A Festive Evening at Ashwood Nurseries
Every year Ashwood Nurseries hosts a Christmas Evening where customers can join us after-hours for a special night filled with raffles, shopping, treats and discounts. With over 260 people joining us for the festivities, this years Christmas evening at Ashwood Nurseries was a night to remember.
Guests were free to browse around the shops, nursery and tea room at their leisure. The Gift Shop was filled to the brim with Christmas cards, tasty treats and festive gifts to choose from, and our Tea Room had a range of light bites and refreshments available on the evening.
The outdoor areas and greenhouses were stocked with wonderful colour for the autumn and winter garden, all decorated with Christmas trees and fairy lights for a cozy atmosphere. We also had a member of Ashwood team showcasing our fresh holly decorations. All of our holly decorations are handmade onsite and are available to pre-order.
The main event was happening in our Garden Shop, where guests were able to get the first look around our Christmas Shop during the evening. Every year the Garden shop team work hard to transform our flower shop into a Christmas wonderland filled with decorations galore, this year’s display being bigger than ever before.
The night was made even more festive by a performance from the Concordia Ladies Choir. Their carols bought joy to all and really created a warm and inviting atmosphere, with many of the guests singing along.
As part of the event, we donate a portion of the ticket sales to Beth’s Sunflowers: Ashwood Nurseries chosen Charity of the Year for 2026. Beth’s Sunflowers is a local charity set up in tribute of Beth who died of blood cancer in 2018, you can read more about them here.
The volunteers were rushed off their feet running their fantastic stall and selling extra tickets for the charity raffle. Although the entrance tickets were also entered into the raffle, Beth’s Sunflowers sold an extra 206 tickets during the evening. With this extra boost in donations, this raised their total fundraising for the night to over £700!
We would like to say thank you to the Concordia Ladies Choir who put on a spectacular performance and filled the evening with festive cheer. A big thank you to all of the businesses that donated prizes for the raffle including Aston Butchers, James Lister & Sons, John Richards Nurseries, Kings Fayre Bakery and Zepbrook Coffee Machines.
And we would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Jo and all of the staff who worked tirelessly to help the evening run smoothly.