Useful Links

ADVICE AND INFORMATION

Nuthurst Community Allotment
Delicious, sustainable, seasonal and sociable: The pioneering allotmenteers of the Nuthurst Community Allotment are on a mission to grow mind-blowingly delicious and organic produce. They want to bring the whole community along for the ride and feed as many people as they can from their patch of West Sussex. Their aim is to create a nice place where people can learn and grow and socialise. The children of St Andrew’s School are already on board with plans for an after-school gardening club. The allotmenteers also intend to set up a field kitchen on site, from which they will produce meals from any remaining fruit and veg that hasn’t been delivered to local residents or taken home. Profits from the meals as well as the delivered produce will be ploughed straight back into the allotment. No profit. Just deliciousness. 

So do get in touch – and let them know whether you are interested in becoming an allotmenteer, a sponsor, a taste-tester or just a general helpful type person. Everyone is welcome. Visit their website and follow them on Instagram.

Young Propagators Society
The society sets out to encourage young horticulturalists into propagation and nursery roles. Creating a forum through their published zines and social media, they set out to explore the practice of propagation and inspire learning. Their focus is on smaller scale specialist and scientific knowledge of propagation. In the quarterly printed zine members contribute content which they would want to see themselves. Giving them a place to discuss their research and tell their story. With a cut and paste method of combining art and the written word, the zine shows off the many talents of the horticulturists of today. The zine is free and produced using the donations from it’s members to keep the dissemination of information and propagation techniques accessible to all. Read a selection of their zines: Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 4

Jake Hobson – Niwaki Blog
Jake has had a blog for a few years now and it is one of our favourites.

The Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S.)
The RHS is the world’s leading horticultural organisation. Their website is full of useful information and advice.  A must for all gardeners.        

Tree Shapers
Creative tree surgery taken to its logical conclusion. Brilliant stuff – essential viewing.  

GARDEN PRODUCTS

Niwaki
We supply some of these products but you must acquaint yourself with the remarkable Mr Hobson anyway (another member of the AP alumni).            

Gaze Burvill
Quality outdoor furniture using oak and marine grade stainless steel.          

Les Jardins du Roi Soleil
Château de Versailles orange tree boxes made of cast iron and solid oak. These boxes are extremely strong and can be planted with palms, laurels, coniferous trees etc.      

Room in the Garden
A wide range of plant supports, arches, gazebos and furniture, hand crafted in England using traditional methods and quality materials.

Compost                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
We are proud to say that we pot all our plants and trees in a sustainable peat free growing medium.

GOOD READS

Sussex Exclusive
Packed to the rafters with all the best features and stories from Sussex. Things to do. Places to stay. Food & drink. Culture & history. A regular read for us.

PLACES TO VISIT

Borde Hill
A stunning and botanically rich garden, set within over 150 acres of parkland. Located close to Haywards Heath, West Sussex.

Royal Botanic Gardens: Kew and Wakehurst
Not only a fabulous collection of trees, shrubs and plants but also a wonderful day out. 

Tresco
The Abbey Garden in Tresco, Scilly Isles, is a perennial Kew without the glass, hosting 20,000 exotic plants.

NON GARDENING SITES

Paul Cox
The lovely illustrations on our website, in our catalogue and seen around the nursery are by the immensely talented Mr. Cox.

Matthew Burt
Great teak woodwork.

Molecular Expressions
Fabulous. Soar through space starting at 10 million light years away from the Milky Way down through to a single proton in Florida in decreasing orders of magnitude.

Timothy Richards
If you have an interest in architecture (we do), then you’ll love the miniature representations of some of the world’s most beautiful buildings. You’ll see some of his bookends demonstrating classical orders of architecture at our Nursery. Timothy Richards is a genius.