neogrowers

With just 2 months to go until the Plant Heritage Missing Collector Garden at #RHSChelsea, we're excited to share the plans for the gardens relocation. After the show, the garden will be heading to @chesterzoo 🌿 🐅 Did you know the zoo is home to 5 National Plant Collections? And in August 2025, it became the first zoo in the UK to be officially recognised as an internationally important botanic garden by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BCGI). The zoo has partnerships with botanical and conservation organisations around the world and is helping to return some of the rarest plants in its National Plant Collections to the wild. Look out for more updates in autumn 2026! The Plant Heritage Missing Collector Garden is funded by Project Giving Back with additional support from Shanly Foundation. Find out more at the link in our bio. #GardensforGoodCauses #Projectgivingback #AllAboutPlants #Chesterzoo

Have you explored our list of nurseries yet? Specialist nurseries are all over the country - find out more at: https://nurseryexhibitors.co.uk/list-of-nurseries

All set up and ready to go.

Come and see us at the Garden Press Event
www.nurseryexhibitors.co.uk

Visit our website for more info: www.nurseryexhibitors.co.uk

Nick Bailey Gardener and Author, and NEO Champion:

Independent Nurseries are the Lifeblood of British Horticulture

My first job, 35 years ago, was in an independent nursery. I then went on to run and work in several more - they were the making of me as a plantsman. These extraordinary places are owned and managed without exception by talented, passionate plant lovers eager to share their hard-won knowledge and skilfully grown plants with the public. I can say with utter confidence that the knowledge and plant gene pools held by these small companies is unprecedented anywhere else on Earth! They are central to our horticultural heritage and without them we would not carry the Worlds admiration for our horticulture. If you look at the RHS's plant finder list you'll see there are over 70,000 different plants available to buy in the UK and this is largely down to small independent nurseries. We owe it to ourselves as a nation to support these businesses, which are scattered the length and breadth of the UK, with our appreciation in the form of patronage.

Find neogrowers - the Nursery Exhibitors Organisation - at the Garden Press Event on Tuesday 17 February 2026.

You'll be able to find out all about us there! You can also use the contact form on our website to get in touch with us if you have any questions. www.nurseryexhibitors.co.uk

Find out more about the event here: https://www.gardenpressevent.co.uk/

We have just taken our 1st delivery of our peatfree compost for the season, now let’s get potting.

I feel it is a real honour to be asked to support this organisation , our nursery men and women are in many ways the backbone of the horticultural trade, both professionally and out in the Garden Centres and popular retail. They are the custodians of the proud British tradition of Plantsmanship. They are innovators of plant breeding and the provision of many a new and exciting plant. Having met many of them on the exhibitors circuit I feel it's important to say that they are also some of the friendliest and most decent people you will come across. Most are family businesses driven by a commitment that goes way beyond the 8-hour day and they deserve our full and unequivocal support.
Chris Collins Horticultural Consultant / Practitioner, and NEO Champion

A true plantswoman who will be sadly missed by all.