About Us

We are a small independent plant nursery run as a co-operative. We focus on edible and useful plants, grown peat free without harmful chemicals. Perfect for low maintenance gardening, forest gardening and permaculture gardening.

We are based at a small garden at Belper Lane End, unlike a garden centre we’re growing all our own plants, off grid, watered with harvested rainwater. You can see many of our plants growing in demonstration beds.

• We grow and sell plants, including perennial vegetables, fruit and herbs,
• peat free compost, biochar, natural plant feed, bokashi products,
• ecological gardening books.
• We run courses and events,
• and offer garden consultations and garden maintenance.

Our ethos is to tread as lightly as possible, being sustainable – we design with permaculture – caring for the earth, caring for people, and caring for the future.

We grow and sell edible and useful plants and their seeds – vegetables, fruit and herbs, preferring perennials. We grow without harmful chemicals, peat free, off-grid.

As part of our Soil Health Range, we sell and deliver quality peat free composts from Dalefoot and Melcourt SylvaGrow. We also offer biochar, plant feed, and bokashi products.

We share skills with our community through courses and an education programme.

Read more about us and how we work.