St Bridget Nurseries Blog

Thu 7 Jan 2016

Post-Christmas Houseplant Doctor

We’ve had a lot of questions about looking after houseplants at this time of year, so here are our post-Christmas Houseplant Doctor suggestions… Firstly you need to make sure the plants are in the right position, receiving the right amount of light and within the correct temperature range. Nearly all houseplants come with care labels […]

Read more >>>>

Wed 6 Jan 2016

Top Tips for adding colour this winter

Here are our top tips for adding extra colour to your garden this winter. Choose your planting sites carefully. Ensure new plants are positioned in full view from a window or prime position by patio doors so you can enjoy them every time you look outside on dull days. Add winter colour to your front garden […]

Read more >>>>

Wed 6 Jan 2016

Creating a Winter Wonderland

Creating a Winter Wonderland is easy with our help. Add the wow factor to your winter garden with striking plants that look their best right now. Whether you like to fill your borders with hardy shrubs covered with fragrant flowers, clad a fence or archway with colour, or plant a small flowering tree to create […]

Read more >>>>

Wed 18 Nov 2015

Guide to fruit tree rootstocks

So you want to add fruit to your garden (who wouldn’t)? Growing fruit trees is relatively easy but five minutes planning before you order will pay dividends in the long run. Today’s blog is a Guide to fruit tree rootstocks. The first thing you need to decide is how tall you want your fruit tree to […]

Read more >>>>

Tue 17 Nov 2015

Taking New Fish Home

If you are new to fish keeping, having spent time preparing your pond and aquarium you want to ensure your fish get to their new home is a peaceful manner. This is easy when you follow our simple guide to taking new fish home. We will give you some tips when you buy your fish […]

Read more >>>>

Thu 23 Jul 2015

Kissing It Better

St Bridget Nurseries was pleased to support the charity Kissing It Better.  Kissing it Better is about sharing simple healthcare ideas. It is also about harnessing the energy of the most dynamic groups in a local community and inviting them to use their specialist skills to make a difference to the care of patients and their […]

Read more >>>>

Wed 8 Jul 2015

Sensory Garden - Sight

For those of us lucky to have good eye sight we really should enjoy the rainbow of colours that nature provides us for our gardens. Working with our charity of the year, Devon In Sight, we really are learning just how valuable our senses are and how to maximise the use of the senses we […]

Read more >>>>

Thu 25 Jun 2015

School visit

Last week we welcomed some very important people to St Bridget Nurseries on a school visit. Year one from St Peter’s School in Lympstone came on a school visit to see behind the scenes and discover how we grow plants as part of their science work. The pupils included our fifth generation Caitlin whose great-great-grandparents founded […]

Read more >>>>

Thu 18 Jun 2015

In the press

Thank you to the lovely team at Devon’s Country Gardener Magazine for a wonderful write up on our 90th anniversary. Free copies of the pubication are available from both our garden centres or you can read the online version here (flip to page 32).  

Read more >>>>

Wed 10 Jun 2015

Plants for Bees

Thank you to Dani Furlong for a brilliant question sent to our plant doctor today. Dani asked, “What plants can I put in pots to attract bees?”. We answered as follows: There are numerous plants for bees you could plant in pots but the balance you may have issue with is between plants for bees and […]

Read more >>>>