Grass Seed & Wild Flower Seed Products

A LITLE BIT OF HISTORY . . .

Peter Hunter, the Managing Director, is the great grandson of James Hunter who came down from Scotland and founded his grass seed company in Chester in 1883. James Hunter was the first seedsman to guarantee the purity and germination of his seeds and we still have his original germination and purity of grass seeds records going back to September 1883.

Moving on 143 years, much of farming and the grass seed industry have changed, not always for the best. However, Peter Hunter Seeds carries on the family tradition of offering the best varieties of grass seed and the best mixtures to suit every condition and requirement as well as still providing a personal service.

NOTHING CHANGES . . .

Interesting reading from an article named “European Conservation Year 1970” taken from Hunters Journal 1970. In 55 years, it appears nothing has changed….

“Rivers and lakes that were once full of a variety of fish are now being changed into filthy reservoirs of permanent waste from which every trace of life has disappeared. Pollution is so high that subsequent use of the water for irrigation or industry becomes practically impossible or even harmful because of the lack of any biological functioning. It is wise to note that polluted waters coming from unpurified urban and industrial waste can seep into the subsoil and pollute natural springs which may be used unknowingly by the farmer. It is sad to note that water, such a common resource, can have its continuous cycle of life corrupted by lack of forethought.”