New crops are here at last!!
Finally our new crops arrived today! Acconitum, Erigeron, Eryngium, Kniphofia & 8 new colourful varieties of Phlox. It doesn’t look like much when you look at the boxes but each one contains loads...
View ArticleBritish Delphinium season has started!
The British Delphinium season has started at last. Despite the inclement weather we’ve endured so far this year we’ve finally got our Delphinium season under way with the first picking of last years...
View ArticleA British flower farm in April
This weekend we visited our friend Adrian who grows a vast range of British flowers exclusively for us. April is an exciting time for me because there is so much happening on British flower farms. But...
View ArticleView from the Nursery
There’s always plenty to see on a British Flower Farm when Spring kicks in so this morning I picked up my camera and went for a jaunt around the nursery. Thursday starts off with Alstromeria picking,...
View ArticleNew Alstromeria colours coming into production
It feels like an eternity but finally our house of new Alstromeria colours has started flowering. We first started removing the old crop back in January, then after getting the house cleaned and...
View ArticleA day in the life of a flower picker
Some people hold the idea that working on a flower Nursery picking flowers is in some way idyllic, a lovely way in which to spend your day. They’ve clearly never worked on a flower Nursery picking...
View ArticleAward winning NGS garden open day.
This Sunday, August the 18th, sees the second of our Garden open days. With the first at the start of the month blighted by heavy rain we’re hoping for better weather this time around. There is so much...
View ArticleThe aftermath of the Storms
Its been a while since we posted some news, its gets so busy here its hard to find the time to devote to this but we do want to make the effort and with the events of recent days now is a good time to...
View ArticleThe first Signs of Life!
It was really encouraging seeing the first signs of life in the summer crops whilst out looking for storm damage this morning. Even though it has been one of the wettest and windiest winters in my...
View ArticleVisit to our friends Nursery
Last night I paid a visit to our friend Adrian who we’re lucky to have growing a range of summer flowers for us. Adrian manages several acres located here in the sunny Tamar Valley all by himself...
View ArticleAfter a long hard summer, the News is back!
It might seem like an odd thing to say but it really is hard to keep the website updated during the summer flower season. A few moments here and there to type a few words shouldn’t be difficult but...
View ArticleOur exciting Biomass Boiler project
A few weeks ago we started work on our exciting new Biomass Boiler project. Growing flowers through the winter months has become increasingly more difficult every year when you look at how much the...
View ArticleA sad time on the Nursery
Its been a sad September here on the nursery, not just because Vaughan is retiring after many years of great service but we’re losing something even older. Back in the early Seventies my dad took...
View ArticleThe Land where Time stood still.
Yes if you’ve been following our newsfeed this is the land where time stood still!! Its been a while since we’ve updated things, 16 months actually, doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun!!! In our...
View ArticleThe first Signs of Life!
It was really encouraging seeing the first signs of life in the summer crops whilst out looking for storm damage this morning. Even though it has been one of the wettest and windiest winters in my...
View ArticleVisit to our friends Nursery
Last night I paid a visit to our friend Adrian who we’re lucky to have growing a range of summer flowers for us. Adrian manages several acres located here in the sunny Tamar Valley all by himself...
View ArticleAfter a long hard summer, the News is back!
It might seem like an odd thing to say but it really is hard to keep the website updated during the summer flower season. A few moments here and there to type a few words shouldn’t be difficult but...
View ArticleOur exciting Biomass Boiler project
A few weeks ago we started work on our exciting new Biomass Boiler project. Growing flowers through the winter months has become increasingly more difficult every year when you look at how much the...
View ArticleA sad time on the Nursery
Its been a sad September here on the nursery, not just because Vaughan is retiring after many years of great service but we’re losing something even older. Back in the early Seventies my dad took...
View ArticleThe Land where Time stood still.
Yes if you’ve been following our newsfeed this is the land where time stood still!! Its been a while since we’ve updated things, 16 months actually, doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun!!! In our...
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