Plant Lovers’ Day

Saturday 26th May 2012
10am to 4pm

Norfolk’s largest plant-only sale will take place, for the 5th year running, on Saturday 26th May 2012.  Specialist nurseries from all across East Anglia are booking to be there for you.  Proceeds from the day will, once again, be going to local charity Wells Community Hospital and Hospice Trust in Wells next the Sea.  Admission is £3 for adults, children under 16 free. Well behaved dogs welcome on leads.  Parking has been increased to allow visitors to enter more easily given the record numbers in attendance in 2011.  For more information please contact Diana Scott via the Contact Us page.

Nurseries that attended in 2011
Blacksmiths Cottage 01379 741136 www.blackcottnursery.co.uk	Choice Landscapes 01945 585051 www.choicelandscapes.org	Creake Plant Centre 01328 823018 www.creakeplantcentre.co.uk
The nursery grows around 2000 different species of perennials. April and May is when their Woodland Bed comes to life containing various Anemone nemerosa, Polygonatum, Asarum, Trillium, Dodecatheon and Primula for sale. June onwards the nursery changes with many of the early woodland and shade plants finishing and the summer perennials in full flower. The nursery have a large selections of Astrantia, Sanguisorba, Geum, Geranium, Hemerocallis and Kniphofia.Blacksmiths Cottage Nursery, Langmere Rd, Langmere, Nr Dickleburgh, Norfolk IP21 4QA	Offers a wide range of alpines, conifers, Acers, bulbs and many other interesting plants, something for the beginner or the plantsman.Choice Landscapes, Priory Farm Nursery, 101 Salts Road, West Walton, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE14 7EF.	Stocks a wide range of shrubs, herbaceous and climbers, many rare and unusual. Hellebores, Old Roses and Salvias a speciality. Planning and planting advice given when required.Creake Plant Centre, Leicester Road, South Creake, Fakenham NR21 9PW
Dover Farm Nurseries 01263 860622	Fernatix 01379 678197 www.fernatix.co.uk	Garden Classics J. D Eaton. 01553 617325
Specialists in hostas, herbs, cottage garden plants and ferns.Dover Farm Nurseries, High Road, Briston, Melton Constable, Norfolk NR24 2JQ	Sell hardy and ‘not reliably hardy’ ferns and tree ferns. All the hardy ferns are guaranteed to be cold hardy, the majority of the species we have are from the Northern Hemisphere. `Not reliably hardy’ ferns includes plants which could quite possibly survive our climate with some degree of protection. There are also some species that really just do better if kept in a heated greenhouse or conservatory.Fernatix, Stoke Ash, Suffolk IP23 7EN	Alternative iris varieties to those from Seagate Irises. Mainly ensatas but also sibiricas, pseudoacoras & chrysographes. Also some fruit bushes if available.Bridge House, Saddlebow, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE34 3AR
Garden Force Centre 01328 823734	Hoecroft Plants 01362 684206 www.hoecroft.co.uk	Jelly Cottage Plants 01263 577727
Offers a range of different sized of olive, bay and fruit trees and a variety of hedging. Also a large range of hardy, semi hardy and tender perennials and shrubs and much more in stock.Garden Force Centre, Lester Road, South Creake, Norfolk NR21 9PW	Supply a variety of ornamental grasses, bamboos, sedges & rushes, apines & rockery plants, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, climbers and wall plants. Hoecroft Plants are a National Collection holder for ornamental grasses and coloured foliage plants.Severals Grange, Holt Road, Wood Norton, Dereham, Norfolk NR20 5BL	Specialising in cottage garden perennials, lavender, herbs, shrubs, hanging baskets and pots.Jelly Cottage Plants, 18 Cromer Rd, Gresham, Norwich NR11 8RF
Little Heath Farm 01442 864951 www.littleheathfarmnursery.co.uk	Norfolk Bamboo Company 01485 543935	Norfolk Herbs 01362 860812 www.norfolkherbs.co.uk
Offers an extensive range of hardy plants, specialising in alpines and herbaceous perennials, alongside shrubs, ferns and trees,with many unusual varieties scattered in all the categories.Little Heath Farm, Little Heath Lane, Potten End, Berkhamsted, Hert, HP4 2RY	Sells a wide range of ornamental bamboos with everything from a 12” Pygmy to a 30t Timber Bamboo to choose from. Bamboos often do well in light Norfolk soils and will tolerate minus 20 degrees. Nursery features in RHS Plant Finder Book and is open from April to September on Fridays 10am to 4pm. Also runs a small garden design and landscaping business.Vine Cottage, The Drift, Ingoldisthorpe, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE31 6NW	Norfolk Herbs are growers of naturally raised culinary, medicinal and aromatic herb plants for wholesale, retail and mail order supply together with Bay Trees, Scented Pelargoniums and Hand Thrown English Garden Terracotta to give stature, colour, scent and flavour to a window-sill, patio, garden, living wall or landscape.Norfolk Herbs, Blackberry Farm, Dillington, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2QD
Orchard Farm Plants 01692 402882	Park Road Nurseries 01603 898072	Pottertons Nursery 01472 851714 www.pottertons.co.uk
Sell rare and unusual herbaceous perennial plants. This year will bring several new varieties of heuchera, unusual varieties phlomis from Kashmir and Russia, unusual herbaceous geranium ‘phoebe noble’ plus lots more.Orchard Farm Plants, Orchard Farm Plants, Marshgate, Spa Common, North Walsham Norfolk NR28 9LG	Herbaceous perennials in 2lt, 3lt and 5lt pots. Friendly advice on planting and siting.45 Park Road, Spixworth, Norwich NR10 3PJ	Are a traditional family run specialist nursery which grows and supplies an extensive selection of Alpines, Dwarf Bulbs and Woodland plants.Pottertons Nursery, Moortown Road, Nettleton, Caistor, Lincolnshire LN7 6HX
Predator Plants 01603 427480 www.predatorplants.co.uk	Redman Hardy Plants 01371 810008 www.redmanhardyplants.co.uk	Seagate Irises 01406 365138 www.irises.co.uk
Offers a wide variety of carnivorous, insect eating plants. Hardy and semi-hardy plants available. Plants attract insects both for pollinating and eating! Many plants are rare and endangered and have become extinct in their native habitats.	Redman Hardy Plants are a family run nursery based in Essex specialising in herbaceous perennials. They grow a large selection of good quality perennials from traditional cottage gardens plants to new and exciting varieties for both sunny and shady spots, front of border and back of border.Redman Hardy Plants, Cross Hill Cottage, Walthams Cross, Gt Bardfield, Essex CM7 4QJ	Seagate Irises feature over 1000 varieties of irises in their display gardens in particular ensatas. In early June there are about 600 varieties in bloom at the same time. Seagate Irises also grow other types of bearded iris – medians, dwarfs and miniatures, as well as the beardless sibiricas and a new range of bog and water irises. National Collection holders for Bearded Irises.Seagate Irises, 36 Market Street, Long Sutton Lincs PE12 9DF
Springfield Farm and Nursery 01362 637270	The Garden Farmer 01485 40724 www.thegardenfarmer.co.uk	The Plantsman’s Preference 01953 681439 www.plantpref.co.uk
Springfield sell many unusual plants and shrubs – pelargoniums, geraniums, basket plants, fushias, pots and perennials.Springfield Farm & Nursery, Hall Lane, North Tuddenham, Dereham, Norfolk NR20 3DP	Specialising in fruit, vegetable and herb growing. This year, as well as many tried and tested favourite varieties, there will be quite a few new and unusual ones including Cape Gooseberries, Watermelons, Tomatilloes, stripy Zebra Tomatoes, White Sprouting Broccoli (by popular request), Violetta Cauliflower (purple colour), gherkins for pickling and a Giant Sugar Pea (up to 7 inch pods).	Hardy Geraniums, Ornamental Grasses and Woodland Perennials specialists as well as a large selection of shrubs and perennials.The nursery intends to provide new, rare and unusual plants available to a wider gardening audience, whilst not neglecting the more commonplace. Plants are almost all hardy in at least part of the UK.The Plantsman’s Preference, Hopton Road, Garboldisham, DISS, Norfolk IP22 2QN
Walnut Tree Garden Nursery 01953 488163 www.wtgn.co.uk	West Acre Gardens 01760 755562 www.westacregardens.co.uk
Are a family-run nursery that sells a large number of hardy garden plants, including ornamental trees, herbaceous perennials, shrubs, roses and climbers. We offer you a wide range of plants, from well-loved classics, through to more unusual species and varieties.Flymoor Lane, Rocklands, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1BP	An amazing range of perennials, shrubs, grasses, etc are grown, also an extensive range of alpines (including Primula auriculas and Rhodohypoxis) and a large selection of woodland plants and drought tolerant plants.West Acre Gardens, Tumbleyhill Road, West Acre, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE32 1UJ

In 2011 the Main Barn hosted an exhibition of photographs by local artist and allotment supremo Trish Le Gal. For more information on Trish’s photographs please contact her on 07919 115187

Congratulations to Jennifer Warden who won the beautiful David Austen rose donated by the Creake Plant Centre in the Free Prize Draw.

Many thanks to Orchard Farm Plants, West Acre Gardens, Jelly Cottage Plants, Dover Farm Nursery and Park Road Nurseries for donating plants to the Plant Lovers’ Question Time raffle on Friday 27th May 2011.

In 2011 over £4000 was raised for Wells Community Hospital from the Plant Lovers’ Day events….huge thanks to all involved.