Mini Chelsea raises funds for East Anglian Air Ambulance May 2010
Woodgate Nursery is pleased to announce that its Garden Design and Advice event raised £566.96 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance & will now be an annual event.
Over 1500 visitors were treated to a weekend of free advice on all manner of gardening issues. There were Chelsea style garden designs, exhibits by specialist lawncare & GYO raised bed companies & a delicious hog roast.
Afterwards the garden designers & exhibitors said they had been busy on both days answering all kinds of questions from varying gardening abilities & thought it had been a very worthwhile event for all. They also expressed an interest in coming back next year.
To add an element of competition, visitors were asked to vote for their favourite garden design. The winners of this public vote were the horticulture students from Easton College, who combined their knowledge & skills to put together an amazingly colourful design which was complemented with a free leaflet detailing the plants used in their design.
Woodgate Nursery would like to thank all the exhibitors/caterers for their hard work over the 2 days, everyone for their kind donations & give a special mention to ORM Norfolk Compost for donating the compost for the designs.
Pictures of the event can be seen on the gallery pages on this site.
Woodgate Nursery Hosts a Garden Design & Advice Event Apr 2010
In aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Woodgate Nursery is playing host to a number of Garden Designers and specialist garden related businesses on 15th/16th May 2010, between 10-4pm daily.
The event will be an ideal opportunity for all gardening abilities to ask questions & gain some top tips specific to their gardening needs.
The Garden designers will be creating small garden designs (‘a la’ Chelsea) to show off their talents & will be present to talk through their designs & answer any specific questions you may have.
A selection of gardening related services and product suppliers will be in attendance to offer their specialist advice on such topics as lawn care & compost.
The Nursery team will also be on hand to point you in the right direction. They all have a broad knowledge of plants in general but each works at the Nursery in their own specialist area e.g. Perennials, Shrubs & Vegetables etc.
If growing your own vegetables is high on the agenda, then be sure to hunt out our resident GYO expert who will be offering guidance in the raised bed vegetable display area.
Tea/Coffee/donuts etc, Hog Roast and Ice Cream will be for sale on both days. The Nursery will also have disabled toilet facilities for this event .
Although the event is free, there will be collections on both days on behalf of the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Garden Designers exhibiting include :
Gill Gorringe of 'Perfect Surroundings' garden design, Holt.
Her design is based on ' a walk in a woodland garden' .
Website - www.perfectsurroundings.co.uk
email - gillgorringe@dialstart.net
Tel - 01263 711407
James Hawke of 'Getaheadgardener', Cawston.
Website - www.getaheadgardener.co.uk
email - info@getaheadgardener.co.uk
Tel - 01603 879822 / 07771 683193
Anne Harrap Garden Design & Consultancy, Edgefield
Her design is 'The Biodiversity Garden' as 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity.
Website - www.norfolkwildgardens.co.uk
email - anne@norfolknature.co.uk
Tel - 01263 587736
Easton College Horticultural Students.
Six students from the Easton College Horticultural course are working together, under the guidance of their tutor, to design a garden.
www.easton-college.co.uk
01603 731200
Specialist services & product suppliers exhibiting include :
Greenthumb - Lawn Treatment Service, Aylsham
Will be offering advice on lawn care & treatment.
Website - www.greenthumb.co.uk
01263 735418 / 0800 0111 222
Home Grown Revolution, Tunstead.
Manufacturer of raised beds for growing your own vegetables.
Website - homegrownrev.co.uk
Email - info@homegrownrev.co.uk
01603 782850 / 07990 874574
ORM North Norfolk Ltd, Edgefield
Manufacturer & supplier of many different types of compost.
01263 587722.
Catering Companies include :
Blue Welly Farm, Suffield - HOG ROAST
Website - www.bluewellyfarm.co.uk
07765 571838
Garfield Do-nuts, Honingham - TEA/COFFEE/COLD DRINKS/CAKES
An Ice Cream van will be present on both days