Courtyard Planters

22/06/2026

The view from our coffee break bench...we're working hard potting up plug plants in a humid polythene...definitely needed a break

16/06/2026

FREE PALLETS
We've got about 8 for anyone that could use them. Collection only. Message me if interested.

16/06/2026

BUY 1, GET 1 FREE SALE ON BEDDING, ANNUALS AND DAHLIAS
Whilst stocks last. Cheapest item free. Now's your last chance to fill up pots and baskets for the summer.

13/06/2026

Pretty flowers named after girls...
Campanula glomerata Caroline £5.90
Geranium Patricia £7.50
Geranium Elsey Lacey £7.50

Did you know we grow all our own perennial plants at our nursery on the Chevin? That's good for you because;
🪴 always peat free
🪴 often in a reused plant pot
🪴 plants are grown with no heat (except that we sometimes use a heated probation mat to give seeds and cuttings a head start) so they are used to Otley weather
🪴 we've trialled most varieties in our nursery garden so we know how they behave when they are a few years old
🪴 lot's of choice, this year we have grown around 250 different varieties and approximately 12,500 individual plants excluding annuals
🪴 our nursery garden has a wide range of wildlife habitats which means I can't remember the last time we used a pesticide, our army of beneficial insects, birds, mammals and soil nematodes do all the heavy lifting for us
🪴 competitive pricing - you are paying directly for our time, skill and nurturing, there is no middle man creaming off a profit

Shop open Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 9.30-5.00
Webshop open 24/7 www.courtyardplanters.co.uk/shop

02/06/2026

SPIRES IN THE GARDEN
We like to have a spire type flower peppered through the border in every season, at the moment it's foxgloves, camassias came before and persicaria will follow. They draw your eye through the space without being too solid, and provide visual cohesion even when the planting is a bit busy (for us busy is functional - we need a wide range of varieties for cut flowers and propagation parent plants, so we can't be too precious)

22/05/2026

Tithonia Torch
Lots of you admired these last Autumn in the flowerbed in front of our house. We will have a tray of young plants for sale tomorrow £2.50 per pot. They are tender annuals so they are just for this year...but, by gum, they put on a show and bring the colour from late summer into autumn.

16/05/2026

We often get asked about what can be recycled from the garden here is your definitive answer from Leeds Recycles
We can reuse your 1,2 & 3 litre pots (any shape or colour)(sorry not little pots or trays)
And we sell SylvaGrow peat free compost in re-useable Bags for Life too.

Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field🎃 🥁 ! If you’re getting stuck into some gardening this weekend, remember you can recycle empty plastic bottles and stretchy plastics like these in your green bin! ♻️ We’ll also take your plastic plant pots too (just not the black ones) 🪴💚

16/05/2026

OTLEY SHOW DAY
Tom and Islay are in the shop. Katie and Neve are at the show...it's a family affair today.

15/05/2026

Katie will be at Otley Show in the Otley BID Buy in Otley marquee, up in the right hand corner of the main field just before you get to the lake. Come and say hello...tomorrow is all about chit chatting rather than selling (but we will have a few of our gorgeous Otley grown, peat free perennials with us too)

15/05/2026

Treat the Cat has found the best spot...he's sat on the heated propagator...look how smug he looks with his tummy being gently heated from underneath 🤣