Yeoford Garden Centre

23/07/2023

Closing Down Sale
Everything Half Price!

28/05/2023

Yeoford Garden Centre will soon be relocating (don't know where yet but landlord's throwing us out - yes charming!) so there will soon be lots of new plants on sale. Meanwhile we are selling Remin volcanic rock dust. Please see in the photos the brilliant benefits of this stuff. Add to your compost or soil to give your plants all the minerals they need to thrive, it also helps the little critters that make soil better.
The cheapest I can find it elsewhere is about 80p per kilo, we're selling it for 45p per kilo, you don't need much to make a big difference. Have as much or little as you like, bring a container of some kind if you can and just ding the bell for assistance or message in advance how much you would like and we'll leave it out for your collection.

23/05/2022

We have lots of Sweetpeas for sale that are raring to climb up something in your garden.
Now reduced to £1.25 per pot or 5 pots for a £5.
There are some called Bouquet Mix which are mixed colours and flowers come on longer stems for vases etc. And we have a few different varieties that are highly scented.
Also lots of other nice things; native wild flowers, perennials, annual flowers, climbers, herbs, house plants, trees and shrubs.
Look out for the 'plants' sign just before 'The Oaks' turning.
Please put money through the letter box - there are some bags in the jar to put your pennies in - and help yourself to trays to take your plants in.
And thank you very much to everyone who brings us their used, unwanted pots which get reused.

10/07/2021

We have some nasturtiums ready for planting all 60p each:

Black Velvet - bluish leaves and deep red flowers
Blue Pepe - blue leaves and red flowers
Tom Thumb Mixed - green leaves and red, orange or yellow flowers
Climbers / ramblers - same as Tom Thumb

We seem to be selling quite a few wild native plants these days, these are ideal to keep a diversity of pollinating insects attracted to your garden which helps create a wider diversity of wildlife generally in the area. (Can you spot all the different bugs on the Poppy?)
We also sell cultivated plants now and then like nasturtiums and we still have some deep pink Lychnis for sale, as pictured, these are perennial and like a good sunny spot and will tolerate quite dry hot weather.

03/01/2021

🎉HAPPY NEW GARDEN🎉

This stuff is win win win - you can't help but do something very good and wholesome for you, your garden, your wildlife, your air and your planet. We have a tonne bag of this and if anyone would like to try some we can pass it on to you at a very good rate.

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15/10/2020

We've got lots of watercress and strawberries for sale at the moment.
Watercress is £1.50 for a tray of 6.
Strawberry is £1.25 each.

Watercress is ready to start picking - you don't need a babbling brook to grow them in, just keep the roots wet in a tray of water and change the water every other day or so. They don't need lots of light so you can grow them on a window sill indoors but they will do well outside until there is a frost, they're not frost resistant. Pick 1 or 2 leaves per plant now and then. They are very good for you with the most vitamins and minerals you can get from one plant and great in a sandwich.

Strawberries can be planted now and will give them some time to put out good roots for lots of berries next summer. These are called 'Marsh Mallow' and are soft, juicy, sweet and tasty and also quite prolific fruiters. As these are quite soft they won't make the best lumpy jam but you'll just want to scoff them all before you even think about jam.

14/08/2020

🌟We have a winner!🌟
The winner is.............Lynsey Skinner with 'Millies Sunflower.'
You are welcome to come and choose a plant whenever you like - to be fair we don't have that much right now (Sue Kay wiped us out with new plants for her new garden 😄) So you can come later or whenever.
Thank you to all four of the contestants we loved seeing all the pics - here they are...

10/08/2020

💥Competition Time!💥

For all our lovely customers - take a photo of a plant you have bought from Yeoford Garden Centre and post in the comments below.
Could be flowers, vegetables, trees, whatever - may be a bowl of tomatoes or a massive marrow.
We love to see the fruits of our efforts and your efforts of course 😉 which is probably a lot of watering effort recently.
The prize as always is a plant of your choice and we will select the winner on Friday 14th August at 10pm.

We have some colourful coleus for sale at the moment, also some mirabilis aka 4 o'clocks - all just £1 each. 🤩

25/04/2020

🌻Veg and Flower Plants for Sale🌻

Runner Beans £1.50 for 6

Leeks £3 for pot of approx 20

Nigella Love in the Mist £1.50 for 6

Dwarf Nasturtium £2.50 for 6

Achocha 50p

Perpetual Spinach (Beet) 30p each

Ox Eye Daisy from £1

Hazel £1.50

Nerine (pink) £1

Now all out the front - can deliver in the village or nearby if self isolating or just lazy 😉
Please leave the sticks and I'd love any pots you don't want, especially larger pots - it helps to keep the prices down. 🙏

20/04/2020

🎉 PLANT OF THE WEEK 🎉
🌟 ACHOCHA!🌟
aka Lady's slipper, Slipper gourd, Wild cucumber, Achokcha, Caihua, Caygua, Cayua , Korila, Stuffing Cucumber.
Latin name - Cyclanthera pedata
Family - Cucurbitaceae
This very pretty vine is originally from the Andes and was grown by the Incas. It's a non hardy annual that likes a lot of sunshine 🌞 but will tolerate some shade and will need something to climb up or along as it can grow up to 4m in the growing season. They're not too fussy about soil but a good helping of compost dug into the ground first will help and will appreciate regular watering in dry weather 💦. They are not frost tolerant so will need to be planted outside after that risk has passed. They are pretty much pest free - just the old slugs and snails problem 🐌🐌🐌
It grows fast and will soon bear lots of small fruit which can be eaten raw when small (no bigger than 2" long) and taste a bit like cucumber or raw peas and are lovely chopped up in salads. They would probably make great pickles but we haven't tried that yet. More mature fruits can be stuffed and cooked like a marrow after the seeds have been removed. You can also use the young leaves.
Nutritionally the fruits are high in vitamin C and fibre and also contain potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
The health benefits are very remarkable; it is high in natural statins and research conducted in Peru has shown that the plant can lower blood-cholesterol levels in humans with one trial showing an 18.3% reduction in 12 months and other trials showing even larger reductions. The fruit juice is recommended as a treatment for conditions such as high blood-cholesterol levels, hypertension, tonsillitis, arteriosclerosis, circulatory problems and diabetes. The leaves are considered to be hypoglycaemic. A tea made from the seeds is used in the treatment of high blood pressure. The dried and powdered seeds are taken in 1 gram doses as a remedy for intestinal parasites.
Even if you don't grow it to eat it is still a very pretty plant that will cover a large space in a short time, and bugs will love it 🐝
There are other varieties which have spiky fruits and some with exploding pods - how cool.

YGC rating:
Ease of growing and maintenance - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nutrition and health - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Aesthetics - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Wildlife - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

We will be selling achochas here at Yeoford Garden Centre when the risk of frost has passed or message us to buy one now and we'll put it out the front for when you can come and collect. £1.50 each.