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Northern Ark Nursery, West Road, Longhorsley, Morpeth, Northumberland

Open every Fri, Sat and Sun, 9-5pm from beginning March to mid October

We are a small working nursery specialising in a choice and unusual range of truly hardy perennials. Some of these are popular favourites and some are rarely seen in gardens, but certainly deserve to be more widely grown. We keep our plant range evolving all the time, so that hopefully you will always find something of interest.

Locally grown - all of our plants are grown from our own collected seeds and cuttings, from our own stock plants. This is a fantastic way to cut down on plant miles as well as ensuring that your plants are fully acclimatised to the local area and will settle in well to their new location.

Truly hardy perennials - we only grow plants that are truly hardy. We trial all new plants in our nursery beds and only grow them for sale if they are thriving happily. Our nursery beds are fully labelled and open to the public and are a great way to get inspiration for your own garden.

Peat-free plants - we grow all of our plants in peat-free compost. This is a loam and bark mix produced in the U.K.

If you would like advice about any or our plants, such as planting densities, plant associations or cultivation requirements, please ask, we are happy to help.

We only accept payment at our nursery by cash or cheque.

Simon and Tracy Thompson
 

Nursery Beds Northern Ark Nursery Sales Area

We are open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from the beginning of March to mid October.

Farmer's Market Wallington National Trust Plant Centre

You can find us at Farmer's Markets in Morpeth, Hexham and Alnwick.

Morpeth Farmer's Market - 1st Saturday every month

Hexham Farmer's Market - 2nd and 4th Saturdays every month

Alnwick Farmer's Market - last Friday every month

Our peat-free plants are also available to buy at National Trust plant centres at Wallington and Gibside

 
  Environmental Statement
 

All of our plants are grown in a peat-free compost, so we are not adding to the destruction of peat habitats. The compost we use is a bark and loam mix produced in the U.K.

We reuse and recycle as much as possible, and all our packaging materials are either reused, recycled or biodegradable. All of our pots can be returned to us, after planting, and will be reused.

At our nursery we grow all of our plants on site from our own seeds and cuttings, so helping to reduce plant miles.

The only insecticide we use is soap-based. We encourage wildlife to the nursery, which acts as a natural pest control and only use this spray as a last resort.

There isn't any mains electricity on the nursery. We are powered solely by renewable energy, which consists of a combination of photovoltaic panels and a wind turbine.

 

 

     
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