Dear Customer,

Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. Have a browse through the articles which include timely watering advice as well as some great articles from our Foresters and Landscapers.

The end of May sees our Plant Centre still with a great selection of shrubs, herbs, climbers etc. As we move into June and July we reduce stocks, as planting becomes more inhospitable. Our last Saturday is the 28 May and we next open for Saturdays from September to December, 9a.m-12noon. As usual the Plant Centre is open from Mon-Fri, 7.30a.m-4.00p.m. We hope to see you soon.

From all the team at Nicholsons.
 

Radio Nicholsons

Click on the following link to read about Nicholsons featured on ‘You and Yours’ on Radio 4.

Niel Nicholson toured the Nursery with Winifred Robinson and chatted about the impact of the recession on the business. The link will also take you to the broadcast.

Keep Watering

The best way to make it rain is to plan an article about watering. At the time of writing 15ml of rain sits in our rain gauge! Much of that will have run off, more will have evaporated and I suspect the net gain is small but nonetheless welcome.

Watering remains a must for getting trees and shrubs well established. We have various watering options available at this time of year from oak water butts through Hozelock fittings, leaky pipe to bark mulches and groundcover. For practical help visit our shop – for good advice follow this link to our watering guidelines.

Farm Woodlands

Many owners of farm woodland schemes up and down the country will have recently received yellow forms through their letter boxes, inviting them to claim for another five years of grant payments. They remind us of the reasons we planted those woods in the first place, and to stand back and look at them again. They are the game cover, the shelterbelt, the improved view from the kitchen window, and the wet corner of the field that would never grow corn. Read more

Coming Home

With exclusive access to some of the county’s most lovely clients and beautiful houses, we at Nicholsons are becoming increasingly aware of how important the approach to a house is and how it relates to the interior of the building. A well designed, first impression can only be a good thing, not only making guests feel welcome and clearly directing them to the house; it can also make you feel calm and relaxed when you arrive home after a busy day. Read full article