February 2012

We are busy preparing for the new gardening season. The winter has been very kind to us and we have good stocks of plants. We open on March 1st, but you can visit any time before then by prior appointment. Please phone or email to confirm a day & time before you come. 

We are available to give talks to gardening clubs & groups  throughout the year - feel free to contact us about this. We are happy to do talks at short notice, so just ask - if we can fit it in we will.

Cloche tunnel for sale

We have a used low cloche tunnel with new polythene cover for sale, which would be great for garden vegetable growing, or it has a shade cover for nursery stock. 6ft wide x 3ft high. 7 hoops. Very easy to assemble. Any reasonable offer considered.

Riding for the Disabled

We continue to raise funds for RDA, along with other charities. Thank you to everyone who has supported our fundraising in 2011.Our open day in September raised £1450 for Riding for the Disabled - Perry Group, and with other fundraising we have raised £2150 for the group this year. We could not do it without the support of our loyal customers and the help of friends who bake cakes and help with refreshments, raffle and car parking. Also thank you to the local businesses for donations of raffle prizes. (Special thanks to The Walls Restaurant, Oswestry and Toni & Guy, Shrewsbury).

During 2011 we have also helped raised funds for Hope House Children's Hospice with our spring open day in March and Cancer Research UK with a musical evening organised by the Oswestry group, held here in June.

Chelsea 2010 Gold Medal

In May 2010 we staged an exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show, for Riding for the Disabled Association, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary. The exhibit has been a great success and the response from judges and show visitors has been overwhelming. Our exhibit was inspired by the Riding for the Disabled poem 'I saw a child' which tells of a child who can't walk, riding through a field of daises. We had a wonderful wire sculpture made by Rupert Till, himself a regular Chelsea exhibitor. The pony and rider sculpture was set in a field of daises, surrounded by a hedgebank brimming with buttercups, cow parsley, foxgloves and ox-eye daisies. Through rusty irons hurdles and open gate the exhibit went through into a garden. Still keeping the natural theme we used cultivated forms of native plants in the garden.
 

Best wishes

Christine & Nick

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