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Matthew Padbury, the first recipient of the Adam Greathead Award, shares his experiences of the past six months spent at Great Dixter, East Sussex, the garden of the late Christopher Lloyd, now under the stewardship of Fergus Garrett. This followed on from six months spent working in John’s Garden at Ashwood Nurseries , the beautiful […]

Action Heart has been chosen as Ashwood’s Charity of the Year 2023. Action Heart is a local cardiovascular and exercise rehabilitation charity which is based at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley.  Action Heart was one of the very first cardiac rehabilitation programmes to be established in the United Kingdom, its original service dating back to […]

The Ashwood Charitable Trust is delighted to announce that it has awarded the first Adam Greathead Award to Matthew Padbury, an aspiring young horticulturist who impressed the trustees with his exceptional passion for plants and strong desire to hone his skills of good gardening practice. Nursery owner John Massey explains, in his own words, the […]

The Ashwood Charity of the Year 2022 is to be The Albrighton Trust which offers educational and recreational activities for people disadvantaged by a disability or special needs or illness. It is run by a dedicated team, including many volunteers, who have a genuine desire to help people while treating them with respect and compassion. […]

The Ashwood Charitable Trust has announced that Alzheimer’s Society is to continue as Ashwood’s Charity of the Year during 2021. Dementia devastates lives. Someone in the U.K develops it every three minutes and there’s currently no cure. In 2019, 4,348 were living with dementia in Dudley alone. That’s why we have partnered with Alzheimer’s Society, […]

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of Adam Greathead, aged 27, who passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of Sunday October 29th. Adam was head gardener to nursery owner John Massey and a familiar and very popular figure with visitors to John’s Garden. In the three […]