• Action Heart: our Charity of the Year 2023
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    Action Heart: our Charity of the Year 2023

    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 Adam Greathead Award latest
    Adam Greathead Award

    The Adam Greathead Award latest

    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 […]
  • My World of Hepaticas: John Massey’s new book
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    My World of Hepaticas: John Massey’s new book

    Nursery owner and renowned hepatica expert John Massey is proud to announce that his book My World of Hepaticas is to be published in mid-June. Described as ‘a love letter to a single genus’, My World of Hepaticas documents a lifetime’s work studying, breeding and growing these irresistible plants. For anyone who has a passion […]
  • Moorcroft Pottery launches Ashwood Collection
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    Moorcroft Pottery launches Ashwood Collection

    Moorcroft Pottery has launched an exciting new collection dedicated to some of the plants that Ashwood Nurseries is renowned for.  Moorcroft designers Emma Bossons, Nicola Slaney and Kerry Goodwin have focused their attention on the beautiful blooms of hellebores, hepaticas, cyclamen, auriculas, salvias and Anemone pavonina resulting in an exquisite collection of Moorcroft pieces in […]
  • The Albrighton Trust: our Charity of the Year 2022
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    The Albrighton Trust: our Charity of the Year 2022

    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. […]
  • Alzheimer’s Society: our Charity of the Year 2021
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    Alzheimer’s Society: our Charity of the Year 2021

    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, […]