A Yorkshire Jewel - the delights of finding a lovely nursery .

Hi Beverley is beautiful isn't it. Visited it a few times. I have seen the Garden Centre you mention. I have a radar for Garden Centres, I know where they all are, the trick is getting the husband to stop off to visit them.

Loved your photos. Hope your friend goes on o.k. with her appointments. Love marge.

Great Blog BB - I felt like I was on the day out with you! Thanks for thinking of us all :-) on your travels. Wonderful shots too.

What a lovely way to spend 7hours BB even if it was forced on you by circumstances out of your control , I loved the boot with the frogs and the Frosted Chocolate sounds good enough to eat ,looked it to ...

I thought you had my Charlie Pheasant for a min. you could be right about him having lost his feathers somehow because they have normally grown their new ones sometime ago just before xmas , he looks like an older one to me !
I don,t know the difference between Kangaroos and Wallabys we do come across some strange animals on our travels don,t we !

I suspect you will be going back that way for another visit to the new found garden centres , you had better save up ready for the next time ... LOL ...

Lovely blog BB. Loved your photos and descriptions. My favourite is the little black chicken wearing the turban.!! Hee hee hee.
You seem to have bought a lovely lot of plants. I hope they all do well.
I liked the boot and frogs ornament....bit pricey at 10 pound but had I been there I probably couldnt have stopped myself....good job I wasn't there eh?
I hope your relative came through her procedures well.

Thanks for kind comments Dawn if you dont have this plant you really must seek it out with a name and fragrance like that .

Thanks Marge the directions sent us the main road way when actually easier to find direct from town centre.

You are so right Amy wish I had a bigger garden for some of these trees but that magnolia is a must they are mature plants much bigger than you would normally find at a garden centre. There was a huge shade house with ferns to die for ..

Hard to see where the feathers end and the head starts in this chicken Gilli - for ornaments £10 not bad here convert to your dollars and it does seem pricey.

Procedure went well but waiting for results think something would be said after such a stressful day for her other than we ll be in touch.

yes and lucky to hear in 10 days BB~still you had a good day out and hopefully all will have gone well when she does hear~best thing not to think about it!

BB - that is a brilliant blog - made me want to go and hunt out garden centres! Lovely photos too. I could do with a kangaroo in my garden, to stamp down all the mole hills! I liked the sound of that little Fire Dance too. Given me lots of ideas (some not very sensible!) so thank you.

Thanks Arlene.Yes the hospitals are not what they used to be anymore : (

Thankyou Gee.Would love to hear your ideas...sensible or not !Lol

What a great day, finding all those plants.
Just to let you know, that lovely loropetalum is not very hardy. I've had two in the past two years and neither has come throught the winter :-( But I give everything three chances - another one is on order and I have a cunning plan....

You had a great day in those garden centres. Some nice purchaces aswell. I know someone living in Beverly who comes from the same village as me. The minster looks a fantastic building. I'd love to visit it.
I hope your relation's treatment was successful.

Thank you Andrew.....What,may I ask,is your cunning plan? ! Do share............

Thanks Hywel,the architecture is stunning,and we were fortunate to view with the sun shining on it.Think the treatment went ok,just awaiting results

I love the mop top hen.

Looks Like The Day Turned out better with the muddle up Jane?So much seen wish id been there 2 the GC & sites look Fab ,Im Glad u got to the Hospital appt in The End :)xxx

Ams...looked so comical running about !

Thanks Jacque....you would have loved the animals and all the varieties of wonderful trees Saving up for another visit !

Thanks Bonkers. It is a great blog and and I really enjoyed it, lovely pics. Hope all is well with your friend.

Thanks to you Toto..........couldnt help but think of you when the young pheasant sauntered into the garden !

You obviously had a good day despite the reason for it and lets hope your relative gets a good result.passed through Beverly a lot in recent years and hope to actually stop and wander one day because it does look a grand place.Thanks Bb for sharing your day.........

Thanks Bonkers. At least you managed to get his tail feathers which is one up on my pic.

Yes Lincslass..yes it is a beautiful little town,and the minster is truly lovely.Hope you get to explore one day !
Toto..must be a young one I think..only a tiny tail !

I've even got a picture of one without a head, but didn't want to post it as Irish already posted her pidge without a head.

LOL...but at least she got knitting Toto..Play your cards right and she might knit you one too !LOL

Hope the hospital bit turns out ok. This is one of my local gc that is independently run. Next time head out towards Hornsea to a small village at Sigglesthorn. another 2 gems , one is an alpine specialist the other a more typical general gc. I feel really lucky as i know of 8 in a 10mile radius of where i live. Beverly is fantastic and on a saturday there is a market with 2 /3 plant stalls too. glad you enjoyed the day and all the sights and temptations. I love the camelia. Good buy there.

Thanks Seaburngirl..probably more visits in offing....so will definitely be heading out towards Hornsea. Thanks for all your tips..will update.!

if you want more info send me a pm and i will let you have a list of where others are. I'm only 3 miles from beverely.

Smashing blog BB...we were at Beverley a few weeks ago and thought just like you, a mini York..lovely place with old buildings and a good selection of shops...that garden nursery will be worth a visit next time!

Thanks Seaburngirl...will be in touch....................

Janey.........please do make a visit,,,wonderful place and grand selection of plants and trees............

Beautiful camellia...well worth the splurge! And the animals are just adorable!

Well done Bonkersbon this is a great blog - fantastic photos. And yes, when I got about half way down I thought for a moment I must have misunderstood where this was all happening - what are those wallabies doing there? Are they lost? It's always amazing when I see them in such faraway places.

What a treat this blog was, BB. Thanks for sharing your day out - and for thinking of us all! That Camellia is so pretty, I don't blame you for taking it home with you...

Andrew is right about that Loropetalum - I have two, as you probably remember, one being 'Fire Dance'. I had to wrap them both up with double fleece - in fact re-fleeced last week when we had frosts at night. They've both survived with minimal damage, though.

I think that Skimmia might be S. obtusa 'Kew Green'... only think, though!

Hi BB & Jane brill blog as always & photos, i to felt i had been round the garden centre with you, Beverly does look like York aswell, i love going to York, mind you every time i go i still get lost in the shambles, all those little narrow streets look the same.

Great Blog BB..... Love the boots with the Robin and Frogs....

Have also been to Beverly a few years ago there was a fantastic Army museum which we visited on a few occasions, took son and his cousins great day out, this was before the interest in the garden though so no garden centres, but its just over the bridge so i may have a look!!!
Great blog and some good bargains there. Better save up!!

Thank you Raquel Jane fell in love with it as not one we were familiar with - our garden surrounded by trees with acidic soil so should love it.

Thanks Bernieh the lady had rescued these and all animals had huge pens and ponds trees etc so the combination of plants and animals was heaven to Jane.

Thats great info Spritz thank you - only had the name Kew in my head so not sure if either of us right but your added input gives me hope ! As you know Coprosma survived all snow and ice and even lavatera retained all its leaf so heres hoping .

Oh Clarice time was you could drive past York Minster like you can in Beverley I get lost and used to live there !

Didnt think the price too bad for a garden ornament Hollyeves - it would only get you a couple of gallons of fuel after all wouldnt it ?

Aye lovely spot Sewingkilla think I should add a correction spoke to two ladies and assumed both ran it apparently husband and wife do ... sorry hubby.If you type in Minsterplants in search engine you ll see them on top of main page ! Can a man be sexist to another man ? At least when saw two ladies together didnt ask wheres the boss then - must show I m either very liberated or scared of women I ll leave you to decide lol

Really enjoyed reading and looking at your blog. What a successful day out! Bit far for me to go for an old boot but suppliers of Aralia Spinosa are very thin on the ground, so you never know. If you saw it in full fruit you might see the appeal of it. Many thanks for the info and the laugh!
Most of the garden centres in this part of the country have been taken over by big chains - Notcutts, Wyvale etc - all the same plants, and the number of independant nurseries is shrinking rapidly. Use them, or lose them folks.

Sorry Wagger is that the same tree then ? Aralia Spinosa the same as Robinia no wonder I have trouble with trees - doesnt stop me loving them though !

If you in South Bucks can deliver as my father lives in South Oxfordshire lol Your advice re independents so true as these were large mature specimens and varieities you dont see in chain garden centres.

Careful, Bonkers, I might take you up on that! I love trees too (as you may have noticed from my photos)

Know the High Wycombe area well and not far from t 'old fella so if near you not as impractical as it sounds !

army museum is sadly no more:o(
skidby windmill is undergoing a face lift and still a working mill. dont forget beverely westwood the remains of medevial common pasture with climax oak woodland:o)

what a great blog BB, love the photos too xx

Looks like a return visit is essential with or without the hospital transport Seaburngirl .. saw signs to the windmill as travelling from Cottingham to Beverley and saw it on the hill ...

Thanks Eileen looks like the Guinness cake is on me ... courtesy Arlene xxx

Thanks BB, nice trip! What an enjoyable way to pass the time. Love the chickens!
Hope your relatives procedure went OK.

Thanks Pg......the time just flew by...........

Brill, Bb! Many, Many Thanks for thinking of, and letting us know about these wonderfully-named plants, which would fit in well in our garden. The Corokia looks and sounds delicious, we have seeds of viola "Frosted Chocolate", too. :-)

Thanks David..hope you can get one..if not will be going back at Easter,and will happily pick one up for you !

Oooooh, Many Thanks, Bb, will let you know progress at this end. Mind you, I'd drive there myself to get one, if practical, just to be able to visit ALL the lovely-sounding nurseries and plant centres in the area! :-)

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I have a confession to make - I'll do it in public... I got the name of that Skimmia wrong - sorry. It's Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green'. Obviously another senior moment ... Sorry again. :-(

I agree about independent Nurseries. I have been ordering plants to fill the enormous space left by my Eleagnus, and using 'proper' Nurseries via mail order has been interesting! I have found an absolute gem in Penrith. I'm waiting for deliveries from the other three and I'll maybe tell you my experiences, good and bad, when the plants arrive.

David - I found your Corokia in another Nursery, so maybe it's not too difficult to find! Fun visiting new ones, though - I agree!

Thanks for the info Spritz.Agree it is fun and fulfilling to check out the lovely nurseries out there.Looking forward to hearing of all your experiences !

Now that's the kind of day out I like! That pheasant is very handsome....

Thanks Sid...it was a real treat!