I've compiled a list of the UK and Irish seed and plant sites. These are generally for smaller or family-run businesses that include Heritage or open-pollinated varieties in their catalogues. Several list organically produced seeds.
Beans and Herbs https://www.beansandherbs.co.uk/
Brown Envelope Seeds http://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com/
Chiltern Seeds https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/
Garden Organic http://www.organiccatalogue.com/
Irish Seed Savers Association...
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Books - Greenhouse, Poly-tunnel and Winter Growing.
A list of books for edible crop growing, all year round both inside and out.
Gardening Under Plastic, Bernard Salt (UK)
How to Grow Food in Your Polytunnel All year round, Mark Gatter & Andy McKee (UK)
The Polytunnel Book, Joyce Russell (UK)
Vegetables and Herbs for the Greenhouse and Polyunnel, Klaus Laitenberger (IRL)
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Books - Edible and Unusual Plants
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Books - Edible and Unusual Plants
These books together cover a wide range of unusual and lesser known types of fruit, vegetables and other crops that can be grown in the uk.
A Taste of the Unexpected, Mark Dianco (UK)
Asian Vegetables, Sally Cunningham (UK)
Growing Unusual Vegetables, Simon Hickmott (UK)
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Books - Seed Saving and Breeding
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Books - Seed Saving and Breeding
If you are looking for reading material these books have a wealth of information for seed savers and amateur breeding projects
Back Garden Seed Saving, Sue Strickland (UK)
Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, by Carol Deppe (US)
Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste, Bill Best (US)
Seed to Seed, Suzanne Ashworth (US)
Seedswap, Josie Jeffery (UK). Nice introduction to seed saving and swapping.
The Manuel of Seed Saving, Andrea Heistinger, see comment bel... -
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