Tomato plants and vegetable seeds near Taranto: garden centres, nurseries and seed shops
Italy
Within 15 km of Taranto OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 4 markets (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Vivaio Forestale Leggiadrezze, 4 km away.
When to buy seedlings and seeds in Taranto
Seedlings are bought shortly before they go out, seeds before sowing. Dates from Taranto's frost dates (last spring frost around 13 February) by the Greenly calendar:
| Crop | Sow seeds for seedlings | Seedlings into a greenhouse | Into open ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato | from 24 January | from 17 March | from 7 April |
| Cucumber | from 7 March | from 4 April | from 25 April |
| Bell Pepper | from 3 February | from 4 April | from 25 April |
| Eggplant | from 3 February | from 4 April | from 25 April |
| Zucchini | from 14 March | from 4 April | from 25 April |
| Pumpkin | from 21 February | from 4 April | from 25 April |
| Watermelon | from 7 March | from 4 April | from 25 April |
| Peas | — | — | sow from 23 January |
| Crop | Plant |
|---|---|
| Garlic | There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 October. |
Garden centres
Tagged shop=garden_centre in OpenStreetMap. tag definition
- Vivaio Forestale Leggiadrezze
Contrada Leggiadrezze, 74123 Taranto · 4 km · arifpuglia.it
Markets
Marketplaces (amenity=marketplace) in OpenStreetMap; days and hours where they are mapped. tag definition
- Mercato di Piazza Sicilia
Mon–Sat 07:00–14:00 · 1 km - Mercato Fadini
1 km - mercato salinella
2 km - Mercato Orsini
4 km
Seed shops and seed companies in Italy
- Leroy Merlin. Store chain Leroy Merlin (leroymerlin.it); its website lists seeds. (source, checked 7 October 2026, read from a search engine's copy)
- Franchi Sementi. Seed brand Franchi Sementi (franchisementi.it). (source, checked 7 October 2026)
Selling your own harvest near Taranto
The markets and farm shops above are where produce changes hands in Taranto: 4 markets and 0 farm shops in OpenStreetMap.
Nearby cities
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Collected 27 October 2026 within 15 km of the city centre, at most 15 per kind; addresses and hours as mapped — check before you go.