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grown at FourOaks! Italian growers Vivai Gabellini will be showing at Four Oaks this year (September 6-7). It specialises in supplying a wide range of quality plants for the landscape and garden centre markets from its 50- hectare nursery in Pistoia. The range includes field and container grown plants, conifers, trees, evergreen and deciduous shrubs from small to fully mature, as well asMediterranean plants and topiary. The plants are carefully chosen by skilled and professionally trained staff to ensure optimum quality and are then prepared for delivery in order to avoid damage during transport. Delivery can be


Woking Show hosts HDC


workshop The annualWoking growers plant showwelcomes four newexhibitors for 2011. These are BPOA(The British ProtectedOrnamentalsAssociation),NewForest


The green heart of Glee!


The green heart of Glee this year is ‘GleeNursery’ which is taking shape ahead of the 2011 event.Ahost of big name brands and newfaces have already confirmed their attendance includingA.Jakins Christmas Trees, Covili Franco (Vivai Piante),Darby Nursery Stock Ltd,GoldenGroveNursery, Joseph Noblett,Kilworth Conifers, Plantworks Ltd, SP Trading (Scotland) Ltd,Vannucci Piante andWharton Nurseries.Newto the showthis year are Tropica Airplants.GleeNursery’s newfeature –Glee Planteria – has also been extremelywell receivedwith over 15 companies having booked their place. Each exhibitor


Bumper donation


for Perennial Perennial, the horticulturists’ charity, has received its largest-ever donation of £150,000 fromtheNational Gardens Scheme. Perennial has recently formally mergedwith sister charity the Royal Fund for Gardeners’Children, and in 2010 the charities received


EastGro celebrates


30th birthday! Exhibitors are booking up for EastGro 2011 with enthusiasm.HowardNurseries is always a popular venue, and EastGro returns there to celebrate its 30th birthday. This year the whole show will be in a marquee at the top of the site, though there is an option to have stands just outside if required. The catering will be in a new packing shed nearby, and


JohnWoods gets


arranged on CC trolleys on request. Visitors are welcome at the nursery to see the plant production at its best or visit stands A31-34 at the show. For more information visit www.vivaigabellini.com


Plants, Pentland Plants andVanArnhemNursery. BPOAis showcasing its latest initiative: ‘Home Grown’.NewPlant introductions this year include the American bred PennisetumsetaceumVertigo (pictured) fromKernock Park Plants. Woking is also hosting anHDC Crop Protection Workshop during the event. The showtakes place on Wednesday July 13 atMerristWood College and opens at 9am. Formore information or to register visit www.wokingshow.org.uk


‘pro-active’ John Woods Nurseries created The Flora pro.activ Heart Healthy Garden at Gardeners’ World in June, inspired by the interior designer and Flora pro.activ brand ambassador, Linda Barker. The design aimed to highlight the physical, mental and social health benefits of gardening. Many experts agree that gardening for half an hour every day can significantly improve our health and fitness, while even 20 minutes daily is sufficient to reduce stress. Designed for an urban setting, The Flora pro.activ Heart Healthy Garden featured wisteria and climbing roses along the side borders, while a pleached hornbeam hedge along the third boundary completes a feeling of privacy. It incorporated a wide range of plants including shrubs, trees, roses, perennials, ferns, grasses, climbers and hedges. Central to the colour palette and structure of the design were Catalpa bignonioides ‘Aurea’, Rhus ‘Tiger Eyes’, Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea macrophylla ‘The Bride’. For more information visit www.johnwoodsnurseries.co.uk


will choose one of five different bench displays on which theywill demonstrate their own ‘best practice’ for displaying different varieties of plant. Formore information call 0207 728 4262 or visit www.gleebirmingham.com


a combined amount of £98,000 fromtheNGS. The £52,000 increase in the donationwill fund one of Perennial’s caseworkers formore than a year, during which time theywould be providing help, advice and support for around 200 horticulturists, partners and childrenwho are experiencing hardship or a crisis in their lives.YorkGate garden (pictured) is one of the gardens opening this year under theNGS scheme. Formore information visitwww.perennial.org.uk


will be of the usual high EastGro standard.Howard Nurseries will be running its site tours throughout the day.Green-tech will exhibit its new Chlorine Dioxide systemHydromax in action, withMelcourt Industries also showing recent trial results of its peatfree Silvermix and weed suppression products. Special for 2011 are workshops by theHorticultural Development Council for ornamental plant growers to be held in a specialmarquee at the entrance. For more information email info@eastgro.co.uk


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