About us

We are a small nursery based in Somerset, although we tend to class ourselves more as a small farm. We have a plot between Milverton and Langford Budville, which was originally a cottage for Farm workers, dating back to the 18th Century last occupied in the 1960s. Unfortunately it has fallen into ruins, but since taking the property over we keep finding remnants from the previous occupiers, including a very old weak Blackcurrant bush, which we hope to revive and make cuttings from to sample the fruit. As a philosophy we tend towards organic principals where ever possible, and have a range of helpers including our ducks which provide us with assistance in the garden and in protecting our Hostas.

Meet our helpers

All our ducks are named after characters from the 1996 Movie “The Bird Cage”, staring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest. The first 2 helpers are Aggy and Sparty named after the character Agadore Spartacus in the film. They are 4 year old Khaki Campbell ducks. Aggy was the runt of the flock when we selected her. We knew that she would not be the biggest strongest specimen but felt that she could teach us a lot about ducks. She is very quick, and is the best at being directed to deal with slugs, and teaches the other ducks what is expected of them. Sparty is less forward compared to Aggy, however she is a true DIY duck helping with turning over soil, and right beside you whilst you work. We recently purchased a new set of ducks in September of 2019, which are Buff Orpington ducks from the champion winning breeder Richard Betts. We especially wanted them as they are incredibly pretty and much larger than our Campbell ducks so can deal with the larger more horrible slugs. These 2 are called Goldie and Starina, and are helpers in training. Starina tends to slightly smaller than Goldie, but is very observant and watches everything you do, and is close behind Aggy. Goldie tends to be more reserved and tends to stay with the other girls.