The Hospitality Area
The Hospitality Area is complete and many customers have already been enjoying a brew. These days it’s just not enough to offer great plants and service. Nurseries have to be ‘an experience’ and to complete the experience, refreshments and loos are required. We know that some nurseries even have childrens’ adventure play areas. Perhaps this is taking matters a bit too far, or does it make good, economic sense: keep the kids happy while mum and dad shop? Maybe we’ll get round to it one day but the next project has to be updating the Portaloo- now that really is an experience!
We have mentioned
The Exotic Garden in Norwich owned by will Giles before but for those of you who are not already familiar with this extraordinary garden, we would like to tell you a little more about it. Will’s garden has been open to the public for many years now and over the last two or three years he has added additional features such as an amazing waterfall and a Tree House. Over the winter months however, he has surpassed himself by completely revamping a large area of garden behind the house, involving some serious earth excavations, importing massive quantities of flints and mass plantings of yuccas, agaves and cacti. Will describes the process of creating the garden as ‘organic’ ie. He didn’t start out with a definitive plan – he started digging and the garden evolved. It is an incredible achievement and we sincerely urge you to visit (no we’re not on commission). Will’s garden is a short distance from the nursery and is open on Sunday afternoons.
Will’s new book will be published later this year – hopefully in time for Christmas.
The Colocasias and Alocasias mentioned in a previous blog are ready for sale. They took a little longer than usual due to the weather (knew this blog would have to have a reference to the weather somewhere even though we tried our hardest not to do it) but they eventually made it. Please refer to our website for details.
We are awaiting a collection of Acers from New Zealand. These arrive bare-rooted and will be ready this autumn. There will be some beautiful and unusual varieties and this is an area that we will be expanding in future.
3 Comments:
Who needs kids play areas in garden centres, when you've got Pip the dog! My two and a half year old daughter loves going to see him, which is quite handy for me!
By Rumbels, At July 22, 2007 10:17 PM
I think you right about it being an 'experience'. The whole thing is touchy feely, so the better the overall experience, the more people will come back i would say...
By Blower Vacs Man, At July 27, 2007 3:19 PM
A touch of an exotic plant in your home garden adds a touch of uniqueness that your garden may only have. These botanical novelties characterize your garden and distinguish it from the many gardens that are not personalized by their home owner, and make it a focal point of those that pass by it. Exotic plants range from foreign plants to rare perennials; there are over a thousand different species of exotic plants that can intensify your garden atmosphere. By adding character with these exotic plants you can attract all different types of species to your garden, such as birds, which also makes your garden that much more inviting. Exotic plants encourage garden designers to reach out of the conventional and search for the exotic plants that make gardening fun. Inner Gardens has a tremendous range of exotic plants that can satisfy the desire of a garden designer looking to add some pizzazz to their garden.
By Victoria Lopez, At August 22, 2007 12:37 AM
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