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Where can I buy plants during lockdown?

57 replies

margot49 · 01/04/2020 12:34

DH and I are looking to spruce up the garden a bit and make the most of self isolation. Is anywhere delivering plants at the moment (perennials if pos)?

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milveycrohn · 01/04/2020 12:40

On the news yesterday, there was an item about how nurseries were going to have to throw away all their new plants. Easter is usually the start of the plant buying season.
Obviously you cannot go out to a garden centre, etc (that would be considered un essential).
However, use the internet, and check local garden centres, or anywhere on the internet that does deliveries. I would check that they are still delivering, first.
Even without the current virus, we have often bought plants over the internet.

JoyceDivision · 01/04/2020 12:42

A garden centre close to us was delivering for £5!

ScrapThatThen · 01/04/2020 12:45

I ordered from Thompson and Morgan. I hope a lot of nurseries will figure out some way of delivering to keep their businesses afloat. Hilliers donated a lot of plants to care and residential homes.

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YorkieTheRabbit · 01/04/2020 12:45

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WutheringFrights · 01/04/2020 12:46

I own a farm shop - if people order veg boxes and other essentials they can also order our array of plants and compost.

Enb76 · 01/04/2020 12:48

Our local garden centre is delivering - check your Facebook local groups

Kuponut · 01/04/2020 12:50

Lots of our local independent garden centres are doing delivery. We got bedding plants mail-order as well... as an activity for the kids to do and to make the view from my office in the conservatory much more pretty and lift the mood (my usual view is the bins and the growing pile of stuff to take to the tip when it re-opens).

TheTurnOfTheScrew · 01/04/2020 12:52

Thanks for this. My local garden centres are fully closed with no phone/online sales, so the tips on where else to buy are very welcome.

lljkk · 01/04/2020 12:52

Try for delivery, deffo. A lot of garden centres are actually doing very well right now.

Original poster
margot49 · 01/04/2020 13:15

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

@milveycrohn I saw the same article on the bbc!

I will have a look at Thompson and Morgan and get DH to ring the our local garden centre. Would quite like to support them if possibe.

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BikeRunSki · 01/04/2020 13:17

There is a nursery local to me going a delivery service. PM me if you live in Huddersfield!

Meckity1 · 01/04/2020 13:53

Ebay. I've bought a load of plants from there before, and they've been fine

Baaaahhhhh · 01/04/2020 13:56

I've bought a load of salad, tomato, and cucumber plants from Primrose, due to arrive mid-April. Compost and grow bags I got from the local farm shop, who have organised a click and collect service.

angorarabbit · 01/04/2020 13:59

Tesco actually have a good selection of plants, seeds, compost and other garden related paraphernalia

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 01/04/2020 14:03

All our local garden centres are delivering at the moment.

LarkDescending · 01/04/2020 14:03

There’s a Chichester-based new initiative called Hope Plants which is trying to get plants to customers so as to avoid the destruction of stocks and businesses. They have a FB page - sorry I don’t know how to link but it’s easy enough to find on FB. I don’t know how far they deliver.

sonicshoegazes · 01/04/2020 14:06

I got a delivery from Lazy Flora yesterday. 8 plants for £15. Every 3 month. This was my first delivery from them plants are lovely but the delivery driver threw them and all the soil had gone everywhere!

SpringFan · 01/04/2020 14:08

For perennials the RH S re still doing on line. I also saw somewhere they were trying to support the nursery who were growing for the Flower Shows.

user1353245678533567 · 01/04/2020 14:12

Www.Downderry-nursery.co.uk sell lavender online.

BIWI · 01/04/2020 14:14

B&Q are selling online, doing delivery or click+collect see here

I0NA · 01/04/2020 14:23

www.pentlandplantsgardencentre.co.uk/products.html

They deliver to Edinburgh and the Borders

Troels · 01/04/2020 14:26

Call your local garden centre, the tow near us are taking phone orders and payments (during certain hours only) then delivering it all for free.

TimeForCableTies · 01/04/2020 14:33

I just can't understand why the nurseries would bin everything rather than trying to post? Is it that hard? I know they prefer to do large orders but it must be financially viable or how do people on eBay manage it?

Also don't get why Garden centres are closed to phone calls - surely one person can be in per day accepting phone orders?

Desperate to buy plants at the moment but can't get anyone to sell them to me

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margot49 · 01/04/2020 15:52

@sonicshoegazes we had 2 items left on our doorstep! didnt knock, didnt try the doorbell, only found them when we went out for milk.

local garden centre didnt answer, cant blame them if theyre not considered essentials maybe they are at risk of a fine?

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jadey0891 · 01/04/2020 15:59

Wilkinson