Chef Specialty Gardens

The Chef Specialty Gardens offer selected combinations of our most popular Asian vegetables and herbs. Each seed packet has general growing instructions. Cultivate a kitchen garden of interest that will enhance your gardening and dining experience. Share the joy of gardening and send Chef Specialty Gardens as gifts to friends and family. A Chef Specialty Garden is $21.00.

(Variety substitutes will be made if the specific variety is sold out.)

C001 Asian Herb Garden

The Asian Herb Garden is our collection of essential herbs for Asian cuisine. Each herb has intense flavor and scent. Enjoy creating your own Asian fusion dishes by growing and experimenting with these specialty herbs.
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#035 Ao Shiso Green Perilla #078 Evergreen Japanese Bunching Onion #356 Leisure Cilantro Chinese Parsley #037 Hiro Haba Chinese Leek	#355 Kintsai Dark Green Chinese Celery #032 Mitsuba Japanese Parsley #236 Sweet Thai Basil

C002 Asian Salad Garden

The Asian Salad Garden has a unique selection of Asian greens that will definitely add interest to your salads. Toss young baby greens into salads and add the mature leaves into stir-fries or cooked dishes.
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#245 Beka Santoh Chinese Cabbage #114 Misome #054 Mizuna Pot Herb Mustard #051 Red Giant Mustard	#033 Shungiku Chrysanthemum Green #062 Tatsoi #102 White Stem Daikon Sprouts

C003 Tropical Garden

The Tropical Garden offers many unusual and delicious vegetables from tropical regions; the beautiful deep purple yard long bean from China, Hawaiian Manoa lettuce, Poha Berry is delicious dipped in chocolate and the Winged bean found throughout Asia.
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#142 Green Stem Malabar Spinach #208 Manoa Lettuce #077 Molokhia #239 Poha Berry	#247 Tsu In Yard Long Bean #218 Winged Bean #186 Yu Choy Sum

C004 Japanese Heirloom Garden

We are extremely delighted to offer the Japanese Heirloom Garden. It is our special collection of dento yasai or "traditional vegetables" of Japan's Kansai region. They have been historically used in a vegetarian cooking style of shojin ryori that is practiced by Buddhist priests.
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#235 Mibuna #078 Evergreen Nebuka Japanese Bunching Onion #224 Hinona Kabu Turnip #242 Kamo Eggplant	#203 Kyoto Red Carrot #246 Shishigatani Kabocha Japanese Pumpkin #048 Katsura Giant Pickling Melon

C005 Tsukemono Favorite Pickling Garden

The tradition of pickling is one way vegetables have been preserved in Asia. Many of our customers want to make bachan's (grandmother's) tsukemono recipes or the tsukemono served at restaurants or sold in markets. We have selected the most popular vegetables used for pickling kim chee, takuan, nukamiso, shoyu zuke, ichiyazuki and other recipes. A dinner is not complete unless something spicy, salty, sweet or sour is served!
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#048 Katsura Giant Pickling Melon #051 Red Giant Aka Takana Mustard #130 Senryo Ni Gou Eggplant #019 Tasty Green Cucumber	#090 Tokinashi All Season Daikon #118 Tokyo Cross Japanese Turnip #011 WR 70 Days Chinese Cabbage

C006 Macrobiotic Garden

The Macrobiotic Garden offers principal and supplemental vegetables that support a macrobiotic dietary approach. Experience gardening by growing your organic food source.
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#004 Azuki Red Bean #049 Gai Choi Chinese Mustard #151 Kurogoma Black Sesame Seed #207 Lucky Lion Edamame Soybean	#169 Mappe Green Mung Bean #070 Takinogawa Gobo Burdock #090 Tokinashi All Season Daikon

C007 Shabu Shabu Garden

The Shabu Shabu Garden is our selection of basic vegetables for nabemono (one pot or hot pot) cooking whether it is shabu shabu, sukiyaki or torinabe. Grow your own vegetables for the freshest vegetable ingredients.
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#040 Dwarf Grey Sugar Snow Pea #071 Ishikura Japanese Bunching Onion #060 Maruba Santoh Chinese Cabbage #162 Mini Sweet Carrot	#097 Omny All Season Daikon #038 Orai All Season Spinach #033 Shungiku Chrysanthemum Green

C008 Stir-Fry Garden

Our most popular vegetable varieties used for stir-frying are found in one specialty garden. Stir-fry a vegetable or try combinations of these vegetables to find the perfect balance of flavor.
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#040 Dwarf Grey Sugar Snow Pea #049 Gai Choi Chinese Mustard #071 Ishikura Japanese Green Onion #122 Joi Choi White Stem Pak Choi	#061 Green Lance Kailaan Chinese Broccoli #055 Komatsuna #121 Mei Qing Green Stem Pak Choi

C009 Thai Garden

Your Thai Garden will be filled with authentic vegetables of Thailand because all of these seeds are from Thailand. All you need are your spices, fish sauce, and coconut milk and curry paste.
 

This Garden includes one packet each of the following:
#364 Birdseye Chili Pepper #270 Prik Chi Faa Pepper #229 Mongkut Thai Cucumber #230 Roleks Green Eggplant	#146 Siam Queen Thai Basil #236 Sweet Thai Basil #231 Tiger Round Eggplant

Please take another look at our full line of seeds to complement these specialty gardens. See the Vegetable Seed Index for the complete listing of Asian seeds.