About Us
Our large display beds provide inspiration and propagation stock. Many plants are grown on site, with additional stock sourced from trusted UK nurseries.
About us
Our Nursery
The site has been a nursery for many decades and was taken on by current owner Billy Stott, a graduate in Commercial Horticulture, in 2015, opening to the public in September 2017. We now have a wonderful small family-based team of staff and volunteers.
We grow and sell a range of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, hardy annuals, climbers, trees, hedging plants and speciality snowdrops. Many of the plants we sell are propagated at the nursery, using material taken from our display beds. Some plants are bought in, often in small pots for growing on. We strive to only buy from UK nurseries, to protect our national biosecurity and try to buy from nurseries using peat-free or reduced-peat composts.
About us
Growing with Nature in Mind
We believe in being as sustainable as possible. Peat-free growing media is used throughout the production process on the nursery, from propagation to growing plants on for sale. We want to help to reduce the negative impacts of harvesting peat from peat bogs, so we use a range of peat-free growing media.
When you visit the nursery you will find that we use newspaper and jute twine to wrap our plants after purchase and use paper bags instead of plastic. We also don’t use plastic labels for many of our plants; instead we write plant names on the pots and have description cards, with pictures and written information, near each different plant for you to take a photo of if you like! All of the plant pots we now purchase are the new ‘taupe’ pots, which are made of recycled plastic and can be recycled more easily in household recycling collections (check with your local council). We also accept our own plant pots back for reuse at the nursery. Just pop them in the crate by the shop.
Over the past few years we have been managing the woodland in which the nursery sits. Dead trees have been felled and many native deciduous and broadleaf trees have been planted, improving the woodland habitat.
Our display borders are not cut back in autumn; instead the dead plant material is left, allowing birds to forage seeds and giving a home for insects to over winter. We also like to leave areas of grass to grow long, reducing the carbon emissions from mowing and giving all sorts of creatures a place to live!
Backwoods Experiences
We run workshops and experiences at the nursery, under our brand BackWoods Experiences. We endeavour to support local craftspeople and we stock various locally made products, including handmade greetings cards and honey from the on-site bee hives. Have a look at the BackWoods website to find out what sort of wonderful things you can have a go at!
Handwoven willow wreaths and moss framed wreaths are available from the nursery at Christmas time, using mostly our own willow and a range of natural materials grown at the nursery. Visit our Seasonal page to find out more.