Brackenwood Plant & Garden Centre

🎶 Saturday 29 June 2pm to 4pm- impromptu concert by WorleWind Band 🎶
Here’s some photos from 2023 to whet your appetite….
❤️Free entry, limited seating available. All welcome ❤️

🎶 We’re busy getting ready for our FREE impromptu concert by the amazing WorleWind Band this Saturday (29th June) at 2pm.
Do join us - it was a fabulous performance last year. Everyone is welcome - no booking necessary 🎶

☕️ a little reminder for you that whilst The Garden Tea Room, Brackenwood is open for for coffee & cakes on Monday 24th June the kitchen is closed so no cooked meals will be available ☕️

PLEASE NOTE: Our kitchen (only) will be closed on Monday 24 June. However we will still be open for delicious drinks, cakes and scones ☕️

☀️ The sun is due to return and we have some lovely summer inspiration for you in our displays ☀️

🍃 Have you seen our Japanese Acer tunnel recently - it looks stunning 🍃
We’ve had a visitor from Wells this week who has been as far as Plymouth looking for a new acer and said no one has the quantity, variety and superb quality as us. So proud 😊 ⭐️ 😇

🌺 Do you know we grow well over 30,000 herbaceous perennials on site each year? 🌺
🪴Here are just a few of the early varieties making their appearance in our sales area🪴

🌺 Our famous 16 inch summer hanging baskets are ready and available now.
They each contain over 20 individual plants and will last if cared for (fed, watered & dead heads removed) until the first frosts of autumn 🌺
🥳 We’ve held the price for a second year at £34.99 🤩 - you really can’t make them cheaper yourself 🥳

Another lovely spring flowering climber for you - Rosa banksiae Lutea. Clusters of double flowered roses on thornless stems. Find them NOW in our selling area right by their huge relative! Price £19.99 🌼

👀 Look at these nemesia! Part of our home grown summer bedding collection - all potted and nurtured by our annuals guru Pamela. You won’t find a better quality & selection. £2.49 each coming down to £2.25 each for 10 or more 😊

🪴Let us introduce you to Coronilla glauca citrina - fabulously fragrant and in full bloom now. In fact, it flowers as shown in the photos from late winter all the way through spring. It can be grown as a shrub or a short climber and loves a south or west facing spot in which to grow. We’ve currently got them in stock priced at £11.99 - bottom right photo🪴

🌼 We’re open again tomorrow - Bank Holiday Monday - 8.30am to 5pm 🌼

🪴 Fresh from Dibleys Nurseries the amazing specialist nursery & multi Chelsea winner - fabulous Streptocarpus. If you need a beautiful houseplant gift this Easter (or a present for yourself instead of chocolate🐣)
they’re perfect👌

Remember we’re CLOSED on Easter Sunday only - open the rest of the weekend as usual 🪴

🪴 Our Easter opening hours are as follows:

Good Friday 8.30am to 5pm
Saturday 30 March 8.30am to 5pm
Easter Sunday CLOSED
Bank Holiday Monday 8.30am to 5pm

🌱 A behind the scenes snapshot - just some of the thousands of plugs, liners & bare roots we currently have to pot up in our herbaceous perennials department 😬
We grew more than 30,000 last year - this year we’ll be getting to nearer 40,000 🤩

Do you need something beautiful for a sheltered part of the garden - lovely springtime blossom plus gorgeous foliage & evergreen…….
Have you considered an acacia / mimosa?
We’ve currently got 2 varieties in stock - dealbata and pravissima - prices range from £11.99 to £69.99 according to size 🌼

Are you aware that we have the largest selection of ornamental cherry trees in the area?

They have many forms, including weeping, white and various shades of pink blossom plus green or red foliage.

Their blossom is currently looking fabulous so it’s an excellent time of year to choose one ❤️

🌹We’ve been busy planting up containers for you for Mothering Sunday - plus we’ve got some aptly named roses🌹

Delighted to say that we ‘stock’ these every year and accept donations on behalf of ❤️

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Head to our our website to purchase your copy now👇️
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🌱We’ve got a huge & varied selection of culinary herbs available now 🌱

🪴Great for adding flavour in the kitchen plus their flowers are an excellent source of nectar for bees and other pollinators in your garden🐝

Small pots are £2.99, large are £4.99

“Wow” was the word we heard most from our customers today as they walked into our display tunnel 💕 The perfume, colour and variety of trees, shrubs & pollinator friendly plants is reported to be stunning and inspiring 💕

🌱 February is an excellent time to plant bare root fruit trees. You can take advantage of lower prices (bare roots start at £20 per tree) plus we have our full selection available. If you’ve ever fancied a fruit tree but only have a small garden we have lots of different root stocks available (these determine the size & growth rate of the tree) and we’ve always got someone on hand to provide advice 🌱