Redhouse Nurseries & Tea Room

30/05/2026

The Summer Bedding polytunnel is now empty! We can't believe the amazing response to our annual crop of summer bedding and basket plants this year, we grew an additional 15%, ran out of growing space, had to bubble wrap almost every night for weeks on end and then battled soaring temperatures in the last week or so.
We've had so many lovely comments about the range and quality of our home grown plants that we've already started planning how we could grow more, I wonder how Dave feels about building another polytunnel 🤔
The last few trays of plants have been moved into the greenhouse for sale but won't be around for long.

27/05/2026

Standing watering well after closing time after what turns out to be one of our busiest ever weekends (as well as one of the hottest!) I'm thankful for all the support from everyone that took the time to visit us.

*However* as well as experiencing much higher numbers of visitors, during extreme heats, we've also experienced an increase in people treating staff members in, what can only be described as, a rude manner, especially in the tea room.

We had to put out the "Orders Paused" sign this afternoon for the first time to allow the staff to catch up on orders, clear tables, wash dishes, take rest breaks and actually eat some lunch. The fact that more than one person decided that this warranted verbal abuse towards staff members is repugnant. This behaviour will not be tolerated towards staff.

If you see the "Orders Paused" sign at the car park or in the tea room, please take a moment to understand that we are working as hard and as fast as we can but, as human beings, can only manage so much!

We're blooming good at what we do and we love doing it, all we ask for is a little patience and respect. 💚

17/05/2026

Begonia Non-Stops, Semps (aka "waxy begonias" and trailing Illumination all set up and ready for you lot tomorrow.
Lots more growing on so new stock will be coming out over the next few weeks too 👌

15/05/2026

While the last few weeks have been all about summer bedding, we've been busy in the greenhouse growing on our next crop of home grown perennials. These stunning Heucherella Sweet Tea have just started going out for sale and are already flying out the door.
These warm bronze hues stay all year round and provide a fantastic show of colour even in the depths of winter!

11/05/2026

everyone knows those cheese scones are perfection 👌

07/05/2026

Verbena Showboat Mango Orange

A fantastic addition to the Verbena Showboat colours, considered "semi-trailing", this broad leaf verbena makes an excellent filler for baskets and tubs where you need something to cover the edge but don't want it trailing too far down 👌

04/05/2026

01/05/2026

Our summer bedding selection has been described today as "like being in a sweetie shop" , it's our biggest ever collection with over 40,000 plants 😱

30/04/2026

A few 12-13 hour days getting the Summer Bedding Polytunnel tidied up but it's looking braw ready for opening tomorrow morning 👌

29/04/2026

Calibrachoa Can-Can Oriental

Difficult to choose from the 15 different varieties of Calibrachoa but this new exciting variety is stunning, slightly more compact than it's closely related Calibrachoa Cabaret, and considered "semi-trailing". Excellent for both hanging baskets and pots.