The Diggers Club is Australia's largest gardening club, with over 85,000 members.
They were established in 1978 to provide diverse seeds and plants which were claimed to be disappearing from circulation and promoted heirloom fruit and vegetable revival in the 1990s.
It was originally a commercial business established by Penny and Clive Blazey to provide gardeners with all their gardening needs. Over the years, the club claims to have extended its conservation efforts with extensive seed and plant preservation programs. In 2011 The Diggers Foundation - a registered not-for-profit charity. [1]