Beaver Meadow - Carnivorous Plant Nursery

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Beaver Meadow is a nursery specialising in the propagation of a wide variety of Carnivorous plants; Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews and many more
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Beaver Meadow is a local company that designed and created the Market Rasen Town Guide Site to connect local businesses and people within the rural town of Market Rasen and it's surrounding areas. Utilising experience in web and graphic design, Beaver Meadow can provide affordable web sites, shop sites and assist with Facebook business pages. Beaver Meadow has an onsite nursery growing and retaili

ng a wide range of Carnivorous plants and Herbs, whilst providing Aromatherapy Remedies to assist with most common ailments. Beaver Meadow purveys a specialised selection of Fruit Meads and Preserves available by request.

Address

23 Caistor Road
Market Rasen
LN83HY

Telephone

01673849958

Website

https://www.beavermeadow.co.uk/

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It’s fair to say that Leigh doesn’t follow the crowd with the way he lives his life; growing plants that eat things has been a big part of this. He has played keyboards for over 4 decades now and continues to record with different artists. He is a qualified microlight pilot which takes dedication and perseverance to accomplish – but ultimately one of the most satisfying experiences there is! Leigh also has a great knowledge of rocks and crystals, a small shop for these can also be found within the Meadow, which also see another lifetime interest fulfilled and one that he has carried nearly as long as his interest in carnivorous plants! During the day Leigh works as a Team Leader for the Prince’s Trust – guiding young people to better paths and life decisions.

Leigh Perkins’ interest in carnivorous plants began in 1977 when he was 8 years old - he was fortunate enough to be bought a Venus Flytrap by my parents...he called it Juno...and planned to feed people to it! he made sure it was cared for; kept it under a plastic dome, fed it bits of ham, gave it baby bio when he thought it wasn’t looking so well and of course - gave it as much tap water as he thought a bog plant could handle, and triggered the traps on a daily basis...just to make sure everything was working! It died within a week!

In the early late 80s he spent time living and working in the London area, and although his interests had shifted towards playing keyboards in bands, he still grew a few plants (albeit on a very small windowsill!).

In the mid 90s (having moved back to Lincoln), he rekindled his interest in the hobby – despite having a couple of hiccups and restarts due to one or two problems (in one instance a rather militant group of allotment owners dowsing and setting light to a collection polytunnel as he hadn’t used the land to grow turnips as was expected!).

In 2012 life took a very welcome though unexpected upturn, and a small amount of surviving plants were brought to what is now Beaver Meadow in Market Rasen. Since then, the collection of plants has increased; growing exponentially each year as we hybridise (cross pollinate) selected plants. Having housed the collection in a group of small greenhouses, these were quickly outgrown and have now been replaced by a 30ft polytunnel which accommodates the ever expanding collection (currently around 6000 plants).

Beaver Meadow (a member of the UK Carnivorous Plants Society) now grows a large variety of Sarracenia, Dionaea and Drosera as well as Pinguicula, Utricularia, Darlingtonia and Cephalotus for sale, ranging from native plants which will live happily in a tub, a garden bog, or the margin of a pond in the garden, to plants that are happier being kept inside on a sunny windowsill. Regardless of the type of plant, Leigh is happy to give full care advice on all plants that leave the Meadow and is on hand for any questions or advice needed. We provide a re-potting service and can supply the speclialised soil for each plant type by request.

Since 2014 Leigh has been delivering presentations about Carnivorous Plants to growing clubs and found that this has been a great fun experience, added to this in 2018 we are about to start showing our plants at Gardening Shows – something we will be expanding on in future years!

Beaver Meadow welcomes visitors to view and explore carnivorous plant life, please contact us prior to your visit to avoid disappointment or follow our page to watch out for our many open days when all are welcome.