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Over the course of time when running a nursery you really get to know which plants are a star performer for you, and in the last few years we have really come to appreciate the finer qualities of the holly tree.  

Preparing the Iris beds

We have a new batch of bay trees at the nursery

RHS Chelsea - 2016

Our Agapanthus production is in full swing.

Its that time when we need to think about moving the citrus trees into the big tunnel. 

Winter comes alive with sparkling frosted leaves and bright red berries!

A pictorial guide to joining bamboo rhizome/root barrier together, to help control the growth or spread of hardy bamboo plants

Well it's that time of year again and the Iris are being spilt down and rejuvenated ready for the gorgeous blooms next year.

Agapanthus are one of the most amazing plants, long lived flowers of intense colours of whites, blues and purples.

Warm summer evenings and warm summer colours, not just from the sunsets :)

It's GOLD again, thats 5 years in a row :)

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015

We are please to announce that we shall be exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show and Wisely Flower Show in 2015.

For delivery on a pre Christmas service, orders must be received by midday on 22nd December.

Dont forget we will be at RHS Wisley Flower Show next week

2-7 Sept at Wisley, Surrey

Well the bulk of the shows are over for the season and it's time to catch up on some sleep!

All loaded up and raring to go! Tatton Park 23-27 July.

We were really pleased to gain another gold medal at this year's RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show - and were especially proud to recieve the Tudor Rose award for Best Exhibit in the floral marquee!

Tudor Rose winners for best in show Hampton Court 2014

A New Show and we can't wait, Hampstead Heath here we come!

Next Sunday June 1st, we will be exhibiting at the latest Secret Garden Sunday at The RHS Lindley Hall. 

Its madness that this beautiful tree is not that widely used in this country!

We have lots of lovely new plants online!

Its all go at the nursery at the moment, we have lots of new stock to sort, photograph and launch online.

We are delighted to be attending the following RHS flower shows for 2014

Plants can make an ideal gift for both novice and experienced gardeners alike. Here is an example of how we can gift wrap your order to make it even more special.

Online Order Deliveries for Christmas

We make life so easy for you. So here is the perfect gift for that 'awkward to buy for' person.

Wow what great idea!

Well, we got the warnings, thank you to the MET Office but there was little we could do.

1 tunnel damaged, 2 tunnels destroyed BUT our oldest tunnel a McGregors Polytunnel, beat the weather!

Todd's Botanics will be exhibiting at the RHS Wisley Flower Show

We are busy collecting and sewing the seed of the beautiful ornamental grass species Stipa barbata.

Well we have done it again. Gold for the third year on the trot and Best Herbaceous dispaly and Runner Up to Best in Show (The Tudor Rose Award)

Well its a Silver for us this year at Tatton Park!

Who says Trachelospermum's aren't hardy! Look at this fantastic use of a beautiful plant.

Todd's Botanics are exhibiting all this week from today until the 16th June, if you havnt got a ticket you can still book through the BBC Gardener's World Live website, tickets have sold out for Saturday but other days are available.

Olive trees for sale in the UK from an award winning nursery.

Todd's Botanics are proud to have been awarded a Silver Gilt Medal (one point off Gold!) for our display of Olives and Drought Tolerant Perennials.

Todd's Botanics will be exhibiting at the Spirit of Summer Fair in Olympia London from Wednesday 15th-18th May. 

A guide to the Citrus trees we have for sale and how to look after them.                                                      

Citrus Limon (Lemon tree)                                                                                                               Citrus aurantifolia (Lime tree)                                                                                                             Citrus sinensis (Orange tree)

We are very excited to now be selling beautiful little grapevines. Vitis vinifera AGM.

This time of year we really need to have structural, evergreen beauty in our gardens. Fed up with the usual choice? Why not give Pinus pinea some thought.

Exciting new range of plants to be launched shortly.

Todd's Botanics are exhibiting at the following shows in 2013;

HAPPY CHRISTMAS! From all of us at Todds Botanics. 

Olive trees and topiary such as Box, Bays and Yew look so wonderful lit up with small fairy lights, either side of the front door or in the garden. 

All orders for delivery before Christmas must be with us by 10am on Wednesday 19th December

Winter has arrived, and it looks so beautiful here in north essex.

2013 so far, is looking like a very busy year ahead for Todd's Botanics.

Todd's Botanics are thrilled to be accepted once again for the Chelsea Flower Show, 2013 is the centenary year of the show, so it will be an extra special event. 

Todd's Botanics joins Not On The High Street!

Over the weekend we took the oportunity to plant two of our very old olive trees.

This weekend we'll be exhibiting locally at the RHS Hyde Hall Flower Show in Chelmsford, Essex. 

Starting from Friday 3rd August we will only be open by appointment.

We're absolutely delighted that our garden for baby Arthur was yesterday awarded a gold medal at the 2012 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. For the second year in a row we've managed to achieve gold, so we're very happy indeed.

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is over for another year, and for most, it’s not to be thought about again until May 2013. But for us at Todd’s Botanics we are already thinking about our plans for next year’s event, and our hopes of securing that elusive gold medal!

Todd's Botanics are pleased to announce that they are now sole distributors for Cut By Fire benches. 

We're now busy with the final preparations for the RHS London Plant & Design Show, being held at the RHS Horticultural Halls, on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th February.

Even in mid-winter, the world of horticulture continues in earnest. Read about our final design project of 2011, which consisted of an exciting seasonal garden in picturesque Suffolk…

Following on from our successful exhibit at Hampton Court, we travelled up the M6 to Cheshire for the Tatton Park Flower Show. We received lots of great feedback from people who had seen us at Hampton Court, thank you for all your kind comments.

We are delighted to have been awarded a Gold medal at this years Hampton Court Flower Show, and double delighted to have been shortlisted for best in show!

We've had an eventful build up to the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show, but now the all important judging has taken place, the results are in and it's time to step back and enjoy our efforts. Please have a read about how we fared.

Todd’s were at Grand Designs London last week, this week at Malvern and next week at Chelsea so we are a little busy right now, as well as being open to the public and designing and creating new gardens and landscapes. No complaints though, growing plants has to be the best job in the world!

Walking around the nursery this morning reminds me why I do this job. I wanted to share a few pictures with you...

Come and see us at the various shows around the country this year.

This is by no means a quiet and calm time of year for us nurserymen...

Now the temperature has risen slightly I can just about lift my chin and focus my eyes on the scene around that is supposed to be the nursery...

This winter is the coldest so far at the nursery, -14c and it’s not over yet.

2011 is going to be another exciting year at Todd's Botanics; we are off to the dizzy heights of the Chelsea Flower Show again.

Our new website is now online. We will soon be taking orders online so keep checking back to make sure you don't miss out on any great offers!