CONTINENTAL INITIATIVE PAYS DIVIDENDS!

Continental Initiative continues to pay dividends!



Ashford based Oakover Nurseries were once again showing for the third year running at the Groot-Groen trade event held in Zundert during early October . They were the first U.K. nursery to
exhibit in 2008
. This plant fair continues to provide an opportunity to expand and develop sales of their liners and more unusual stock into the wider European market. Commenting on this continued drive towards Europe,


General Manager Brian Fraser said of the 2010 event, It was an excellent event made up of growers and attracting visitors far and wide even from Latvia and Italy. Interest in our snake bark maples and Acer griseum was high. We even sold all the plants on our stand to a Dutchman! ‘



Impressive New Catalogue launch!


The new 2011 Oakover Nurseries trade brochure was launched at the Four Oaks Trade Event. This impressive 44 page Wholesale Catalogue details their large volumes of P9 liners which includes

Ilex aquifolium, Taxus baccata together with Cordylines and Phormiums. The brochure
is also available on-line.



500,000 Liners & Grafting Stocks


Oakover Nurseries are now in their 31st year. The traditions and standards that the nursery was built on still apply today. Starting with 20 acres of owned land, this has grown to over 400 acres in 2010. This includes facilities for cold storage, grading and despatch plus a hectare of plants grown under protection. Over 4 million seedlings on an annual basis to grow on as stocks, hedging plants, feathered trees and specimens. The Oakover container site produces in the region of 500,000 liners and gratfing stocks together with large trees and shrubs in a range of pot sizes up to 90L.


Tel: 01233 713016. www.oakovernurseries.co.uk

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