VE Day – Victory in Europe
It can’t have escaped your notice that today is the 70th anniversary of VE Day. The day when war in Europe officially ended with the Allies formally …
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Shrubs for Air Raid Shelter Gardening!
When people are passionate about something they tend to enjoy sharing that passion with like-minded people and we are lucky enough to have a great many …
Suttons and Burncoose Nurseries
Suttons are very pleased to have teamed up with award winning Burncoose nurseries, based in Cornwall. Through this arrangement Suttons customers now have …
The Art of Grafting
It would be easy to think that the art of grafting one plant onto the rootstock of another is relatively new but in fact evidence exists of it having been used …
Letter to our Customers January 1st 1915
One hundred years ago huge efforts were being made to produce much needed home-grown food and to use all available land as “wisely” as possible. …
My Garden Diary. – Reminders for December 1914
In the Vegetable garden the chief duty is to prepare for the coming spring. When the ground is frozen hard wheel out manure, secure stakes, and prepare …
The Suttons Sons
At the outbreak of WW1 Leonard Goodhart Sutton was at the helm of Suttons & Sons and with 5 sons and 1 daughter he must have felt that his lineage was …
My Garden Diary. – Reminders for November 1914
The Vegetable seeds to be sown this month are few, and although success depends on the character of the season, it is advisable to risk, on dry soil, a small …
Geranium Still Going Strong After 18 Years
Geraniums or Pelargoniums? No matter what name we choose to use these attractive plants are a very familiar summer sight. My father would plant them formally …
21st October = Apple Day!
Apple trees originated in the Middle East over 4,000 years ago and have been cultivated in the UK since roman times. So why have we only been celebrating Apple …