Hare Spring Cottage Plants….at a place near me! 😁

 

Earlier today, off we trundled on another jolly jaunt! We are lucky enough to live not too far away from what is known as ‘The South Hams’ and we do tend to venture that way rather a lot!

I was a woman on a mission! 

I’d known about Hare Spring Cottage Plants for quite some time, having ordered from them in the past and having seen them at various RHS shows.

But imagine my delight when I read that they had re-located from Yorkshire to The South Hams! 

Generally, they are not open to the public. However, they do have certain weekends when they have Open Days! And this weekend just happened to be one of them! 

As soon as we had parked and made our way to the entrance, we were greeted by Malcolm, above ( on the right, as you look at the photo), who certainly made us feel so very welcome. Malcolm and Stella are the owners of Hare Spring Cottage Plants and they have won awards and medals, here there and everywhere.

They hold the National Collection of Camassia… and as well as this, Hare Spring Cottage Plants is home to National Collections of Sidalcea and Uvularia. They also grow many other, lovely, garden perennials. Proper plants people… ‘right up my street’… (How I wish!) 

However… first things first! Tea and cake! It had to be done and we sat by the stream in the glorious sunshine admiring the idyllic surroundings. Bliss!

And then it was time for a stroll around!

There were plenty of plants for sale!

I didn’t want to leave! Nor did I want to come home empty handed! Obviously! I’d been looking for some Primula and these pretty, pink Primula caught my eye. I also bought a white Primula and a Periwinkle.

Needless to say, I loved every minute of this visit!

Malcolm and Stella will be on the road soonish…

Their events page is here 

Their home page is here

 

And there will be another Open Weekend in June! 

I can’t wait! 😂

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