I'm disappointed to see that the Midwest mix includes Baby's Breath, which not only is not native to the Midwest as indicated, but indeed terribly invasive here. It is threatening the native flora of our Michigan dunes, and the local conservancies are leading efforts to pull it out before it takes over completely. There may be other non-natives in these mixes being touted as native, but this one stood out to me as a very poor choice for planting in most American landscapes.

Article from The Nature Conservancy about eradicating Baby's Breath from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan

Crafty apartment therapy readers who want to use seeds that really are native to their area could make their own seed bombs pretty easily. Cat litter, potting soil, and seeds are the main ingredients. Jim at Sweet Juniper just did this in Detroit: http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2010/04/seed-bombs-with-kids-of-georgia-street.html

People should really make their own seed bombs. West coast is just too general. The wild flowers of say the bay area are really different than those of the los angeles basin, nevermind further north.

The latimes had a really great series on ubiquitous, but non native and invasive southern california plant species: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/04/one-of-those-gorgeous-winter-days-when-the-interplay-of-light-mist-and-silvery-white-ceonothus-makes-the-santa-monica-mount.html

they are also featured at Pod in Brookline, so you can support a local business, too.

Thanks for your comments, everyone! Seed bombs are fairly simple to make, just labor-intensive. So, we make these for the people who can't or won't make their own. Our mixture uses worm castings and red clay, though, not kitty litter.

Aside from Antropologie and our own Etsy shop, the seed bombs are sold at independent retailers across the US. The full list is on our studio blog:

http://visualingual.wordpress.com/where-to-buy/

So, if one of these stores is in your area, I absolutely encourage you to support your neighboring small business!

i love these. as someone who works all day and takes care of a family, i love that they are a pre-made surprise for me to spread around, and an even better gift!

I love the name "seed bomb" ! Wish our troops could get the A-okay to drop these instead of missiles. :)

Thanks for the link, DianneS. I love the idea of seed bombs to brighten up my area, but having kids make and throw them in rundown areas of Detroit is just such a sweet idea.

*giggles* The idea of "friendly bombs". :-)