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3rd generation, family run 200 acre nursery in North Yorkshire. Growers of hardy nursery stock. Plant Centre open 7 days where you can also visit our Bulb Yard.

Pickering, North Yorkshire
Joined April 2012
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Cercidiphyllum japonicum in afternoon sun. This one sits happily in a huge pot, beautiful in spring, summer and outstanding in autumn #spring #Katsura #Yorkshire #rvrnursery #treesinpots
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Normally sold out every season, we still have some Rosa 'Freddie Mercury' rose bushes available for despatch until the end of this month. Originally raised and named by a friend not far from our nursery, we have grown Freddie bushes for years. Please get…
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Perfect conditions yesterday for a bit of ploughing prep, the weather was right and a hard frost last night capped it off. Getting these jobs done for the new planting season is always a win when we are so in the thick of our bare root lifting season. Ma…
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Fresh load of peat free compost delivered from Melcourt this morning #peatfree #rvrnursery #potting #melcourt
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The nursery is now closed for the Christmas break, however our Plant Centre is still open all weekend and until 1pm on Christmas Eve for last minute gardening gifts, christmas trees and nursery stock. We will reopen in full on the 2nd of January. Wishin…
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A packing shed photo from circa 1940's. We are still on the same site packing largely the same way, with splints and straw in tall tree parcels. In those days we had a siding at Pickering railway station, nowadays its courier vans, lorries and our own tr…
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We are really pleased to be stocking delicious local Yorkshire Wolds Apple juice in the shop now. Pure flavour, no preservatives and pressed within 10 miles from the nursery 🍎🍎🍎🍎 @yorkshirewoldsapplejuice #yorkshire #local #apples #pickering #Ryedale
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Afternoon winter light and Salix erythroflexuosa 'Golden Curls' is truly glowing golden against the pinky sky #rvrnursery #wintersky #pickering #yorkshiregrown
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Very pleased to be sponsoring the new kit for the Pickering Pikes under 15 football team #Pickering #Ryedale #localteam
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We've started lifting roses and parcels are piling up. From pallets to potato sacks, Yorkshire grown roses are heading far and wide #650varieties #rvrnursery #yorkshiregrown #harvesttime #bareroot
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Cooking with Apple 'Rev. W Wilks' tonight. Distinctively pale and large, an early season cooker which makes a delicious sweet puree. A great choice for growing in the North. I can't stop munching as I'm cutting! #rvrnursery #yorkshiregrown #apple #yorksh
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Gooseberry wood from the stool beds, making 9500 cuttings from over 100 varieties #rvrnursery #yorkshiregrown #fruit #gooseberry
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....and Colchicum macrophyllum #rvrnursery #Colchicum #yorkshiregrown #autumnflowers
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Even in all the wet, the super sized flowers of some of the Colchicum in our collection are looking breathtaking. This is Colchicum 'Disraeli' #rvrnursery #yorkshiregrown #Colchicum #autumnflowers
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Had a little stroll through our Apple scion-wood orchard this afternoon. This winters project is to get the full range of Quince varieties that we grow planted in a stock collection #rvrnursery #yorkshiregrown #fruit #apples
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The striking blue beans of Decaisnea fargesii are intensifying in colour #rvrnursery #autumn
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