Mucklestone Nurseries

Mucklestone Nurseries in North Shropshire / Staffordshire

This is our second plant nursery in the Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire border where we grow those of our plants which prefer the cooler, wetter, more acidic water and soils, typical of the north and west of Britain. As well as hardy trees, shrubs and perennials , We also keep some of the less hardy calcifuge plants from South Africa, Chile or Australia, suited to areas like the Wirral or Anglesey, that we cannot keep in Kent due to the harder water and lower humidity, complimentary to the chalk and drought tolerant plants we grow in East Kent.

The plants that are grown and propagated at Mucklestone have the RHS find-a-plant location code MMuc. in our online catalogue for Midlands Mucklestone .

We regularly travel between the two sites, so look through our catalogues and lists and send us your ‘wish list’ and we can put them together for you for collection or delivery from either site.

Contact Louise by phone 07714 241 667 or email info@botanyplants.co.uk

Specialist Plant Centre

Mucklestone Nurseries is run by a small part time team, led by Chris 07708 534 356 .

It is not a ‘Garden Centre’, so does not have the seasonal bedding plants, seeds or retail sundries etc. offered at our Kent site. It is only open for limited hours.

The garden areas and arboretum extend around the Farmhouse, Nursery and Business centre areas allowing the maintenance of stocks for propagation of a wide range of plants of proven name, hardiness and suitability to the area. Visit us and browse around or look at our online plant lists and email us with your ‘wish lists’ , we can bring plants from Kent up for collection .

Mucklestone Nurseries is in a stunning location, with views across Shropshire to North Wales and across to Mucklestone Church, where generations of William’s mother’s family served the parish as Rectors of St. Mary’s. Beyond the Garden and Business Centre areas lies extensive permanent natural pastures and meadows, ancient woodlands, ponds and wild bird and insect areas managed to enhance these varied habitats for amenity, natural biodiversity, as the garden/arboretum areas act as genebank and living study aid of species from other temperate areas of the world.

A Spring Woodland Trail , that starts from the nursery.

Items of of geological, botanical and general interest can be seen along the route. A full copy of ‘teachers notes’ and a map is available to download. It can be taken during opening hours, or by prior booking during April and the first week of May- before turn out of the livestock.

For the rest of the year a shorter walk through the main garden/ arboretum areas is available .

Contact Chris, Will Friend 07714 241668 , or Fiona 07783 936773.