2018 Plant Fairs

With entrance to the grounds, gardens, hall and plant fair all for just £2.00 per adult we know you'll be bringing your friends and family to make a day of it.

The grounds are a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) including a nine acre lake, noted Walled Garden and a children's play park. Adjacent to the grounds are the RSPB reserve, Middleton Lakes.

Middleton Hall has a special place in the history of our understanding of plants. It was the home of Francis Willughby, the naturalist an original Fellow of the Royal Society and it was here that he brought his teacher and friend, the first great English naturalist, John Ray. Ray compiled his Catalogus Angliae here, one of the first attempts at a comprehensive listing of British plants.

Today there are large and small walled gardens, herbaceous borders, orchard and sunken garden.

There is an adjacent Craft Centre, with specialist shops and cafe.

Lovely video of the venue from the air:

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Click the dates to see to line ups:

Nurseries attending 8 April 2018: (more to be announced)

Ashdale Nursery from Nottinghamshire with a wide range of herbaceous, shrubs and alpines

Bridge Farm Plants from Derbyshire specialising in interesting and unusual perennials

Conquest Plants Nursery from Cheshire specialising in coloured foliage

Green's Leaves from Gloucestershire specialising in Australasian & coloured leaf shrubs

Hall Farm Nursery from Shropshire specialising in perennials and alpines. RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold.

Jurassicplants Nurseries from Denbighshire specialising in unusual seed-raised trees, shrubs and climbers

Linda Scott Plants from Nottinghamshire specialising in hardy geraniums

Lyneal Mill Nursery from Shropshire specialising in Agastache, Digitalis, Epimedium, Eryngium, Erysimum, Scabious, Verbascum and simple flowered Dahlias

Mayfields Plants from Cheshire specialising in bee and butterfly friendly perennials

Mynd Hardy Plants from Shropshire specialising in penstemon and hemerocallis

Packhorse Farm Nursery from Derbyshire specialising in Acers and other ornamental trees and shrubs. RHS Gold medallist

Penmere Plants from Cheshire specialising in Fuchsias

Piecemeal Plants from Leicestershire specialising in herbaceous perennials

Plantazia Lincoln from Lincolnshire specialising in perennials and primulas

SpecialPerennials from Cheshire specialising in summer and late flowering perennials.

Standwell Tools from Derbyshire specialising garden tools

The Gobbett from Worcestershire specialising in Syringa (Lilac), flowering dogwoods and beardless Iris

Tissington Nursery from Derbyshire specialising in perennials. RHS medallists.

Click here for a printable list of the nurseries attending

Nurseries attending 22 July 2018: (more to be announced)

Ashdale Nursery from Nottinghamshire with a wide range of herbaceous, shrubs and alpines

Bridge Farm Plants from Derbyshire specialising in interesting and unusual perennials

Chris Cooke Plants from Gloucestershire specialising in rare and less common hardy and half-hardy bulbous, herbaceous and shrubs RHS Gold medallist.