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      • Hanging Baskets
    • Bulbs
    • Shrubs
    • Perennials
    • Alpines
    • Shade plants >
      • Ferns
    • Roses
    • Grasses
    • Fruit & Veg
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    • Lavenders
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      • Clematis-pruning
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    • Hedging
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    • Rabbit proof
    • Slug proof
    • Deer proof
    • Plants for shade
    • Long-flowering perennials
    • Evergreen perennials and alpines
    • North-facing walls
    • Plants for clay soil
    • Plants for damp soil
    • Exposed sites
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Now open 10am to 4pm every day!

1/4/2021

 
Our plant centre at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh is back open seven days a week, including over the Easter weekend.

It has been great to see so many of you again already, and we hope to see even more of you as the season progresses!
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We have been filling up the plant area with a wide choice of Suffolk-grown plants. Highlights include:
  • bee-friendly bulb plants;
  • an A-Z of cottage garden perennials;
  • fragrant wallflowers, Daphnes, Dianthus Garden Pinks and Coronilla;
  • spring-flowering Magnolias, bridal wreaths and currants;
  • a rainbow of frost-tolerant pansies & violas;
  • grow-your-own veg, salads, herbs and fruit bushes;
  • a spread of Roses including climbers, patio varieties, traditional bushes and modern hybrid teas and floribundas;
  • dinky alpines & succulents for pots and well drained soils;
  • a selection of shrubs for big or small, year-round leaves and lots of colour choice whether you want warm oranges & reds, a classic white garden or anything in between.
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Bridge Farm Plants to reopen next weekend

21/3/2021

 
We reopen to the public next Saturday, 27th March.

Our plant centre will be open seven days a week, 10am to 4pm, including bank holidays.

Please remember lockdown restrictions are still in place: Please shop alone when possible. Please make sure you follow all onsite signage, including using hand sanitiser, maintaining 2 metre distances, and wearing a face mask when indoors.

We will have lots of lovely plants from our supplier nursery, Katie's Garden, including spring-flowering bulbs, shrubs and bedding, alongside lots of plants for interest later in the year.

Get an idea of what we will have - and even order online so you can click & collect when we reopen - by taking a look at the Katie's Garden online shop.
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All other businesses on site will remain closed until 12th April and there will be no toilet facilities available until this time.

Special Valentine's Roses offer!

31/1/2021

 
Show someone you love them with our Valentine’s offer on Roses: 3 for £25, including delivery to selected areas!
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Okay, they don’t look terribly romantic at the moment, but why not order one for your Valentine Heart, your Honey Bunch, show your feelings with Open Arms and a Loveknot, tell them they are Delightful, Pure Poetry, Simply the Best, Stardust, You’re Beautiful and you want to be Together Forever, and they will surely think you are Maxima Romantica!
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Click below to order for home delivery from Katie's Garden. Offer valid throughout February.
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Seeds of success!

28/1/2021

 
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In the depths of a January lockdown we could all do with something to look forward to, so why not try your hand at growing from our new range of seeds!

Sow this winter and spring for borders of scent and bloom, and delectable dinners of home-grown vegetables, salads and herbs later in the year.

Available for home delivery now from our suppliers, Katie's Garden.
We like gardening to be as easy as possible. Our new collection is made up of easy-to-grow seeds, and has been handpicked by Katie's Garden, to complement our usual range of plants.

No fiddling, no additives, no long germination periods, no need for specialist equipment. Almost all will flower or crop within months of sowing.

All our seeds can be started off on the windowsill or directly in the ground.
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Many of our salads, herbs and annual flowers can be started off indoors in the next few weeks, including Sunflowers, Cosmos, Marigolds and annual climbers.

Give yourself a break from the daily stresses by spending a few minutes a day tending to your own collection of seedlings.
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If you don’t have any seed trays or pots then raid the recycling bin!

Fruit punnets and ready meal containers are great for the job.

Make drainage holes in the bottom, and if there’s a lid you can use that as a watering tray!

For chunkier seeds try yogurt pots, coffee cups and toilet rolls.

See-through containers and freezer bags can be used as mini greenhouses but be sure to remove them as soon as your seeds sprout.

Cut-up plastics or lolly sticks are great for labels.
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Fill containers with compost and water several minutes before sowing so there is time for the moisture to soak all the way through.

Make sure you follow the instructions on the backs of the packets as too much compost on top can cause the seeds to rot.

Don’t let the compost dry out but don’t go overboard – young children can be heavy-handed with the watering, so if you have any, maybe don’t let them loose with the watering can until the plants are more established!
For sowing where they will grow, we have wildflowers and a host of vegetable seeds.

Many of the annuals and wildflowers are plants we are often asked for but do not grow as they are much more successful when grown directly in the ground.

Annuals are plants that live one year – so expect quick results.

Excellent for enhancing your beds and borders, they are perfect for filling gaps and maximising your floral displays.

Many are also good as cut flowers.
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The vegetables include lots of easy-to-grow varieties, alongside some less commonly found.

Our usual range of starter plants should be available for Easter-time but for greatest choice you will need to look at our seed range.


All our seeds are from Suffolk’s own Thompson & Morgan and come with their 100% satisfaction guarantee.
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New! Spring Cheer packs

25/1/2021

 
Fight back against the winter blues with one of our great value Spring Cheer packs!

For just £25 you can have £40 of plants delivered to your door!*

Choose from Spring Cheer, Spring Bedding, Spring Bulbs and Allium packs.

Fill pots and planters or weave through your beds and borders for welcome splashes of colour from January through to May.

We can even deliver to any friends or family who might be in need of a lift or a gift, providing they live in our delivery area.

Head to the Katie's Garden online shop to find out more!
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*Delivery to specified areas of Suffolk only. No delivery charge. £40 value is approximate to £1, and is based on our normal shop prices.

We are now closed until 1st March 2021

14/12/2020

 
As this year unlike any other comes to a close we would like to thank everyone who came and shopped with us in the times we were able to open.

We hope our plants have given you great pleasure, and will continue to do so for years to come.

Online recommendations and reviews are a huge help to small local businesses like ours, so if you have been happy with our service, advice and plants, please consider letting others know on our Google listing and Facebook page.

Our supplier nursery, Katie's Garden, will continue its home delivery service through January and February, which covers areas including Ipswich, Hadleigh, Sudbury, Needham Market and Stowmarket.

If you have any queries please contact us here.

More Christmas trees!

11/12/2020

 
Our selection of Christmas trees has had a boost with a fresh delivery ahead of the weekend.

All are "non-drop" Nordmann Firs, including 3ft and 5ft pot-grown trees, and 6ft, 7ft and 8ft cut Christmas trees. Come and see us at Monks Eleigh or order online for home delivery.

Keep your cut Christmas trees looking their best through the festive season by keeping them in water all times, and away from heat sources such as radiators.

You can also pick up Christmas wreaths and beautiful gift planters for the home. Treat someone special with an easy-care shrub in one of our glazed, terracotta, or metal pots.

We can post gift vouchers and gardening book Gardening for the Uncommitted directly to the recipient (UK addresses only) - take a look at the Katie's Garden Home Delivery section.

DON'T FORGET: Festive Fayre on site this Saturday 10am-7pm. We close for the year at the end of this weekend so don't miss out!

Christmas trees and Christmas wreaths are here!

27/11/2020

 
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at our plant nursery in Monks Eleigh!

Great range of non-drop Nordmann Firs and traditional, fragrant Norway Spruce, sizes 4ft-8ft.

Our wreaths are available plain for you to decorate yourself, or pick some we have already done!

We also have seasonal colour, easy care evergreen shrubs - most suitable for pots, gift planters and our usual range of garden plants. If any friends or family have got the gardening bug this year, Gardening for the Uncommitted: What you really need to know when you don't really want to know by our own Catherine McMillan will make a great gift, as well our gift vouchers.

Take a look at the Katie's Garden online shop to find out more and to see prices.
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Request plants for home delivery or collection

4/11/2020

 
It is possible to purchase many items from the Katie's Garden online shop (our supplier nursery near Ipswich) for home delivery or collection from Monks Eleigh (November opening 10am to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays only).

You can also Request Plants that are not in the online shop.

For guidance, below are stock lists of some of the ranges available at both Katie's Garden and at Bridge Farm Plants:
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November lockdown

3/11/2020

 
At present the Government is allowing garden centres to remain open during lockdown. We will be reducing opening hours to just 10am to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays. CLOSED Mondays to Fridays (except 4th Nov).

All other businesses on the Corn Craft site will be closed (other than for pre-arranged collections), so please be aware there will not be access to toilets or other facilities.

For the health and wellbeing of our staff and customers we encourage everyone to make use of our home delivery service where possible.

This is provided by our supplier nursery, Katie's Garden. Shop online and have your plants delivered to your door. If you live outside the delivery area you can select to Click & Collect from Bridge Farm Plants at weekends.

Stay home. Stay safe. Shop online.

www.katiesgarden.co.uk/news/request-plants-for-home-delivery
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