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News & Fundraising

Below you will find our latest news from the nursery and information on our most recent fundraising...

News from the Nursery

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Covid-19

On the 23rd March 2020 the whole country went into lockdown. This meant we had to change the way we operated and make the most of our online platform. Since lockdown began we have delivered hundreds of orders across Oxfordshire and made sure you have been able to keep your gardens in bloom throughout the last few months.

When lockdown began we closed the gates the nursery and began adding more of our stock onto the website. Andrew, Liz, Lucy and Simon worked hard to get plans in place that allowed us to operate safely. With the family working on the nursery we set up Sally so she could work from home, replying to emails, phone calls whilst also working hard to get the website up to date. Simon was in charge of the deliveries and as he got busier and busier he needed help so we had a team of delivery drivers jump to our rescue.

As lockdown rules changed slightly we were able to introduce our new 'Click and Collect' and 'Browse and Buy' slots. Our browse and buy slots have been a great success. When we got the green light to reopen the nursery we wanted to focus on keeping you and our team safe so came up with our Browse and Buy. We limit the number of bookings to five per half and hour and encourage people to come by themselves or in two's for a wander. We have introduced new systems so we can keep track of our stock on the nursery and the website.

We have now decided to open for customers to walk in between 11am and 6pm each day (closed on Sundays). We are still doing our Book & Browse slots from 1:30-3:30pm so those that would like guaranteed entry without having to queue then this is still possible - clicking here..

The last few months have been a great learning curve for us and we can't thank you enough for your support, kind words and patience.

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Fundraising

Below you will find our latest news from the nursery and information on our most recent fundraising.

Andrew & Liz lost their beautiful son Jack in March 2017 after a short period of mental illness at the age of 23. In order to turn their darkest days into brighter ones for others in similar situations, Jack’s family & friends have been raising money for the mental health charity Mind & the local charity Restore who helped Jack when he was struggling.

We have completed many events & have raised an amazing amount of money for both charities, we are grateful to all our amazing friends and customers who have supported us so far and for future events - your kindness means so much to us, please help in any way you can.

CLICK HERE to donate to Mind through Jack's Memory Space

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Cycleathon 2019

Last year’s Cycleathon and giant reindeer raffle raised £3500 for mental health charities.

A huge thankyou to friends , families customers ,spinners and neighbours for giving up their spare time to help us achieve our 2800 mile Santa challenge on Christmas Eve

We then drew the raffle and Sally from Bladon won the giant reindeer.

All good wishes and thankyou once again for customers amazing support of our small family nursery.

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Wildflower Meadow 2019

This summer hundreds of families and friends stopped by to see our majestic flowering meadow.

Your kind donations raised an incredible

£338.89

for the Wildlife Trust -Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

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Pumpkin Hunt 2019

Total Raised

£1106.46

For Mind & Restore

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Jack’s Beans 2019

“Jacks Beans “ were again on the look out for new loving homes this year and every single plant found its way to someones garden.

We found a box of over 300 black shiny beans shortly after Jack passed in 2017. Incredibly only one single bean germinated and we grew it in a big pot on our patio. We took lots of care to make sure it thrived and wasn't attacked by slugs and pests. Last year we gave away 500 bean plants and this year we gave away over 1000 plants. These plants were free but we asked for a small donation for Mind and Restore. Thank you to your kind donations we raised £504.96 for Mind and £186.91 for Restore.

Jack was a kind and compassionate young man with everything to live for, he was an accomplished tree surgeon having trained at Pershore. But sadly lost his struggle against depression and a short mental illness. He was just 23 and his beautiful smile will be remembered by all those whose lives he touched in his short life.

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Our Winter Hunts 2019