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uk.rec.gardening Suppliers and References FaqLast updated: 5/10/99 Additions:
This FAQ is a listing of gardening suppliers and useful websites recommended by posters to the newsgroup uk.rec.gardening (urg). As well as this web version, it is posted to urg at approximately weekly intervals. An emailed text version is available, details in the urg Metafaq, which also has details of other urg FAQs . The FAQ is divided into four sections: 1. Seed, bulb and plant suppliers2. Gardening Equipment Suppliers - basically everything else 3. Organic Suppliers - a small section with those suppliers especially focussing on organic gardening. 4. Useful websites - links to useful gardning related or supplier websites. Some suppliers could fit into more than one category, in this case I have picked what I consider the major focus. All do mail order unless otherwise stated. Any additions, corrections, comments please e-mail me, Chris French, at: urgref@spennithorne.demon.co.uk General Seed, Bulb and Plant suppliers
Abacus NurseriesDrummau Road Skewen Neath SA10 6NW Tel: 01792 817994 Website: http://www.swig-online.co.uk/abacus/welcome.html e-mail: abacus.dahlias@swig-online.co.uk Dahlia specialists, Fuschias and 'hard to find ' plants
All Seasons Arcadia Nurseries Brass Castle lane, Nunthorpe Middlesborough, Cleveland, TS8 9EB Tel: 01642 310782 Fax: 01642 300817 Fuchsias and Auricula plantlets Barthelemy & Co. Arcadia Nurseries 262 Wimborne Road West, Staplehill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2DZ Tel: 01202 874283 Japanese maples Basically Seeds, Risby Business Park, Newmarket Rd., Risby, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6RD S&N Brackley 117, Winslow Rd., Wingrave, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP22 4QB. Tel/Fax: 01296 681384 Brocking Exotics Roseden Nottingham road Woodborough Notts. NG14 6EH Tel: 0115 951 3381 Mail order - visitors by prior arrangement only D.T. Brown and Co. Ltd. Station Rd, Poulton le Fylde, Lancs. FY6 7HX. Tel: 01253 882371. Fax: 01253 890923. Freephone Orders: 0800 731 1231 E-mail: mo_enquiry@dtbrown.globalnet.co.uk Website: Frames version - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dtbrown/index.htm No-frames version - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~dtbrown/noframes/index Vegetable, herd and flower seeds, flower plants Organic seeds and potatoes Chiltern Seeds Bortree Stile, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 7PB Tel: 01229 581137 Fax: 01229 584549 E-Mail: chilternseeds@compuserve.com Website: http://www.edirectory.co.uk/chilternseeds/ Flower, vegetable, wildflower and herb seeds, mixtures etc. The Citrus Centre West Mare Lane Marehill Pulborough West Sussex RH20 2EA Tel: 01798 872786 Fax: 01798 874880 Specializing in Citrus plants Cockers Roses Whitemyres Lang Stracht Aberdeen Scotland AB15 6XH Tel: 01224 313261 Fax: 01224 312531 Rose specialists and nursery Samuel Dobie & Son, Broomhill Way, Torquay, Devon TQ2 7QW Tel: 01803 696444 Fax: 01803 696450 Elizabeth MacGregor Ellenbank Tongland Road Kirkcudbright DG6 4UU Tel: 01557 330620 Specialises in named varieties of violas and cottage garden plants. Thomas Etty Esq. 45 Forde Avenue, Bromley, Kent BR1 3EU Tel: 0181 466 6785 email: rwarner@cix.co.uk website: http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~nfarley/thomas.etty/etty/html Flower and vegetable seeds, bulbs, heritage plant specialists Mr. Fothergill Seeds, Kentford, Suffolk CB8 7QB Tel: 01638 552512 Fax: 01638 750468 Four Seasons Hardy Perennials Forncett St Mary Norwich NR16 1JT Tel: 01508 488 344 Fax: 01508 488478 E-mail: contact@fsperennials.co.uk Website: http://www.fsperennials.co.uk Gardening Direct of South Woodham Ferrers FREEPOST CL4097 South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex CM3 5YY Tel: 01245 326002 Fax: 01245 328121 Spring bedding plants, plug plants. Floral only. Glenville Nurseries PO Box 2, Walpole St Andrew, Wisbech, Cambs. PE14 7LD H. Hansen & Son North Thoresby, Grimsby DN36 5RN Pansy & bedding seed Hill House Nursery & Gardens Landscove Ashburton Devon TQ13 7LY Tel: 01803 762273 Cash & Carry only - open every day 11am - 5pm. Iden Croft Herbs Frittenden Road Staplehurst Kent TN12 0DH Tel: 01580 891432 Fax: 01580 892416 Email: idencroft.herbs@dial.piex.com Web site: http://www.oxalis.co.uk/ic.htm Specialists in culinary, aromatic & medicinal herbs. Alpine, wildflowers, Cottage garden, bee, butterfly & herbaceous plants. Seeds and plants. National collections of Mentha and Origanum. Open daily 9 am - 5 pm Monday - Saturday Sundays and Bank Holidays from March - September 11am - 5 pm GM & EA Innes, Oldtown, Newmachar, Aberdeenshire AB21 7PR Tel/fax: 01651 862333 Potato specialists - 71 varieties plus 24 heritage varieties from the MacLean Collection. Landlife Wildflowers Ltd. National Wildflower Centre Court Hey Park Liverpool L16 3NA Tel: 0151 737 1819 Fax: 0151 737 1820 email: info@landlife.u-net.com Wildflower seeds and mixtures, starter plugs, advice E.W.King & Co. Ltd. Monks Farm, Coggeshall Road, Kelvedon, Essex CO5 9PG Tel: 01376 570000 Fax: 01376 571189 Flower and Vegetable seed for home gardeners & wholesale Seed is not chemically treated. Orchard Nurseries Orchard Place, Flint House Road, Three Holes, Wisbech, Cambs. PE14 9JN. Tel/Fax: 01354 638613 Website: http://www.orchard-nurseries.co.uk E-mail: info@orchard-nurseries.co.uk Bulbs, especially, Snowdrops, Aconites and other spring flowering bulbs 'in the green' S.E.Marshall & Co. Ltd. Wisbech, Cambs. PE13 2RF Orderline: 01 945 466 711 Customer Services: 01 945 583 407 Fax: 01 945 588 235 Vegetable and flower seed, starter modules, sundries Specialities: Potato seed, onion set Moles Seeds Turkey Cock Lane, Stanway, Colchester, Essex CO3 5PD Tel: 01206 213213 Larger quantities (min order GBP 30.00) Ken Muir Honeypot Farm Weeley Heath Clacton-on-Sea Essex CO16 9BJ Tel: 01255 830181 Wide range of fruit trees, bushes etc. Excellent catalogue (it's almost a book). They request 4x1st class stamps and it's worth it. Mulu Nurseries Burford House Burford Tenbury Wells Worcestershire WR15 8HG Tel. 01584 811592 Email: info@mulu.co.uk Website: http://www.mulu.co.uk Specialists in exotics; Aroids, Bananas, Gingers, Palms and Tree ferns and a whole host of other exotic goodies. All at very competitive prices. Oasis Exotic Plants 42 Greenwood Avenue South Benfleet Essex SS7 1LD Tel: 01268 757666 E-Mail: oasis@exotic.globalnet.co.uk Mail order - visitors by prior arrangement only J. Parker 452 Chester Road Manchester M16 9HL Tel: Customer orders: 0161 848 1100 General Enqs. 0161 872 1700 Fax: 0161 848 9494 Bulb & Plant mail order specialists Plants of Distinction Abacus House Station Yard Needham Market Suffolk IP6 8AS Tel: 01449 721720 fax: 01449 721722 Specialize in new and rare seeds plus a few plants. The catalogue is excellent in that it has full colour plates and good size and hardiness descriptions. Plant Magic Common Lane, Ditchling, Hassocks, Sussex, BN6 8TP Tel: 01444 257463 Fax: 01444 248058 E-mail: information@plantmagic.co.uk Website: http://www.plantmagic.co.uk Plant World Seeds Botanic Gardens and Plant Centre St. Marychurch Road Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 4SE Tel: (01803) 872939 Fax: (01803) 872939 Seed of herbaceous perennials and alpines (mainly grown on site) Gardens open 9:30-5:00 6 days a week (closed Wednesdays) from Easter to end September. Priorswood Clematis Nursery Priorswood, Widbury Hill Ware Herts SG12 7QH Tel: 01920 461543 Specialist Clematis nursery The catalogue is an excellent guide to Clematis. Reads Nursery Hales Hall Loddon Norfolk NR14 6QW Tel: 01508 548395 Fax: 01508 548040 Email: plants@readsnursery.co.uk Web site: http://www.readsnursery.co.ukk Conservatory plants, Citrus, garden climbers, fruits and nuts. Holder of the National Collection of Figs W. Robinson & Sons Ltd. Sunny Bank, Forton, Nr. Preston Tel: 01524 791210. Fax: 01524 791933 Vegetable seeds and plants Nursery open in April and May, 7 Days/week, 9am - 5pm Rosies Garden Plants, Rochester Road, Aylesford, Kent ME20 7EB Tel: 01622 715777 Hardy Geraniums only. Mail order, over 110 varieties available. Seymour's Selected Seeds, PO Box 150, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 4QG. Simpson's Seeds 27 Meadowbrook Old Oxted Surey RH8 9LT Tel/Fax: 01883 715242 Vegetable seeds, very wide range of Tomatoes and Chillies. Southview Nurseries Eversley Cross, Hants. RG27 0NT Tel: 0118 973 2206 Old Pinks, fragrant and hardy plants. Suttons Hele Road Torquay Devon TQ2 7QJ Tel: Orders/Cat. Requests 01803 696363 General enquires 01803 696321 Vegetable and flower seeds, flower plants, bulbs, fruit. Test Valley Nursery Stockbridge Road Timsbury Romsey Hants. SO51 0NG Tel: 01794 368881 No mail order. Small individually run nursery specialising in less common and new hardy perennials. For example good collections of geraniums Open: March to November 1030 to 1600 but not Monday or Thursday Julia Benn says 'I may have to close at short notice so, if travelling from a distance it is advisable to phone first'. Thompson & Morgan, Poplar Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk IP8 3BU Tel: 01473 688588 Fax: 01473 680199 Vegetable and flower seeds, flower plants. Totally Tomatoes, PO Box 202, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6ZH Edwin Tucker and Sons Ltd Brewery Meadow Stonepark Ashburton Newton Abbot Devon TQ13 7DG Tel: 01364 652403 Fax: 01364 654300 Primarily vegetable seeds. Unwins Seeds Histon, Cambridge, Cambs. CB4 4ZZ Tel: 01223 236236 Van Meuwen PO Box 2 Spalding Lincs. PE12 6EB Tel: General enquires: 01775 760011, Customer care line: 01775 760016 Orders: 01775 712345 Fax: 01775 760019 E-mail: colin@vanmeuwen.nildram.co.uk Bulbs, plants, shrubs, roses, fruit trees, perennials. Vernon Geranium Nusery, Cuddington Way, Cheam, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 7JB Tel: 0181 393 7616 Fax: 0181 786 7437 Geraniums, all varieties plus fuchsias Wallis Seeds, Broad Green, Great Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 1DS. Tel: 01245 360413 Webster's, Unit 16, Ogilvy Place Arbroath, Tayside, Scotland DD11 4DE Tel: 01241 434833 (store) 01674 673473 (home) Potato specialists - over 80 varieties. GARDENING EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERSAgriframes Ltd Charlwoods Road, East Grinstead West Sussex, RH19 2HP E-mail: agriframes@btinternet.com Website: http://www.agriframes.co.uk Fruit cages, arbours, frames etc. Ashbourne Greenhouse Accessories J&M Products Moor Farm Road West Airfield Industrial Estate Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 1HD Tel: 01335 345742 Staging, shelving and other greenhouse accessories. CJ Wildbird foods Ltd. The Rea, Upton Magna, Shrewsbury SY4 4UB Tel: 01743 709545 Fax: 01743 709504 E-mail: CJWildbirdFoods@Compuserve.com Website: http://www.birdfood.co.uk/ Wildbirds foods, feeders etc. (also Hedgehogs etc!) Good website. Defenders Occupation Road, Wye Ashford Kent TN25 5EN Tel: 01233 813121 Fax: 01233 813633 Biological pest control DIY Plastics (UK) Ltd. Rergal Way Faringdon Oxfordshire SN7 7XD Tel: 01367 242932 Fax: 01367 242200 Plastic roofing and glazing sheets. Callers welcome, 9.00 - 5.30 Mon - Fri; 9.00 - 1.00 Sat Green Gardener 41 Strumpshaw Road Brundall Norfolk NR13 5PG Tel/Fax 01603 715096 Biological pest controls Fertile Fibre Tenbury Wells WR15 8LT Tel: 01584 781575 Fax: 01584 781483 Coir, Coir based compost, cocoshell mulch. Hozelock Ltd. Haddenham Aylesbury Bucks. HP17 8JD Tel: 01844 292002 Fax: 01844 291820 email: consumer.services@hozelock.com Manufacturers of widely available watering equipment, such has hoses, fittings, drippers etc. Knowles Nets East Road Brodport Dorset DT6 4NX Tel: 01308 424342 Fruit cages, netting, fleece etc. Lakeland Ltd. (was Lakeland Plastics) Alexandra Buildings Windermere Cumbria LA3 1BQ Tel: 015394 88100 Fax: 015394 88300 Freezer & food bags & containers; kitchen storage & equip.; etc. LBS Horticulture (from 1997 catalogue) Standroyd Mill, Cottontree, Nr.Colne, Lancs. BB8 7BW Tel: General enquiries: 01282 873311 Customer Service: 01282 873300 Customer Sales: 01282 873333 Irrigation: 01282 873322 Polytunnels: 01282 870444 Fax: 01282 869850 email: lbs@provider.co.uk Polytunnels, sheeting, tools, containers, clothing, sundries etc. etc. Midland Butyl Limited Windmill Farm Biggin Lane Near Holland Ward Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 3FN Tel: 01335 372 133 Fac: 01335 372 199 E-mail: info@midlandbutyl.com Website: http://www.midlandbutyl.com Suppliers of butyl linings for ponds, roofs etc. Two Wests and Elliott's Unit 4 Carrwood Road Sheepbridge Industrial Estate Chesterfield Derbyshire S41 9RH Tel: 01246 451077 Fax: 01246 260115 Greenhouses and greenhouse equipment and fittings. Plastics By Post Ltd Ventnor Isle of White PO38 1YJ Tel: 01983 852241 Fax: 01983 854079 General plastic materials, sheeting and glazing, pots, irrigation, fleece, netting, polytunnels. etc. Pottering PO Box 34 Cranleigh Surrey GU6 7YL Tel: 01483 275407 E-mail: mailto:101516.1351@compuserv.com" Cheap general gardening supplies, plastic pots, labels etc. Queenswood Wellington, Hereford, HR4 8BB Tel: 01432 830015 Fax: 01432 830833 E-mail: sales@queenswood.demon.co.uk" Website: http://www.queenswood.co.uk/ General gardening equipment ORGANIC SUPPLIERSTamar Organics Unit 5a Westbridge Trading Estate Tavistock Devon PL19 8DE Tel/Fax: 01822 618765 E-mail: tamarorganics@compuserve.com" General organic gardening supplies, vegetable, herb and flower seeds and plants The Organic Gardening Catalogue (HDRA/Chase) Riverdene Business Park Molesey Road, Hersham Surrey KT12 4RG Tel: 01932 253666 Fax: 01932 252707 Organic vegetable and flower seed, herbs, grasses, mixtures, crop protection, starter plants, books and pamphlets, tools, sundries. Suffolk Herbs Monks Farm, Coggeshall Road, Kelvedon, Essex CO5 9PG Tel: 01376 572456 Fax: 01376 571189 Organic herbs, flowers, wildflowers, vegetables, tools, sundries etc. USEFUL WEBSITESTitle: Beechgrove Garden URL: http://www.beechgrove.co.uk/ Contents: The website of the BBC Scotland TV program of the same name. General info regarding the program and the garden. Online versions of the accompanying factsheets. Title: British Hedgehog Preservation Society URL: http://www.software-technics.co.uk/bhps/ Contents: Lots of info about Hedgehogs and how to help them in your garden. Title: From The Ground Up URL: http://www.ftgu.freeserve.co.uk/index.html Content: Seed and plant exchange, basic webpage for the above organisation which publishes a magazine to assist in this. Title: HDRA URL: http://www.hdra.org.uk/index.htm Contents: Info about the HDRA (Henry Doubleday Research Association) Tile: A. J. McCormack and Son - A Guide to UK Paving URL: http://www.tmac.clara.net/paving/pavpage/paving.htm Contents: Lots of useful info on paving and other aspects hard landscaping. Excellent site put up by a regular contributor to u.r.g, and professional paving contractor. Title: Midnet Organic URL: http://www.organic.mcmail.com/ Contents: Site with a wide range of info and tips on organic gardening. Title: Official Pacific Northwest Slug Page URL: http://www.webelegance.com/slug/slug.html Contents: A mainly humorous look at slugs, a US site but with some useful info on slugs as well. Cheer yourself up when they've demolished your lettuces!. Title: Rec.gardens.ecosystems:Organic gardening based on ecology URL: http://metalab.unc.edu/rge/ Contents: Contains the FAQ of the newsgroup rec.gardens.ecosystems, which is for those interested in 'gardening from an ecological perspective . Good info on a wide variety of topics. Title: Slug Control URL: http://www.oxalis.co.uk/slug.htm Contents: Webpage put up by an invertebrate ecologist. Some basic info about the different types of UK slugs, plus a review of different methods of control. |