19 July 2018
Visit to Ham Common Farm Flowers and Long Acre Plants
Organised by:
SCI's Horticulture Group
Wincanton, Somerset
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Synopsis
This event involves a tour of Common Farm Flowers and Long Acre Plants.
Common Farm Flowers grow cut flowers and wild flowers on Common Farm. They send natural, eco friendly and sustainably grown British flowers by post, as well as designing wedding flowers. They also run gardening and flower farming related workshops.
Long Acre Plants is essentially a mail order plantsman's nursery. They specialise in unusual woodland plants and plants for shade. This includes Erythronium, Epimedium, hardy ferns, hardy geraniums, hellebores, snowdrops, Viola odorata and Hepatica amongst many other shade loving plants.
Programme
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- 10:30
- Assemble
- 11:00
- Tour of Common Farm Flowers
- 13:00
- Lunch
- 14:00
- Tour of Long Acre Plants
- 16:00
- Depart
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Venue and Contact
Common Farm Flowers
Common Farm Flowers: Barrow Lane, Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton BA9 8HN
Long Acre Plants: Charlton Musgrove, nr Wincanton, Somerset BA9 8EX
Peter Grimbly
Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 1561
Email: petergrimbly@btinternet.com
Fees
This is a free event.
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Additional Info
Exhibition and Sponsorship
An exhibition will take place alongside the conference for companies and related organisations who may wish to exhibit. Please email conferences@soci.org for further information and prices. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
