About Us

Dobies have been supplying flower and vegetable seeds direct to gardeners since 1880, starting in the Chester area, and for over fifty years now, to customers throughout the UK. An extensive range of products is featured in our main annual catalogue, which is sent free on request.

In addition to seeds, we offer the largest range of young annual plants available by post, plus bulbs, fruit and garden equipment.

Our Trading Philosophy
Our business has been built on supplying direct to customers, and our products are not sold in the shops. This enables us to offer many unusual and hard-to-find items, at very competitive prices.

Quality Assured
Our seed and plant stocks are subject to strict quality checks to ensure they give excellent results in your garden. Our licensed laboratory checks seed germination and purity, and plants are regularly test grown to maturity on our own trial site. Our young plants are quality checked in the nursery, prior to packaging and delivery to your door by first class post, at just the right time. Full details of our guarantee can be found here.

Genetically Modified Varieties 
We do not list any varieties that have been produced as a result of genetic modification.

Working for You
Developing our range of seeds and plants is very much a team effort at Dobies, involving selections from our field trials, laboratory testing of seeds for purity and quality checking our plant production - plus photography to enable us to present our products to you in the future! Details of how to contact us are here.

A summer's day at our Trial Grounds in Devon.

The Dobies Team, working for you.

Roger Danbury, catalogues

Rufus Roberts, plant production

Tony Byers,
flower seeds

David Marland, vegetable seeds

Ben Badcott, bulbs