On 2016-03-28 16:02:14 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme said:

On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:10:23 +0100, sacha wrote:

On 2016-03-27 22:31:04 +0000, David Hill said:

On 27/03/2016 22:50, BobHobden wrote:
"Chris Hogg" wrote ...

Janet wrote:

Bob Hobden says...

"Chris French" wrote

alan_m Wrote
, BobHobden wrote:
As Sacha seems to have moved to Facebook and Twitter I repost
this from
Hill House Nursery's Facebook page.....

A nursery is a commercial enterprise and if they cannot be
bothered to
do this for themselves then perhaps they deserve to die. It's
much like
some publicans who believe their lack of trade is not their fault
as the
public owe them a living.

Why exclude chains etc.? They often give the general pubic much
better
value for money than a poorly run independent nursery!


I assumed it's as much about a resource for potential customers
who might not know about the places.

I presume excluding chains becuase they are generally well enough
known about already?



Alan, is this not exactly what you suggest? They are starting to do
it for
themselves but because there isn't an association of small nurseries, a
trade association covering everyone, there is no list anywhere

That is just not true.

http://britishplantnurseryguide.co.uk/

"Welcome to our family of independent nurseries!

The British Plant Nursery Guide is a collection of independent nurseries
that have that ?little something?. Whether it?s because they win awards
for their fabulous plants, offer excellent customer service or are
located in a beautiful location, all our nurseries have that little
something extra which makes them totally unique!"

Ray's nursery is a member of it.

Janet.

But very far from comprehensive, listing only 21 nurseries. I've sent
Sacha a list a dozen I know of, mostly in west Cornwall, but also an
on-line list of nearly 70 nurseries across Cornwall, from here
http://www.gardensincornwall.co.uk/nurseries/


That is the point, there isn't a comprehensive list of plant nurseries
covering the UK. There are lists but usually small and selective by
payment, region, plant type, etc but nothing comprehensive. I personally
welcome the initiative, might find something interesting near me I
didn't know about.


Probably the most useful guide to smaller nurseries is the Plant
Finder, whilst it only shows specialist nurseries I've found some
interesting places I'd never have known about otherwise.
David@ a very wet side of Swansea Bay

The new proposed app is a sort of reverse lookup to that, David. As an
app, it will be available wherever people are and all they'll need to
do is type in the area and see a list of nurseries. If those nurseries
have a web site they can look further. Quite a lot of small nurseries
don't have web sites (though they should have, imo) so people never get
to hear of them.

People did not have a problem finding nurseries before the Internet
existed so why should they now?

Steve

Nurseries didn't have a problem until the spread of garden centres,
supermarkets and corner stores selling plants. Do some research on how
many have been forced out of business.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon