About Johnny's

Johnny’s Selected Seeds is a privately held, employee-owned seed producer and merchant headquartered in Winslow, Maine, USA. The company was established in 1973 by our Founder and Chairman Rob Johnston, Jr. Johnny’s mission is helping families, friends, and communities to feed one another by providing superior seeds, tools, information and service.

Our products include vegetable seeds; medicinal and culinary herb seeds; flower seeds; cover crops, farm seed, and pasture mixes; fruit plants and seeds, and high quality, problem-solving tools and supplies. We ship throughout the United States as well as internationally. We carry sizes ranging from small to large to suit the needs of home gardeners and small growers as well as retailers and wholesalers.

Learn more about us

• Ownership


• History


• Careers at Johnny's


• Message from Rob Johnston, Founder and Chairman


• Charitable Giving


• Research and Quality


• Safe Seed Pledge


• Plant Breeding


• Organic Certificate (click to download .pdf)


• Organic Product Verification Certificate (click to download .pdf)


• Johnny's Catalog Covers