K works with our artists to help them share the stories of our seeds. He keeps the seed company true to its original mission protecting seeds, increasing seed diversity, fostering an ethical seed landscape, and celebrating the art of seed.

Favorite Art Pack: Heart Seed. Being a seed saver is about being in a relationship with plants. All seeds love us back, but this one knows how to show it!

Cara receives all your seedy orders and makes sure they are sent to you safe and sound.

Favorite Art Pack: Pansy Mix. Cara loves this pack for the obvious reason that these flowers are playful and gorgeous, but equally important, she loves it for its social justice message.

Seedy Secret: When Cara Sue is not at HVSC she hosts a weekly LGBTQ social night called Pansy Club here in the Hudson Valley.

Sandi takes pride in making each Art Pack (that opens like a flower) as beautiful as the art and seeds within.

Favorite Art Pack: Sugar Magnolia Snap Pea. It’s got everything delightful, it’s got everything you need.

Seedy Secret: She has a tiny house surrounded by open-pollinated, non-GMO, Hudson Valley Seed Company flowers both she and the wildlife enjoy.

Steven manages all aspects of our organic seed farm.

Favorite Art Pack: Sacred Basil. He appreciates the beautiful mandalic symmetry of the pack and the adaptogenic quality of the plant.

Seedy Secret: He is just as superstitious as he is rational.

Keith works with our suppliers, including our farm, to ensure that everything we offer in our catalog is available for sale.

Favorite Art Pack: Wild Arugula. Not to jump someone else's train but the colors in the artwork remind him of a record he used to listen to in high school.

Seedy Secret: He’s terrible with names.

Temperance writes blog posts, sends newsletters, and hunts down typos. 

Favorite Art Pack: Moonflower. She loves how the woman has climbed a ladder to see the moon and how the moon illuminates the hidden nocturnal animals among the flowers.

Seedy Secret: Temperance can be found haunting antique stores and staring deeply into other people's discarded family photos. 

Brendan works in our retail store keeping the fine art of customer service alive one guest experience at a time.

Favorite Art Pack: Dino Kale. Kale is healthy and hardy and the artwork reminds him of his dog Frankie.

Seedy Secret: Brendan likes to pickle things.

Mary works to help things run smoothly whenever it relates to data. From setting up new products, to making sure the "recipes" for each pack have the right amount of seeds, to monitoring inventory on the website--Mary gets to interact with the products through all different stages of their journey! 

Favorite Art Pack: Mandurang Moon With fond memories of picking tomatoes off the vine in her mother's garden and hurriedly eating them before the school bus arrived, paired with her love for all things related to the stars and moon, this pack is the perfect combination of beautiful and nostalgic!

Seedy Secret: Currently Mary maintains a collection of 200+ uncommon and rare tropical houseplants in her one bedroom apartment, and she dreams of having a solarium one day to fill to the brim with even more!

Fennel nestles things along their journey.

Favorite Art Pack: Pansy Mix is an extension of a larger amazing activist art project that deserves a wider audience. thepansyproject.com

Seedy Secret: Fennel has performed on stages across the country including Off Broadway and Lincoln Center.

Tiffany does a little bit of everything from shipping out orders to various production tasks. She's always happy to learn new things and jump in where needed.

Favorite Art Pack: Tiffany loves tea, and sacred basil is one of her favorites. It has so many amazing benefits for your mind and body.

Seedy Secret: Tiffany has taught elementary art for several years and has a small collection of children's skeleton drawings that is one of her most prized possessions.

Catherine manages our sales and marketing team and helps the company tell seed stories in compelling and original ways.

Favorite Art Pack: Ping Tung Eggplant. She loves the synchronistic story behind this art pack , the way food brings people together, and grilling eggplant in the summertime. 

Seedy Secret: Catherine has hiked most of the trails in Yosemite National Park.