The WSGA Open Day

The West Sussex Growers Open Day is on the 13th June 2010.

10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m

 

Click this link to see page article with all the info from the local newspapers of where to go and what to see:

http://www.wsga.co.uk/uploads/WSGA%20Open%20Day%20June%202010-2.pdf

 

 

This amazing event provides an opportunity for the local community to have a good look around a number of nurseries that are opening their doors to the public between 10am and 4 pm. Crops on show will include: tomatoes, lettuce (including lettuce propagation),chrysanthemums,bedding plants and hardy nusery stock (shrubs,herbaceous,alpines etc...) A number of displays will also be present,including tomato tasting,demonstrations in the use of beneficial insects and biological control. Some of the nurseries will also be selling their home grown produce.....and you cant get more local than that.

 

You can find out more by revisiting this web page or by looking in your local Observer or West Sussex Gazette newspaper where articles will appear in the 3rd June edition.

 

 

 PREVIOUS OPEN DAY

 

Our 2007 Open Day was held on  Sunday September 23rd from 10am to 4pm. More than 6,000 people attended accross the 15 nurseries.

 

 

Chris Collins

 

 

 

 

 

 Chris Collins, The BBC's Blue Peter Gardener with West Sussex Children - Yoder Toddington, WSGA 2007 Open Day
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR MORE PHOTO'S

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Open Day event is non-profit making. It was supported by local companies advertsining in our supplement or sponsoring the event. Big thanks goes to our four  major sponsors SEEDA, NFU, NFU Mutal Pulborough and Certis.

SEEDA               

NFU

NFU Mutual Pulborough                           

 

 Certis    

                    Also many thanks to the following companies for there support;

 Calor Gas,  Donaldsons Flowers,  Downsview Nursery Ltd, Fargro Ltd. Fleurie Nursery Ltd, Peter Fox, Hedgehog Plants Lts, Horticultural Trades Association, Hortisystems, Mike Kennedy,   Monro South Horticulture,  New Place Nurseries,  Walberton Nurseries,  Wessex Fuels, NFU Muual, Pulborough Office, John and Ruth Pitts, Walberton Nursery.

Also many thanks to following companies who are supporting our Open Day through advertising in our supplement magazine:

Barfoots of Botley, Roundstone Nurseries,  NFU Mutual, Pulborough Office, Becker Underwood, Fargro, Hagelunie, Rushfields Plant Centre, New Place Nurseries, Locators, Koppert, Grow Train, Cloud 9 Associates, Farplant Sales.

Also many thanks to Spirit FM, BBC Southern Counties Radio, The Sun, and The Daily Telegraph for their support in publicising the event.


Locations

 

 

Our 2007 Open Day was a big success with over 6,000 people attending. Please take a look at the photo's below. We will be adding more photo's from the day over the next few weeks.

 

Chichester Area

 

Barnham / Walberton Area

 

ANGMERING 

POYNINGS


Chichester Area

The nurseries in the Chichester Area provided perhaps the biggest draw for the general public.

 

 

 

Donaldsons Flowers

 

Donaldsons

 

Colin Frampton with a group in Donaldsons new glasshouse block
Car Parking at Donaldsons 
There was a constant flow of cars all day as people came to visit Donaldsons
All aboard the tractor to see the new block of glass

 

                                          All aboard the tractor to see the new block of glass

 

 

Flower Harvesting

 

                                                      Harvesting flowers

 

                                 

                          

 

 

 

 


 

Brinkman’s Nurseries Ltd

 

www.brinkmansnurseries.co.uk

 

 

Brinkmans

 

The main glasshouse at Brinkmans

 

 

 

 

 

Certis at Brinkmans
Certis at Brinkmans - expalining all about biological control

 


 

 Roundstone Logo 

 

Roundstone Nurseries Ltd

 

www.roundstone.co.uk

 

 

Potting up with Chris

 

                                                                     Potting plants up with Chris Collins BBC's Blue Peter Gardener 

 

 

Chris Collins at Rounstone

               More potting up with Chris

 

 

 

 

More Chris Collins

More Chris

Roundstone canteen

The Roundstone Canteen with the audience watching Chris.

 

 

Autographs
Chris signing autographs

 

Roundstone

People walking back from the main production area.

 

Roundstone

The main production area at Roundstone

 

Plant Sales proved a big hit at Roundstone.

 


 Woodhorn Group

The Woodhorn Group

www.woodhorngroup.co.uk

 

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Barnham / Walberton Area

The biggest concentration of nurseries we had open this year was at Lake Lane, Barnham, a traditional horticultural area for over 60 years.

Eric Wall Nursery

Eric Walls

Enjoying tomatoes!

Visitors at Eric Walls
Visitors at Eric Walls 

                 

Chris Wall

Chris Wall behind the stand showing people biological control


Southern Glasshouse Produce Ltd

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 Yoder Logo 

Yoder Toddington

Chris Collins at YT

                                                   Some happy young gardeners with Chris Collins at Yoder Toddington

potting up with Chris

Potting up with Chris

Chris Collins

Gardening with 'Spaceboy' (left) was one of Chris's highlights of the day!

 


Binsted  Nursery

Binsted 1

  A family exploring the outside growing areas at Binsted Nursery

Binsted 2
Inside the main corridor at Binsted.

Binsted 3

Walberton Nursery

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John Turner Phormiums

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Star Plants

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ANGMERING

Culberry Nursery

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POYNINGS

Rushfields Plant Centre

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