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Harrogate Autumn Flower Show 2017

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The Harrogate Autumn flower show was just as spectacular as we knew it would be, with lots of magnificent colours all over the show grounds. An added excitement for us was that we got a new bit of silver to add to our collection with ‘best in show’! As you can see below we were quite happy with this result. I know we’ve said it before, but it’s truly a great thing to have your hard work recognised!

Here’s a few photos of our own set up as well as some from around the show grounds.

Giving a chat about ourselves and the show on BBC radio, and below all the lovely people who came to hear my talk about gardening tips. It’s great to see so many smiling enthusiastic gardeners!

Of course it wouldn’t be Harrogate Autumn show without some giant veg! I know how difficult it is to grow plants nice and big and healthy, so can only imagine the care that goes into growing such massive and stunning vegetables. It’s always such fun to see.

Our last show of the season is this week, September 23rd at Malvern, and then it’s our open days September 29th-October 1st. Then it’s all about looking after our plants in the nursery and planning what to do all over again for next years shows. A gardeners work is never done!

RHS Wisley Flower Show Setup

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{Heuchera Red Dress and Tiarella Emerald Ellie}

We are now all set up and ready for RHS Wisley to start this week. We’ve finished our display and the sale plants are all set up to go to their new homes. Here’s a few before and after shots of us putting our display together.

For anyone coming to the show, you can find us on stand no5 near the dahlia marquee on the lawn. For anyone who can’t make it, we’ve got some new plants in the shop that are now ready to go, which you can browse here.

3 Shows Left for 2017

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We only have three shows left for 2017, we can hardly believe we are already in September it’s been that busy this year! From all the shows, to potting to wedding planning, it seems we’ve been on the go forever. Wouldn’t change a thing though, and there’s been some fantastic shows this year.

Coming up we have RHS Wisley Autumn Show from the 5th-10th of September, which is in their 25th year! Raymond Blanc will be opening the show this year with other highlights including the sculpture trail, the people’s dahlia competition, and of course all the specialist nurseries and growers including us!

Next will be Harrogate Autumn Flower show, which always promises to be full of colour and really gets you into the Autumnal spirit. Join us September 15th-17th and we are looking forward to seeing what giant vegetables are in store this year for the famous annual competition.

We will be finishing the show season with the Malvern Autumn show September 23rd-24th. There will be a host of celebrities, cookery workshops and of course lots of plants!

Our last open days of the year are September 29-October 1st 10am-4pm each day. Come have a nosy around our nursery, enjoy some home made cake and take home some plants that catch your eye.

 

Southport Flower Show 2017

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We are nearing the end of show season now with just three more to go after Southport! We do tend to grow our show plants nice and big, but this means they are heavier to carry around and plant into our show garden!

Heuchera ‘Fleur’ is a new plant bred by us that we showed at the Southport show for the first time. Now available online.

Some behind the scenes photos of the nurseries around us getting their stands ready.

While Richard held down the stand at the show, I headed back as there was a lot of potting and weeding that needed to get done so we can make sure our sales plants are in top shape.

Our next show is Wisley the 5th of September, as always if you are going please do pop by and say hi to us on our stand.

RHS Tatton Park 2017

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We always love coming to RHS Tatton Park flower show as it’s not that far away from our nursery, and it’s in a really lovely setting. We always love seeing the difference between blank spaces filling up with scaffolding, stands and what not ready for nurseries to transform them into show displays. So here’s a few before photos and our finished display.

We’ve got a little break now to sort out mail orders, clean up our plants in the nursery, and make sure everything is in top shape.

It’s hard to believe there’s only a few shows left for this year! Coming up we have Southport Flower show the 17th-20th August, Wisley Autumn show 5th-10th of September, Harrogate Autumn show 15th-17th of September, and Malvern Autumn show the 23rd-24th September. The fall shows are great to add some brightly coloured autumnal plants to your garden.

We then have our last nursery open days 29th September-1st October where you can come stock up on plants, have a chat about all things gardening, and enjoy some delicious homemade cakes.

We look forward to seeing some of you the next couple of months!