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SUPPLIERS & BOOKS

 

Local Suppliers

 

Trees, Stakes and Guards

 

Huw Devonald

Border Nurseries, Raglan Tel: 01291 691164

 

Woodland Service supplies Ltd

Brooklands, Mardy, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire NP7 6NU

Tel: 01873 855431

 

Timber Supplies

 

Wentwood Timber Centre

Contact Tudor Morgan. Old Commission Offices, Wentwood, Caldicot NP26 3AZ

Tel: 01633 400720

 

Walford Saw Mills

Walford, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5QS Tel: 01989 563614

 

Monmouthshire Timber Supplies

PO 20, North End, Alexander Docks, Newport Tel: 01633 414415

 

Gates, Rails, Stakes & Timber

 

Andrew Jennings

Coed Glas Bungalow, Church Farm, Croesyceiliog NP44 2DF

Tel: 01633 862782

 

Abergavenny Farm Supplies Ltd

The Cattle Market, Park Road, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire Tel: 01873 850500

 

Wood Sculptors

 

Neil Gow Tel: 01453 886067 Email: neil.gow3@virgin.net

John Hobbs www.woodsculptor.org.uk

 

National Suppliers

 

Wild Flowers

 

www.which.net/gardeningwhich/advice/wildlife/factsheets/wildflowersuppliers.pdf

Meadowmania

www.wildflower.org.uk

Organic Catalogue

Suffolk Herbs

 

Aquatics Direct            

Suppliers of ‘Everything you need for the Perfect Garden Pond’.  Available by mail order. 

 www.aquatics-direct.co.uk      Tel: 0870 830 2080

 

The Organic Gardening Catalogue

Suppliers of organic seeds and gardening sundries 

Tel: 0845 130 1304    e-mail    

enquiries@chaseorganics.co.uk    www.organiccatalogue.com/catalog/

 

Fibrex Nurseries Ltd.

Suppliers of hardy native ferns, ivies and hellebores.  Available by mail order.

Tel:  01789 720788   e-mail    sales@fibrex.co.uk   www.fibrex.co.uk 

 

D& R Simmons Ltd.

Suppliers of bulbs to retail trade, but if you need quantities of 100 or more

of each variety it’s worth enquiring. 

Very reasonably priced.  45, Market Way, Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire  PE11 3PE

Tel: 01775  723320  www.drsimmons.co.uk  e-mail  sales@drsimmons.co.uk

 

Cotswold Seeds Ltd

Suppliers of fine grasses and meadow mixes, will recommend and mix as appropriate.

The Cotswold Business Village,  Moreton in Marsh,  Gloucestershire  GL56 OJQ 

Tel: 01608 652552   e-mail  info@cotwoldseeds.com

 

British Wild Flower Plants

Suppliers of a huge range of native wildflower plug plants (peat free).

Bulingham Gardens, 31 Main Road,  North Bulingham,  Norfolk  NR13 4TA  

Tel:  01603 716615  e-mail  office@wildflowers.co.uk            www.wildflowers.co.uk

 

Anglo Aquarium Plant  (Trade Quantities Only)

Suppliers of good quality liners and water/marginal plants. 

Minimum order of about £500 worth of goods.

Strayfield Rd,  Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 9JE

Tel: 020 8363 8548  e-mail  sales@anglo-aquarium.co.uk   

 

Pond Liners

 

www.bradshawsdirect.co.uk

www.aquatics-direct.co.uk

www.e-pond.co.uk

 

Bird feeders & Food

 

www.jacobijayne.com

www.ernest-charles.com

 

Equipment

 

www.alana-eco.net

www.boxwatch.co.uk

Envisage Tel: 0870 9507222

                          

Plants

 

The Nurtons    

Hardy herbaceous plants, particularly herbs.  All grown organically and peat free! 

Adrian & Elsa Wood,  The Nurtons, Tintern, Monmouthshire  NP16 7NX  

Tel: 01291 689253  www.thenurtons.co.uk

 

Carrob Growers of Llangunville

Suppliers of organic fruit trees, specialise in ‘heirloom’ varieties.

Tel:  01600 714529

 

Shipton Bulbs  

Specialists in native and bulbs suitable for naturalising

John Shipton, Y Felin, Henllan Amgoed,  Whitland, Carmarthenshire  SA34 OSL  

Tel: 01994 240125  e-mail  bluebell@zoo.co.uk    www.bluebellbulbs.co.uk

 

Woodland Services and Supplies Ltd.,

Suppliers of bare root trees and hedging, wood for fencing.  

Containerised trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and garden sundries.

Tel:  01873 855431  Brooklands,  Mardy,  Abergavenny  NP7 6NU

 

Cambium Sustainable Landscapes and Training

Horticultural advice and help when planning wildlife and other types of gardens.  INSET training in using school grounds more fully and in Forest School.  Living willow sculptures, bowers, tunnels and chairs installed and offered as a workshop day for children and adults.

Contact broadoakstudio@aol.com or Tel: 01981 580132

 

Recommended Books

 

Organic Grounds Maintenance    Published by HDRA

ISBN  0 905343 24 7

A study of schools grounds and their organic maintenance. 

Looks at projects within grounds.

 

Perfect Plant Perfect Place     Published by DK

ISBN  0 7513 3592 4

A really useful guide to what to plant where.

 

Royal Horticultural Society  - Encylopedia of Gardening    Published by DK

ISBN  1 85833 579 5

Everything you ever wanted to know about gardening but were afraid to ask!

 

How to make a Wildlife Garden by Chris Bains

ISBN 0 7112 17114

An overview of the why and how of gardening for wildlife.

 

Please note that this list is produced for the sole purpose of providing information for schools and other community organisations.  The inclusion of names of firms or individuals on this list does not imply any official approval by Monmouthshire County Council, who can accept no responsibility for goods supplied by them.  If you are aware of other suppliers who could usefully be added to the list please email marklangley@monmouthshire.gov.uk