PLANT FINDERS FAIR AT COTTESBROOKE HALL 2010

LIST OF EXHIBITORS TO DATE
If you are interested in exhibiting, please call Therese Lang, Plant Finders Fair founder and organiser, TJM Associates, on 01373 812223. For opening times, click here.

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Carrier Company At Carrier Company we design and make a wide range of well researched, great looking and really useful items for the garden, beach, the country and the fireside W: www.carriercompany.co.uk/ Leander Products Our rusted iron plant supports blend beautifully into the herbaceous border, and include designs for roses, shrubs, perennials and climbers, and a very decorative "Lobster Pot" grow-through support. E: plantsupports@w3z.co.uk Luca Design Garden gifts for the discerning gardener T: 01902 423500 E: info@lucasgarden.com W: www.lucasgarden.com Essential England Essential England offers a unique flower delivery service, providing seasonal flowers and foliage that are grown solely in Great Britain. Each arrangement is completely natural in colour and scent and a true reflection of the British seasons. They are hand delivered, presented in our signature gift wrap and always accompanied by a card with details of each flower and where in the UK they were grown. T: 01604 770 966 E: info@essentialengland.co.uk Swines Meadow Nursery We have a passion for unusual and sometimes even strange plants from all around the world. Bamboo, tree ferns, phormiums and the Wollemi Pine are a small part of the plants that we have to make you salivate. T: 01778 343340 E: info@swinesmeadowgardencentre.co.uk W: www.swinesmeadowgardencentre.co.uk Pioneer Nursery At Pioneer Nurseries its our love of plants, as the raw materials for creating our own versions of Eden, that excites and inspires us. T: 01462 675858 E: info@pioneerplants.com Garden & Wood Wonderful antique tools and garden ephemera; garden tents T: 01844 279170 E: enquiries@canvasandwood.co.uk Bouts Violas Specialist growers of old-fashioned, hardy, perennial, violas T: 01386 792923 E: flowers@boutsviolas.co.uk W: www.boutsviolas.co.uk D'Arcy & Everest Specialist growers of alpines and perennials T: 01480 497672 E: angela@darcyeverest.co.uk W: www.darcyeverest.co.uk Archie Henderson Designers and makers of beautiful wrought iron garden ornaments T: 07867 953 039 E: archie.henderson@gmail.com W: www.garden-ironwork.com Mary Green Speciality hostas, astilbes,ferns, and other shade loving perennials T: 07778 910 348 E: marygreenplants@aol.com Long Acre We specialise in unusual woodland plants and plants for shade in general T: 01963 32802 E: info@longacreplants.co.uk W: www.longacreplants.co.uk Meadowgate Nursery We specialise in growing and selling a diverse and unusual coolection of ornamental grasses T: 01243 641997 E: meadowgatenursery@tiscali.co.uk W: www.meadowgatenursery.co.uk Jubilee Cottage Nursery Specialists in heuchera, heucherella, tiarella T: 01270 820335 E: foxy@plantagogo.freeserve.co.uk W: www.plantagogo.com Dysons Nurseries William Dyson is the Curator of Great Comp Garden, a veritable plantsman's paradise located in the heart of the Kent countryside. He is also the proprietor of a nursery specialising in Salvias which is situated within the garden. we will be offering several new Salvias at the fair that are currently unavailable anywhere else in the world. T: 01732 886154 E: dysonsnurseries@aol.com The Jolly Good Wheelbarrow Company The wheelbarrow is a full sized faithful reproduction of a Victorian barrow. Constructed entirely of seasoned oak, including a traditional wooden wheel with a metal rim.We build and sell these fully assembled wheelbarrows from our workshop, formerly the village blacksmith in the village of Norton, Northamptonshire. T: 01327 872950 E: chrispoolton@btconnect.com Westonbirt Plants Westonbirt Plants is a small mail order nursery specialising in the rare and unusual. Their list concentrates on Arisaema, Corydalis, Erythronium, Fritillaria, Iris, Lilium and hardy orchids, together with a wide range of other woodland plants. T: 01905 350429 E: r.jervis2@ukonline.co.uk Plant Revelations The Home of Exotic Plants and Giant Perennials. We are a mail order nursery that cultivates a range of rare and unusual plants of high quality that you’ll struggle to find at your local garden centre, to give our customers the chance to have something unique in their garden. T: 07933 739917 E: mfisher17@hotmail.com Pennard Plants Grasses, irises, agapanthus, heritage seeds, South African rarities T: 01749 860039 E: sales@pennardplants.com W: www.pennardplants.com

Cotsworld Garden Flowers (Bob Brown) Easy and Unusual Perennials for the Flower Garden We cater for all types of gardener, in particular the 'nerds' amongst you! We look forward to enticing you with our incredible range of plants….. T; 01386 - 833849 W: www.cgf.net/ Woottens of Wenhaston Woottens of Wenhaston - famed for the health & vigour of its plants - grows a vast range of herbaceous plants, with major specialist collections of Auriculas, Irises, Hemerocallis and Pelargoniums, each comprising over 400 cultivars. We offer a Europe-wide mail order service. W: www.woottensplants.co.uk Coton Manor An unusual selection of hardy herbaceous perennials for the discerning gardener. Home-propagated in reduced-peat compost, these sought-after plants will definitely catch your eye. See mature specimens growing in the glorious gardens of nearby Coton Manor, where garden courses are also available T: 01604 740219 W: www.cotonmanor.co.uk Stonecrop Nurseries Stonecrop Nurseries specialises in citrus, olives & Mediterranean plants & trees T: 01427 753355 Sonia Wright Plants Sonia Wright specialises in unusual perennials, climbers, old fashioned roses and potted lillies T: 01672 841065 Special Plants We grow and sell unusual plants from all over the world including an amazing range of hardy herbaceous and rockery plants as well as many tender perennials for terrrace and conservatory T: 01225 891686 E: derry@specialplants.net W: www.specialplants.net/ The Botanic Nursery A small family run plant nursery, which is situated in some of Englands most beautiful countryside, specialising in grasses, ferns, foxgloves, perennials, shrubs, and climbers. Rookery Nursery, Cottles Lane, Atworth, Melksham, Wilts, SN12 8HU T: 07850 328756 E: botanic@talktalk.net W: www.thebotanicnursery.com DK Plants Grower and propagator of high quality alpine and perennial plants. Recent awards include best in show Holker Hall garden festival 2008, a premier award at Harrogate Autumn show, and gold medal the Gardening show at Royal International Pavilion Llangollen N Wales. Phoenix Perennial Plants This well-known Hampshire nursery is owned and run by plantswoman Marina Christopher, and has an excellent line in perennials and grasses. The garden-worthy plant list is extensive and diverse, and almost all the plants are attractive to bees, wasps and butterflies. All plants are grown in loam-based compost. T: 01420 560695 Peter Beales Roses Peter Beales Roses is the holder of the National Collection of Rosa Species; in 2006 Peter Beales was awarded a Gold Medal by the World Federation of Rose Societies in recognition of his outstanding services to the rose and for his lifelong passion for the world of roses. T: 01953 454707 E: support@classicroses.co.uk W: www.classicroses.co.uk Edulis Nursery Landscape architect, Paul Barney, developed his Thames Valley walled garden nursery to supply his numerous design projects. It has produced an eclectic world-wide collection of interesting and unusual plants. A number of them have ornamental as well as edible/medicinal properties and are featured frequently in sustainable gardens. All grown in peat-free compost. T: 07802812781 E: edulis.nursery@virgin.net W: http://www.edulis.co.uk/ Inside Outdoors We hope you like our mix of new and antique decorative items for the home and garden. We are constantly sourcing interesting, practical and quirky things in the UK and throughout Europe. We are also keen to promote products that are handmade in the UK. T: 07909 905144 E: enquiries@insideoutdoors.com W: www.insideoutdoors.com Terrapot A selection of handmade pots to traditional or practical modern designs, all made from natural terracotta; all with base drainage hole; all frost resistant; all broad-based for use outdoors. T: +44 (0) 1455 202643 E: enquiries@terrapot.co.uk W: www.terrapot.co.uk Niwaki The name Niwaki means garden tree. Not very exciting, but it implies far more. Japanese gardens are landscapes, microcosms of nature, and the trees are all shaped to fit into those landscapes. We’ll be exhibiting Japanese tripod ladders, hedging ladders, topiary ladders, orchard ladders and garden ladders. T: 0845 116 2372 E: info@niwaki.com W: www.niwaki.com Redman Hardy Plants We are a family run nursery based in Essex specialising in Herbaceous Perennials. We 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. T: 01371 810008 E: redmanhardyplants@yahoo.co.uk W: www.redmanhardyplants.co.uk Plant Belles Plant Belles are grow-through plant supports with a difference. Plant Belles are beautiful, handcrafted ornamental garden structures that deserve to be seen. T: 01363 84514 E: jenny@plantbelles.co.uk W: www.plantbelles.co.uk

DEMONSTRATIONS As well as the exhibitors above, there will be demonstrations taking place throughout the fair. Ed Brooks will be demonstrating gate building, and Peter Dibble will be demonstrating basket making.
	Ed Brooks Ed Brooks Furniture is a family business designing and producing outdoor, garden and indoor furniture. For many years the business has been building a reputation for bespoke furniture, based on sound sustainable principals. More than that, the work has a genuine story and can be linked to a way of life rather than just a manufactured process. T: 07899 792810 W: www.edbrooks.com		Peter Dibble Peter Dibble makes baskets which have both function and beauty. He mainly uses barked willows, which give the baskets a more natural look. Peter grows a lot of the willow himself which enables him to see the process through from start to finish. T: 01603 662725