Nurseries & Artisans 2024:
See which fairs each nursery is attending:
Allie Pottinger Watercolours NEW
Di's Glassworks and Smithy NEW
Freckles & Flora NEW
Kura Ilera NEW
Long Acre Plants NEW
Middlemoor NEW
Mintopia NEW
Mr D'Arcy's Heritage Fruit Trees
Pegboarders NEW
The Lavender Pot NEW
Thomasson Farms NEW
Tom's Yard NEW
Under Capricorn NEW
Our nursery, on the banks of the River Trent, near Sherwood Forest, and all of our customer services, are run by Ed.
Ed Cook is the third generation of Nurserymen in the family, but the passion for native wildflowers and restoring native habitat started 20 years ago. He graduated as a Master in Biochemistry (Oxford) and had a 20 -year career in the police. Pursuing his hobby he created numerous wildflower habitats during that time, and now we have come together as a family to start a business doing what we love, instead of a hobby fitted around work! As a family, we've experimented (in different parts of the country) with sowing wildflower habitats and meadows; mostly unsuccessfully. We then starting trying planting, but like most people started with cheap mini-plugs and didn't get the look we intended! It was our other interest in growing native trees and shrubs, that led to the idea of growing perennial wildflowers to a much bigger size for sale, using root-trainers (commonly used for shrubs).
2024 event list:
Sun 17 March Southwell Minster NG25 0HD
Sat 23 March Sugnall Walled Garden Eccleshall ST21 6NF
Sun 24 March Arley Hall and Gardens Northwich CW9 6NA
Sun - Mon 31 March - 1 April Dorothy Clive Garden Market Drayton TF9 4EU
Sun 7 April Ness Botanic Gardens Wirral CH64 4AY
Sun 14 April Middleton Hall Tamworth B78 2AE
Wed 17 April Bramall Hall Bramhall SK7 3NX
Sat 27 April Chasewater Country Park Brownhills WS8 7NL
Sun 28 April Cholmondeley Castle Gardens Malpas SY14 8ET
Sun - Mon 5 - 6 May Weston Park Shifnal TF11 8LE
Sat 11 May Battlefield 1403 Shrewsbury SY4 3DB
Sun 12 May Capesthorne Hall Macclesfield SK11 9JY
Sun 19 May Norton Priory Runcorn WA7 1SX
Sat 25 May Carsington Water Ashbourne DE6 1ST
Mon 27 May Arley Arboretum Upper Arley Worcs DY12 1SQ
Sat - Sun 8 - 9 June Hodnet Hall Gardens Market Drayton TF9 3NN
Sat 15 June Sugnall Walled Garden Eccleshall ST21 6NF
Sat 6 July Thoresby Park Newark NG22 9EP
Sun 28 July 1620s House Donington Le Heath LE67 2FW
Wed 31 July Cholmondeley Castle Gardens Malpas SY14 8ET
Sun 4 August Southwell Minster NG25 0HD
Sun 11 August Capesthorne Hall Macclesfield SK11 9JY
Sun 18 August Carsington Water Ashbourne DE6 1ST
Sun - Mon 25 - 26 August Dorothy Clive Garden Market Drayton TF9 4EU
Sat 31 August Bodenham Arboretum Kidderminster DY11 5TB
Sun 1 September Ness Botanic Gardens Wirral CH64 4AY
Contact Ed at Meadowmakers
Website: www.meadowmakers.co.uk