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The Rose Festival

We are celebrating the beautiful rose during our rose festival. Come and see (and smell) our roses.

Our own grown roses

We grow all our roses and are a member of the British Rose Grower’s Association. We use a technique known as rose budding to propagate roses and the entire process takes over 18-24 months to produce the roses you see for sale in our garden centres. We grow over 170 varieties including many David Austin English roses so do come along.

During the festival we will have several special offers and some varieties will be discounted.

Please note access to our nursery rose field is not possible. The festival will be held in our Exeter garden centres, open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm and Sundays 10.30am to 4.30pm

Why not enter our Prettiest Rose Competition?

As part of the Sun newspaper’s “The Nation’s Prettiest Rose Competition” we will be running St Bridget’s Prettiest Rose alongside.

To enter this competition, all you need to do is: Pick the prettiest rose from your garden, pop it in a non-returnable labelled bottle and bring it to one of our centres by 12 Noon on the 23rd of June for us to display. Winners announced at 2pm. One lucky winner from each of our two Garden Centres will receive a stunning St Bridget Nurseries rose hamper worth £50. In addition to this prize, a photo of the winning roses will be posted on sungardening.co.uk, where Peter Seabrook, Steve and Val Bradley will judge “The Nation’s Prettiest Rose”. The top prize is £1,000, with a second prize of £500 and a third prize of £250! Winners announced on 30th June in The Sun newspaper.

 

Boy choosing his family Christmas tree

Late Night Christmas Shopping Event

Our Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary team invite you to join them for a day of festive magic.

The garden centre will be open from 8am to 8pm, giving you an opportunity to do some Christmas shopping either before or after work.

In the evening, the 1925 Kitchen Café will be serving delicious jacket potatoes with chilli. Perfect for warming you up before you choose your real Christmas tree and all the trimmings!

With special offers throughout the day and a prize draw it will be a fun event.

Get your Christmas shopping done in a relaxing environment.

January Sale

This January our garden centres are PACKED with some fantastic savings. Why not stock up now while prices are so low?

In store offers

  • 50% off Christmas Decorations – buy and put away now for a lovely treat next Christmas.
  • 50% off Toiletries by Heathcote & Ivory – an ideal gift.
  • 30% off Silk Flowers – perfect for adding colour to your home now the decorations have
  • been packed away.
  • 30% off Christmas lights.
  • 30% off Festive Foods – still plenty of use by life left treat yourself to something special at
  • every day prices!
  • Up to 30% off selected items in our aquatics department (Clyst St Mary only)
  • A further 20% off Artificial Xmas Trees
  • 20% off Herbaceous Perennials
  • 20% off Trees from our garden centre
  • 15% off Pet products
  • 10% off Bird Care (food & feeders) – perfect for the Big Garden Birdwatch later this month
  • 10% off candles – perfect for cosy nights in this winter

PLUS up to 75% off selected clearance lines

The January sale is on until 5pm on 31st January. Offers available at BOTH our Exeter garden centres.

Primula Zebra Blue - voted as our most popular primrose variety 2018.

Primrose Festival 16th- 24th February

Primula Zebra Blue - voted as our most popular primrose variety 2018. Primula Zebra Blue – voted as our most popular primrose variety 2018.

Our annual Primrose Festival returns, a colourful celebration of this ever-popular garden flower.

The primrose is a “must have” plant for any winter garden requiring a pop of colour.

When?

Come along to our garden centres to see the fabulous display of Primroses. The event runs from 16th February to 24th February. There will be some new varieties and unusual colours, alongside all your old favourites. Choose from individual plants, planted containers or money saving multi-packs.

Whilst here, you can vote for your favourite primrose. Simply write the name of the variety you like the most and enter our free prize draw for a chance to win £20 worth of gardening goodies. Last year’s winning variety was the Blue Zebra Primrose.

Where?

This event is being held at

St Bridget Nurseries, Old Rydon Lane, Exeter, EX2 7JY

and St Bridget Nurseries, Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1AE

Get Into Gardening Event

Our annual Get Into Gardening event returns.

This annual celebration of the start of the gardening year and the spring season, is a great weekend to get inspired and ready for some 2019 garden action!

We will have a MASSIVE 20% off the following items:

Roses

Trees

Fruit trees

Shrubs (hardy and non hardy)

Climbers

Herbaceous Perennials (hardy and non-hardy)

Seasonal Plants (half hardy bedding and vegetable plants)

Wellington Boots

Gardening Gloves

Weed Killers

Plant Food

Grass Seed

Flowering seeds

Vegetable seeds

Bulbs

Pots (all types – plastic, metal, wood, terracotta, stone etc)

Garden Hand Tools

At Old Rydon Lane we will be joined by Devon Wildlife Trust who will be on hand to offer advice on how to attract wildlife into your garden as well as tell you more about the valuable work they do in the area.

Where?

This event will be on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March at

St Bridget Nurseries, Old Rydon Lane, Exeter, EX2 7JY and

St Bridget Nurseries, Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1AE

When?

Saturday 16th March 2019: 9am to 5pm

Sunday 17th March 2019: 10.30am to 4.30pm

 

Mother and child gardening

Mothering Sunday 31st March

Treat a special lady in your life this Mothering Sunday (Sunday 31st March) by giving her a day out at one of our Exeter garden centres.

A plant lover’s paradise

The plant area will be bursting with colour and she’ll love looking at and smelling all the beautiful flowers. Plus we will have stunning houseplants and gifts in our shop too.

Add refreshments

Our cafes serve hot breakfasts, morning coffees, delicious lunches as well as tasty afternoon tea and cakes so no matter what time of day you visit you can add some refreshments to your visit.

To reserve a table in ne of our cafés, please call them directly…

The Plantsmans @ Old Rydon Lane = 01392 879234

The 1925 Kitchen Café @ Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary = 01392 531277

Spring - a time for new beginnings

Easter Egg Hunt

Bring your little ones along to one of our Exeter Garden Centres this Easter Saturday for a fun Easter Egg Hunt. Simply find 6 differently numbered egg tokens hidden around each centre and take your tokens to our till area to claim your free small chocolate egg.

Free to enter for children under 13 years of age.

Eggs available while stocks last.

This event is taking place at St Bridget Nurseries Sidmouth Road and Old Rydon Lane Exeter on Saturday 20th April 2019. Open 9am to 5.30pm.

Plant Fest 2019

Following on from the success of Plant Fest 2018 we are rolling out this event to BOTH our Exeter Garden Centres on SATURDAY 11th MAY 2019.

A fun event for all the family with live music. There will be super special offers and games to play throughout the day.

Confirmed so far we have…
AT CLYST ST MARY

Live music between 11.30 am and 3pm

 

Anna Marie Waite

Anna Marie Waite’s  warm and enchanting stage presence combined with her songs of life’s simplicities bring her audience a feeling of comfort.   

 

 

 

 

Pete Falloon Singer/SongwriterPete Falloon writes life-influenced songs inspired by a love of the great Devon outdoors, Paul Simon, R.E.M, James Taylor and The Byrds. Live, Pete has supported acts like Dodgy and The Blockheads and BBC Radio 6 described his music as “really beautiful – proper craftsmanship songwriting”

Georgia Omarah is a hugely talented singer-songwriter, lyrics and vocalist who draws inspiration from artists such as Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Adele and Sam Smith, and writes raw, uplifting and inspiring songs of hope from the heart. Tipped as “one of Devon’s musical treasures” by Ted Evans of Riviera FM and she is also strongly supported by BBC Introducing.

 

Dean from Easigrass – giving advice on artificial grass for your home.

Easigrass - a realistic artifical grass solution

Vicki from Tropic Skincare

Tropic Skincare

will be on hand (12-3pm) to offer advice on beauty solutions made entirely from natural ingredients. Award winning beauty products loved by many of our staff.

 

 

 

Patrick from Garantia giving advice on how you can harvest water in your garden.
Garantia Water Storage Tanks available from St bridget Nurseries, Clyst St Mary

Devon Freewheelers – our charity of the year will be talking about the amazing work they do to get blood and soft tissues to those who need it.

Family Letterboxing Trail – solve the clues to find our hidden stamps. Find all the stamps to win a free packet of seeds plus a chance to win a £50 gardening token.

Plus children’s colouring competition and other fun activities.

Special offers include:

20% off watering cans, wheelbarrows & cacti

10% off terracotta and glazed outdoor pots

Spend over £25 on plants and get a 10% off voucher to use in June

Spend over £20 on garden tools and get a free voucher for a hot drink.

AT OLD RYDON LANE

Live music from The Liberty Sisters 2-4pm.
Back by popular demand, The Liberty Sisters favourite songs are originals from The Andrews Sisters, The McGuires, and other fabulous jazz and swing performers of the ’40s and ’50s. The girls harmonies are bound to get your feet tapping.

The LIberty Sisters

The WWF will be there talking about the work they do in reducing the impact of humans on the environment.

Family Letterboxing Trail – solve the clues to find our hidden stamps. Find all the stamps to win a free packet of seeds plus a chance to win a £50 gardening token.

Plus children’s colouring competition and other fun activities.

Special offers at Old Rydon Lane include:

25% off solar lighting

20% off vegetables plants

15% off garden tools

10% off Terracotta and Glazed outdoor pots

Our garden centres are open 9am to 5.30pm on Saturday but entertainment will be between the hours of 11am and 4pm. Special offers with fantastic savings will be available all day.

 

 

 

Part of the St Bridget 2018 Devon County Show display

Devon County Show 2019

St Bridget garden centres will be attending Devon County Show this year, in the Craft & Garden Marquee on Avenue R and we’re expanding this year!

Not only will be have our trade show exhibit of amazing home grown plants but our 1925 Kitchen Café team will be providing the catering in the marquee and our team will be selling our wonderful plants and garden sundries products. In addition, we’ve invited local singer songwriters to entertain you… on both Friday and Saturday.

For a sweet treat, we’ll be serving traditional Devon Cream Teas and a selection of our ever-popular cakes. There’ll be plenty of liquid refreshment available including tea, coffee and Luscombe Devon made soft drinks.

You can buy food and drink to take-away, or sit and relax whilst taking in the beauty of the flower displays and the amazing recycled greenhouse exhibit. We look forward to seeing you there, you can’t miss us, we’re behind and to the left of the greenhouse as you enter the marquee.

Musical entertainment will come from:

Friday 17th May

1200-1400 Pete Falloon

Saturday 18th May:

1030-1130 Izzy Warren

1130-1230 Georgia Omarah

1230-1330 Nikita Louise

1330-1430 Chris Ostler

1430-1530 Charlotte A-P

 

Devon County Show 16-18 May 2019 9am-6pm

National Children’s Gardening Week

National Children’s Gardening Week

As part of National Children’s Gardening Week St Bridget’s garden centres are offering free children’s activities between 2pm and 4pm on Wednesday 29th May. Children can choose from the following activities:

1. Write your name in seeds and watch your name grow at home.
2. Make a seed ball. Get you hands dirty and create a messy clay ball filled with seeds to throw in your garden when you get home.
3. Make a bird feeder, mix some lard and bird seed together before spreading it into the crack of a pinecone. Hang it up in your garden and watch the birds come to feast.

Please note that children should not be left unsupervised. This is a free activity, booking is not necessary. This activity is taking place at St Bridget Old Rydon Lane, Exeter, EX2 7JY and St Bridget Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1AE from 2pm to 4pm.

For further ideas of fun gardening activities you can do this half term click here https://www.childrensgardeningweek.co.uk