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1968
The business started, growing lettuces from a small rented field in Burwash, East Sussex. David would cut the lettuces from 5am and then deliver them the same day to local greengrocers and farm shops in East Sussex. It must have been the freshest lettuce money could buy!
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1987
The great storm caused extensive damage to the nursery, taking over a year to repair in full. The wind smashed hundreds of panes of glass and bent the steel structures meaning they all had to be replaced. About this time the business stopped growing flowers to focus entirely on garden plants, particularly bedding plants.
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1995
This was a significant year, as the business attended its first farmers’ market. This was the first time the business had supplied its plants directly to gardeners. Today the nursery attends approximately 100 markets a year and it proves to be a valuable chance to meet with customers, get their feedback and give out free advice!
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2003
Following a major redevelopment of the nursery site, a new entrance was added along with a car park and a retail plant display house. From this site on the nursery, the business started selling directly to gardeners through the retail plant centre, as well as enabling wholesale customers to come and view our ranges in a dedicated sales area. Today, we sell the full range of over 800 plants produced on the nursery as well as plants from other specialist nurseries, alongside lots of garden pots, compost and other garden sundries.
The future...
There are many more plans for the nursery to ensure we continue to provide our customers with top quality garden plants sold with excellent service.