Olive's Cafe
Olive's Café remains closed as the space is currently being used by Ivy House Dementia Day Care Centre, please click on the link below for more information.
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Olives Café is named after Olive Tate who co-founded the nursery with her husband Allan. Olive loved plants and her dogs that she walked in the woods every day, where she’d be looking out for her beloved kingfisher. Olive's granddaughters Vicky and Helen now co-run the nursery.
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Pop up Dining by the Lake
Join us this summer for a series of
‘Pop-up Dining Evenings by the Lake’.
We will be serving wine from ‘The Secret Vineyard’ and local beer; alongside, ‘Rascals Pizza’, ‘Big Pig Catering’ and ‘Punk Tacos’.
2022 Summary at Lime Cross Nursery
Happy New Year! Whilst everything here at the nursery is a little slower in January, we thought we’d take the...
All About Grafting
Grafting is an ancient horticultural technique which has been used at at Lime Cross Nursery since the 1980s to propagate conifers, trees and shrubs.
Ideal Conifers to Grow and Display in Pots
We love displaying conifers and plants in pots as it allows you to create a manageable and creative display you...
Why Buy and Plant Conifers in Bulk?
Although its lovely to have a varied selection of plants in the garden, sometimes to create a more dramatic effect...
The Best Fast Growing Conifers
Our customers often ask for our advice with regards to fast growing conifers, which can be planted and used in...
The Magical OOD House - a place to unwind surrounded by nature.
The OOD house (a mirrored glass building that’s situated by our lake here at the nursery, you can take a...
Golden Conifers great for warm winter colour in the garden.
Golden conifers are a bit like marmite you either love them or hate them. Of course here at Lime Cross...