 · 10:00–19:00 · 11 km · urbangardennyc.com

and 16 more in OpenStreetMap

Farm and garden supply shops

Tagged shop=agrarian (farm supply) in OpenStreetMap; “sells seed” is shown only where the place's own tags say so. tag definition

• Maspeth Industrial Tools & Supplies
  Grand Avenue 59-24, 11378 Maspeth · 9 km

Plant nurseries

Named plant nurseries (landuse=plant_nursery) in OpenStreetMap; check before going whether one sells to the public. tag definition

• Lowlands Nursery
  9th Street 25, 11215 Brooklyn · 4 km · gowanuscanalconservancy.org
• Matera's Nursery
  13 km

Markets

Marketplaces (amenity=marketplace) in OpenStreetMap; days and hours where they are mapped. tag definition

• Canal Street Market
  Canal Street 265, 10013 New York · Fri–Sun 11:00–19:00 · 1 km · canalstreet.market
• Essex Market
  Essex Street 88, 10002 New York · Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00; Sun 10:00–18:00 · 2 km · essexmarket.nyc
• The Market Line
  Delancey Street 115, New York · 2 km · marketline.nyc
• Union Square Green Market
  Union Square West 1, 10003 · Mon, Wed, Fri–Sat 08:00–18:00 · 3 km
• Smorgasburg
  Kent Avenue 90, 11249 · Sat 11:00–18:00 · 4 km · smorgasburg.com
• Greenpoint Terminal Market
  Noble Street 2, 11222 Brooklyn · Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 5 km · greenpointterminalmarket.com
• Exchange 58
  West 47th Street 58, 10036 · Mon–Fri 09:30–17:00 · 6 km
• Moore Street Retail Market
  Moore Street 108, 11206 · 6 km · publicmarkets.nyc
• Brooklyn Supported Agriculture
  Marcus Garvey Boulevard 224, 11221 · Thu–Fri 16:00–19:00; Sat–Sun 12:00–16:00 · 6 km · brooklynsupportedagriculture.com
• Flatbush Central Carribean Marketplace
  Caton Avenue 2123, 11226 · Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00 "marketplace"||Mon–Sun 09:00–23:00 "food" · 8 km · flatbushcentral.com
• Grand Bazaar
  West 77th Street 100, 10024 New York · Sun 10:00–17:00 · 8 km · grandbazaarnyc.org
• Brazilian Market NYC
  East 77th Street 304 · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–17:00 · 8 km · brazilianmarketnyc.com
• Isabahlia Farmers Market
  Livonia Avenue 410, 11212 Brooklyn · Jul–Oct Sat 08:00–14:00 · 11 km · isabahlialoefinc.org
• La Marqueta
  Park Avenue 1590, 10029 · Tue, Wed 09:00–18:00; Thu–Sat 10:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–17:00 · 11 km · edc.nyc
• Mitsuwa Marketplace
  River Road 595, 07020 · Mon–Sun 09:30–21:00 · 12 km · mitsuwa.com

and 32 more in OpenStreetMap

Farm shops

Farm shops (shop=farm) in OpenStreetMap; what each sells where its tags list it. tag definition

• A & N Fruit Store
  Canal Street 25, 10002 New York · Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00 · 2 km
• Paulus Hook Farmers Market
  Sat 09:30–14:00 · 2 km
• Liberty Farms
  4th Street 453A, 11215 · Tue–Sun 10:30–18:30 · 5 km · libertyfarmsny.com
• Luna Brothers Fruit Plaza
  2 km
• Essex Farm
  2 km
• Viva Fruits & Vegetables
  2 km
• Ecobaby Farms — sells: microgreens
  6 km · ecobayfarms.com

Seed shops and seed companies in the United States

• The Home Depot. Store chain The Home Depot (homedepot.com); its website lists seeds. (source, checked 7 October 2026, read from a search engine's copy)
• Burpee. Seed brand Burpee (burpee.com). (source, checked 7 October 2026)
• Johnny's Selected Seeds. Seed brand Johnny's Selected Seeds (johnnyseeds.com). (source, checked 7 October 2026)

Selling your own harvest near New York

The markets and farm shops above are where produce changes hands in New York: 47 markets and 7 farm shops in OpenStreetMap.

For New York:

• New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. State department of agriculture (New York): New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. (source, checked 7 October 2026)

Selling your own harvest in the United States

Nearby cities

• Philadelphia · 130 km
• Boston · 306 km
• Washington, D.C. · 327 km
• Montreal · 534 km
• Ottawa · 541 km
• Toronto · 550 km