About us

Located on the Island of Kalymnos in the South Aegean Sea, Greece in the beautiful village of Panormos this small family farm has been our home since 2016. ‘Meraki Seeds’ farm is run by Helena Rutström and her partner, both from Sweden. In 2015 we decided to fulfill our dream and moved from the small Swedish town of Piteå, close to the Arctic Circle, to the Greek archipelago. From that day we have been working towards our goal, combining a happy and simple lifestyle on our small farm. By opening our webshop we have reached the final milestone in this journey.

Here we produce vegetables, fruits, and olive oil for house needs and heirloom seeds for sale. The seeds are grown according to organic principles, non-GMO seeds only. In our garden, we use local horse and goat manure, homemade compost, and mulch combined with manure from our flock of chickens. In this way, we can recycle the resources we have at hand combined with the bright Greek sun.

Helena has a degree in Landscape Architecture from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. She has been farming all her life, together with her parents and grandparents, vegetables for house needs, herbs and flowers, and has always kept a garden depending on current living conditions, living in an apartment with a balcony, a house, or a farm. She has worked at Piteå Municipality and at the Swedish Church, among others. 

The meaning of the Greek word “Meráki / Μεράκι” translates to “put your heart into something, to do something with passion, from the heart, with absolute devotion, with undivided attention, a labor of love”.