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Ashwood Nurseries is commemorating its 50th Anniversary this year. 2017 certainly promises to be a year of both celebration and nostalgia, looking back at the milestones and achievements during the fifty years since John Massey acquired the nursery. The Early Years John’s parents bought Ashwood Nurseries in 1967 when he was still at school. John […]

The Ashwood Gardening Club met for the last time on Friday March 3rd after running for 22 years. The Gardening Club first met in 1995 and was established by Howard Drury (gardening journalist and lecturer) and Tony Cartwright (manager of Ashwood Nurseries). The club met for a Winter Lecture Series on the first Friday of […]

Ashwood’s Charity of the Year 2017 is to be the West Midlands’ leading sight loss charity the Beacon Centre. The Beacon Centre has been helping local people with sight loss live a fuller, more independent life, for more than 140 years but figures show the numbers of those with visual impairments will only grow in […]

Daily Mail readers have been treated to a full colour double-page spread on John’s Garden at Ashwood Nurseries. The Mail’s weekly Life feature headlines ‘The bungalow garden one man turned into a wonderland’ and describes how nursery owner John Massey’s ‘labour of love’ has created ‘a glorious garden, currently ablaze with dramatic autumn colours’. A […]

After another very busy Garden Open Day on September 24th we are pleased to announce that the total so far raised for Ashwood’s Charity of the Year has now reached a magnificent £22,077.67 …and it’s still rising! On Saturday we welcomed an amazing 524 visitors to the garden: the weather was kind to us, the […]

With summer coming to an end, the grassland plants and insects using the Wildlife Meadow are starting to complete their life-cycles and prepare for winter. With sunshine not arriving until late this year it has been a particularly poor year for butterflies. Holly Blues and Orange-tips were seen early in the year, but in small […]