Tag: Fergus Garrett

Come on, let’s hear it for independent nurseries!

Post author By the3growbags
Post date October 10, 2020
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Joy of joys! I’ve been to a Plant Fair, a proper one at Great Dixter, with real people who’ve grown the plants themselves, not imported them on trolleys from the Netherlands as is often the way at garden centres. This precious breed of nursery owners really are among the unsung heroes of lockdown and it’s time […]

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Rare plants – a common Growbag weakness

Post author By the3growbags
Post date October 13, 2017
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We knew, we just knew that we were going to have a good day at the Great Dixter Plant Fair when we pulled into a field to find Fergus Garrett himself, Head Gardener Extraordinaire, helping to get the cars parked. Laura and I had persuaded our game husbands (terrifically useful for carrying bags) to come […]