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Every year the villages of South Staffordshire participate in a Best Kept Village Competition and there is much friendly rivalry to win the coveted title. Last year Wombourne was ranked as the third  Best Kept Large Village in the competition. Once again Wombourne Parish Council is striving to improve the environment of the village and […]

The Tea Room is celebrating 25 years of opening. It opened its doors to visitors on March 25th 1990 to coincide with Mother’s Day weekend and has never looked back. The nursery and garden centre had been thriving since the 1960’s but there were only basic facilities for visitors. Our customers had been telling us […]

We are delighted to announce that Ashwood’s exhibit of hepaticas at the RHS London Plant Fair has been awarded a prestigious Gold Medal. Our display of hepaticas in a natural setting of early spring-flowering plants wowed the judges and is certainly attracting a lot of interest from visitors. Hepaticas are set against a lovely backdrop […]

Ashwood Nurseries are to exhibit hepaticas at the RHS London Plant Fair on Friday and Saturday, February 20th and 21st. Held in the RHS Horticultural Halls Central London, this is the first in the season of the RHS London Shows and it’s always a very special gardening event. The RHS Lawrence Hall will be home […]

John Massey VMH, owner of Ashwood Nurseries, has been awarded The Garden Media Guild Golden Nisse Award 2014 at The Garden Media Guild Awards ceremony, held at The Savoy Hotel London and attended by gardening celebrities including TV gardeners Carol Klein, Joe Swift and Rachel De Thame. John was voted the most welcoming garden owner […]

Nursery owner John Massey is to give a superbly illustrated  lecture  ‘Autumn into Winter’ on Friday November 28th 7.30pm at Stourton Village Hall near Stourbridge, West Midlands. John will discuss how to create a garden that is full of colour and interest from autumn to winter, exploring the range of plants that he uses to […]