Unique opportunity
Behind the scenes tours of St Bridget’s award winning horticultural nursery in Exeter will be ‘raking’ in the money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).
The tours are taking place on April 30th, May 1st and 2nd with two tours each day (10.30am and 2.30pm). Visitors will get exclusive access to the working nursery which was named Nursery Retailer of the Year 2006. You will meet the experts from the propagation, greenhouse, herbaceous, container and field grown tree departments. Horticultural techniques and methods will be demonstrated such as micro-propagation, using compost tea as well as making compost and potting a range of crops. At the end of the tour each visitor will get a free goody bag including a voucher to use at both St Bridget Nurseries’ garden centres in Exeter.
A minimum donation of £2.50 is requested for tickets with all the funds going to CHSW. Tammy Flinn, from St Bridget Nurseries, said: “When we have run tours in the past they are always extremely popular. Visitors always comment how huge the nursery is and how they never realised so much is involved in producing the plants they buy from our garden centres. We’ve been growing plants on the nursery in Old Rydon Lane for over 80 years and so this is a great chance to see just how we do it!"
“We hope people will be as generous as possible to support Children’s Hospice South West.”
Tickets are available from St Bridget Nurseries garden centres (Old Rydon Lane and Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary, Exeter) or to reserve your place please contact St Bridget Nurseries on 01392 873672
The tours are taking place on April 30th, May 1st and 2nd with two tours each day (10.30am and 2.30pm). Visitors will get exclusive access to the working nursery which was named Nursery Retailer of the Year 2006. You will meet the experts from the propagation, greenhouse, herbaceous, container and field grown tree departments. Horticultural techniques and methods will be demonstrated such as micro-propagation, using compost tea as well as making compost and potting a range of crops. At the end of the tour each visitor will get a free goody bag including a voucher to use at both St Bridget Nurseries’ garden centres in Exeter.
A minimum donation of £2.50 is requested for tickets with all the funds going to CHSW. Tammy Flinn, from St Bridget Nurseries, said: “When we have run tours in the past they are always extremely popular. Visitors always comment how huge the nursery is and how they never realised so much is involved in producing the plants they buy from our garden centres. We’ve been growing plants on the nursery in Old Rydon Lane for over 80 years and so this is a great chance to see just how we do it!"
“We hope people will be as generous as possible to support Children’s Hospice South West.”
Tickets are available from St Bridget Nurseries garden centres (Old Rydon Lane and Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary, Exeter) or to reserve your place please contact St Bridget Nurseries on 01392 873672
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