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Hartside Nursery Garden
Hartside Nursery Garden1 week ago
Our busy season continues this weekend with our September "Open Weekend", slightly earlier in the month than usual as we will be off to the AGS Show at Loughborough next weekend. We are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 18th, 19th and 20th, 11.30am - 4.00pm each day. Still plenty to see in the garden, and still lots of work for us to do, the Autumn Flowering Gentians and Saxifrages are now starting to flower, and we still have a few Erythronium bulbs available ready for immediate planting so they grow away and flower in the spring.
Hartside Nursery Garden
Hartside Nursery Garden1 week ago
Our busy season continues this weekend with our September "Open Weekend", slightly earlier in the month than usual as we will be off to the AGS Show at Loughborough next weekend. We are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 18th, 19th and 20th, 11.30am - 4.00pm each day. Still plenty to see in the garden, and still lots of work for us to do, the Autumn Flowering Gentians and Saxifrages are now starting to flower, and we still have a few Erythronium bulbs available ready for immediate planting so they grow away and flower in the spring.
Hartside Nursery Garden
Hartside Nursery Garden1 week ago
Our busy season continues this weekend with our September "Open Weekend", slightly earlier in the month than usual as we will be off to the AGS Show at Loughborough next weekend. We are open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 18th, 19th and 20th, 11.30am - 4.00pm each day. Still plenty to see in the garden, and still lots of work for us to do, the Autumn Flowering Gentians and Saxifrages are now starting to flower, and we still have a few Erythronium bulbs available ready for immediate planting so they grow away and flower in the spring.
Crocus banaticus

Crocus banaticus

The famous “Iris flowered Crocus” with lilac-purple flowers from October till December. A woodland species which prefers a damp garden spot. Continue Reading

Primula Tantallon

Primula Tantallon

Primula ‘Tantallon’. A wonderful and showy, but fairly easy hybrid, Primula whitei x Primula edgeworthii which is rarely offered for sale. The rich lavender-blue flowers appearing above the heavily silvered foliage in the early spring, sometimes now soon after the new year. Forms good clumps after several years which split well to spread them around.… Continue Reading

Opening Times

The Nursery will be open in 2026 on our “Open Weekends” of Friday, Saturday and Sunday 27th, 28th February and 1st March (Weather permitting), then…
Crocus banaticus

Crocus banaticus

The famous “Iris flowered Crocus” with lilac-purple flowers from October till December. A woodland species which prefers a damp garden spot. Continue Reading

Primula Tantallon

Primula Tantallon

Primula ‘Tantallon’. A wonderful and showy, but fairly easy hybrid, Primula whitei x Primula edgeworthii which is rarely offered for sale. The rich lavender-blue flowers appearing above the heavily silvered foliage in the early spring, sometimes now soon after the new year. Forms good clumps after several years which split well to spread them around.… Continue Reading

Opening Times

The Nursery will be open in 2026 on our “Open Weekends” of Friday, Saturday and Sunday 27th, 28th February and 1st March (Weather permitting), then…
The Blog

The Blog

Visit our blog page for the latest news, including information about our collections, updates about Flower Shows, talks and other nursery activities. Continue Reading

The Cottages

The Cottages

Ghyll Burn Cottage and Barn End have been renovated to a high standard. Ghyll Burn Cottage (sleeps 4/6) retains its old world charm with wooden beams and an old stairway turret with a slit window. Barn End (sleeps 3/4) is a charming Barn Conversion with wooden beams in the main living room

Located high in the North Pennines, the cottages are an ideal base for walking, cycling, touring, watching wildlife or just relaxing.
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Hartside Nursery Garden, near Alston, Cumbria CA9 3BL

Tel or Fax: 01434 381372