Mucklestone nurseries has now completed its third full season. Brian Watkins operates the nursery on a kind of franchise basis. The site belongs to William Friend, who has wanted to start a nursery at Mucklestone. The nursery is open 4 days a week from April to mid October. Brian (m 07985 673163, hm 01630 673163), on Saturdays and Sundays, and Christine on Thursdays and Fridays (m 07944 103987) , and other times by appointment. This year , it is hoped to open on the first 2 Sundays before Christmas , for those wishing to choose their own christmas tree from 12noon-4pm. Logs , grown on the farm, are also now available from the nursery from Eric Watkins, m 07780970344 , hm 01784 751333,
Visitors to the nursery are welcome to walk around the environs of the nursery and buildings where we are gradually beginning to establish a siseable collection of rare an unusual trees , shrubs and perennials. We have a pond/bog garden area of marginal herbaceous perennial plants, the gardens of the farmhouse and banks planted with bamboos , camellias, magnolias, acers and rhododendrons. This collection is complimentory to that at our nursery in Kent , being of plants that prefer the cooler more humid conditions of the north west midlands.
