Renee's Garden sent us THE LARGEST donation we have EVER received! The largest box of fruits and vegetables weighed in at 23lbs! The flowers weighed in around 15lbs! We are blown away by your kindess and very generous support of our cause to help low income individuals have access to healthy food sources! Words cannot express how much we appreciate you!

We would like to thank Baker Creek Heirloom - Rare Heirloom Seeds for their VERY generous donation to our cause! Again, without generous donations from seed companies, like yourselves, we would not be able to help individuals in our community have access to growing their own healthy food!

Thank you Sow Right Seeds for your kind contribution! Your generosity leaves us speachless!

True Leaf Market, has made a second contribution to i heart seeds! Thank you True Leaf Market for your kindness and generosity!

How Do I Get Seeds?

To receive seeds all you have to do is ask and provide us with your mailing address. You can email us or contact us by snail mail. The information is on our Contact Us page. If we have garden seed packages left we will mail you one.

We cannot stress enough that our outreach is currently based on the honor system. We trust if you need help gaining access to healthy food and you ask us for seeds, you will use the seeds we send to plant a garden and grow food for yourself and possibly others as well (friends, family, neighbors).

Are Your seeds REALLY Free?

Yes! Our seeds are completely FREE to low income families and individuals who ask for them!

The seeds we distribute are generously donated by various seed companies or our volunteers.

Seeds are usually from the prior growing season(s). Stored properly seeds can be viable for many years! Many of our volunteers harvest seeds from their own gardens and are kind enough to donate them to our cause.

We do not ask for donations from anyone who asks for seeds. Not even for shipping! i heart seeds, Incorporated NEVER asks for cash donations from anyone! We feel this keeps our volunteeers honest. We ask for donations of seeds and time to bundle and mail them. If you are EVER asked for a donation from anyone saying they are (or represent) i heart seeds, Incorporated, please contact us immediately at outreach@iheartseeds.com and let us know so we can take appropriate measures to investigate and stop scammers!

What is Low Income?

Here at i heart seeds, we know that many families and individuals do not qualify for "low income" status or assistance. Some don't qualify because they are a few dollars over the stipulated threshhold and there are other reasons that make an individual or family ineligible for "low income" assistance even though they may be struggling.

We currently do not have an application process at i heart seeds. Our criteria is simple, if you receive assistance (of any kind), you are low income. If you are unable to afford healthy food because it is cheaper to stock your cupboards with cheap processed foods, you are low income. If you find your cupboards are nearly bare and it's slim pickin's before your next check arrives, you are low income.

We work on the honor system and trust that people who submit a request genuinely need help gaining access to healthy food.

Please don't think there are others more needy and use that as a reason to not ask us for seeds. We have a lot of seeds to distribute and we wish to make sure we don't have any leftovers at the end of the growing season!

UPDATE!  11/20/2022

We are excited to announce that we are expanding our outreach to cover counties that surround our own Cambria County! This outreach will now provide garden seed starter packages to low income families in the following counties (in addition to Cambria County): Clearfield County, Blair County, Bedford County, Somerset County, Westmoreland County and Indiana County.  Please help us share our excitement by sharing our flyer!

Seed distribution for 2023 will begin soon! We anticipate starting seed distribution in December 2022 for the 2023 garden growing season, so please start submitting your requests for a garden seed package now! Seeds are distributed first come first served and we do have limited stock. We do not take requests for specific types of seeds. To request a seed package, you may contact us via email at outreach@iheartseeds.com, or by mailing a request to:

i heart seeds, Inc.
PO Box 685
Hastings, PA 16646

Each garden starter package consists of 10 unopened random seed packets. One garden seed package per name. One garden seed package per address. We are continuing to use the honor system for this outreach, so please be honest. You do NOT have to qualify for assistance to be considered low income. Many families continue to struggle financially even though they are above the standard low income threshhold and do not qualify for any type of assistance. This outreach is for low income families who want to grow their own healthy food and help stretch their grocery dollars. Again, please be honest, please be kind and please be patient.

For those of you who received seeds from us for the 2022 growing season, we hope that your gardens were a huge success and that you enjoyed your homegrown healthy food!

Please continue to check back for updated seed distribution information for planting season 2023! We hope to begin distributing garden packages soon!

It's no secret.  The price of everything is going up and food stamps only go so far.  It's cheaper to buy processed foods than it is to buy healthy foods. That's a shame.

Come here for gardening tips as well as how to's for harvesting various types of seeds.  Harvesting seeds and seed trading not only help stretch your food dollars and increase your healthy food supply but it also helps ensure you have seeds for next years garden so you can plan ahead.

UPDATE! 08/09/2022

Seed distribution for 2022 has ended. Thank you for all that donated seeds, their time and supplies for mailing! Without you this outreach would not be possible.

For those of you who received seeds from us we hope that your gardens are a huge success and you are enjoying your homegrown healthy food!

Please keep checking back for seed distribution information for planting season 2023. We hope to begin distributing garden packages winter 2022/2023.

We are planning to expand to more counties, so keep checking back to see what areas will be included in our outreach!

Let your friends, family and neighbors in need know of our outreach. Remember you do not have to qualify for assistance to be considered low income. Many families are low income and still do not qualify for assistance and we understand this. We will continue to work on the honor system. 1 garden package per name. 1 garden package per address. We send out a variety of fruit, vegetable, flower and herb seeds that are generously donated to our cause by seed companies and/or our volunteers.

Privacy/Security UPDATE! 05/05/2022

IMPORTANT NOTE: your name, address, email and/or phone number is all encrypted and kept secure.

This information will not be sold, traded or used to spam you with information. You will be contacted maybe once or twice.

Your private information WILL NOT BE SHARED or USED for ANY purpose without your permission.

ALL submissions of photos to us gives your consent to post on our website, social media, flyers or other printed material.

Photos will NEVER be posted with your name or other private information EVER. ONLY the photos will be posted.

Now on to our GET READY news!! Our bubble mailers arrived on Wednesday, May 04, 2022! We can't begin to tell you how excited we are that we can now begin mailing out garden packages! So get ready! Be watching your mail!! Your seeds will be on their way and arriving soon!!

Now Cambria AND Somerset Counties!

We have exciting news! We are adding Somerset county to our outreach! We had such an influx of donations that we are able to offer help to Cambria county and Somerset County!! Please let your low income friends and family know. Post the link to this website on social media and let people know we are here to help families in need grow healthy food. Our seeds are donated by seed companies, therefore we give our seeds away for FREE! WE DO NOT CHARGE ANYTHING! WE DO NOT ASK FOR ANY MONETARY DONATIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS. All donations are seeds and we give them away FREE at our own expense! We are literally NON PROFIT.

IMPORTANT UPDATE!  04/29/2022

Due to unforseen health issues all seed distributions will be via USPS mail. Please submit your name and address via email to:

Seed Request

or remit a written request with your name and address to:

i heart seeds
ATTN: Seed Request
PO Box 685
Hastings, PA 16646

If you would please take a picture of your package and email it to us when you receive it we would greatly appreciate it. Sending a photo of yourself or a picture of you and your family with the package of seeds would be a bonus we would appreciate as well. Photos are not expected or required. All photo submissions grant consent to be posted on our website, social media, newsletters or other printed materials. Any comments submitted via email or snail mail will be posted under testimonials as time permits.

i heart seeds, Inc. is Tax Exempt

On March 18, 2022 i heart seeds, Inc. was officially granted non-profit status by the IRS! We are excited because donations are tax deductible for those who itemize expenses on their tax returns.

Coming to Cambria County, Spring 2022!

FREE distribution seed outreach for low income families who wish to garden and grow their own food. If you're like many people then you like knowing what's in your food and where it's from.

I am a tax preparer so in May we will meet with families and/or individuals, on a specified date at 3 different specified locations and a specified time to distribute "starter garden seed packets". Keep checking this page for the date, locations and time. I decided on three locations to make it easier for low income families to participate. Hopefully one of the locations will be close enough for you to drive or get a ride. Seed packet bundles will be made ahead of time so there isn't a selection system. If you receive something you do not like please feel free to trade seeds with another person such as a family member, neighbor or friend for something you would rather have. You will receive a variety of seeds so there should be something you like in the mix.

This is my launch season so please help make it easy for me by being kind. If this goes well I may make this an annual project.

The seeds come from donations by seed companies, seeds I have purchased in bulk or individually, or seeds harvested by myself, family and friends from the past growing season. Bundles are limited and will be distributed on a first come first served basis. One bundle per name. One bundle per address. I'm going with the honor system here to help my community so please respect this.

Photos at distribution would be greatly appreciated to update our donators but are not required. Progress photos of gardens would also be greatly appreciated to update this outreach as awell as our donors but again this is not a requirement.