Garlicana is a very small farm located in the southern end of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. Here a diverse array of garlic and shallots are grown without the use of toxic chemical fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides or fungicides and careful attention is paid to sustainable soil practices. The farm specializes in less common varieties and developing new varieties through traditional seed breeding methods.
Update May 2020:
There have been many inquiries as to the availability of both seed and culinary garlic. These will become available again after harvest. In the mean time there is plenty of varietal garlic powders, roasted and smoked powders, garlic salts, etc. Check these out here. These can be shipped anywhere. Other than True Garlic Seeds, garlic orders are accepted in the summer for shipment beginning in September.
There are around 80 varieties of garlic on offer, comprising ten horticultural groups as well as a number of unclassified varieties, others that have been collected from the wild in Central Asia, and garlic developed from true seed. In addition there are 7 shallot varieties.
True Garlic Seeds Available
Garlicana is offering true seeds. As of April 2020, seeds from the 2019 are on offer. Seed saving scaled back a little last year so availability is limited. While thousands of seeds are collected, this remains experimental. True Garlic Seed (TGS) is not a viable means to produce garlic as you would grow onions, it’s a long term project with inconsistent results. It can, however, be very rewarding and we are pleased to introduce many new and diverse garlic varieties If a nerdy, multi-year project to produce new garlic varieties appeals to you, Read more…
