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Silver Seed was started in the 1980's by Jay and Kathy Martin in Bivalve, Maryland. In that era, Jay and Kathy grew certified organic vegetable transplants for growers across the entire east coast.

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Silver Seed was named after the Neil Young song, After the Gold Rush. The song portrays the environmental concerns that humans have faced throughout time. Silver Seed began with and continues to operate in the hopes that humans learn to live in tune with nature and it's cycles.

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Over the years, the Martins have fed their community not only through vegetable, herb and flower transplants but also through market and CSA vegetable production known as Provident Farm.​

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In 2024, Jay and Kathy's oldest daughter (Heather) reignited the Silver Seed Concept. Today, Heather (with a lot of help and guidance from her dad) grows vegetable, herb and flower transplants for home gardeners and small-scale growers and cut flowers, herbs and greens for the Silver Seed farmstand in Bivalve.

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"Flying Mother Nature's Silver Seed to a new home in the sun"

-Neil Young, After the Gold Rush

 

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