Gardening goodness - how to exercise while gardening?

A new study suggests gardening gives you a zest for life and can even make you feel younger. Here are some tips for toning your physique while also tending to the plants.


For gardening and yard work to actually provide a beneficial workout, you must garden for at least 30 minutes a day.
To reap the maximum benefits use as little machinery as possible. It might take a little bit longer, but using manuel clippers, trimmers and a push lawnmower could save a trip to the gym.
Work a steady constant speed to keep heart rate up at a set level.
Change positions every ten minutes so move from pruning to weeding or try and alternate which hands you use.
Work such as raking and carrying leaves can tone the upper arms and increase flexibilty and strength. You can expend as much effort raking the lawn as you would during a leisurely bicycle ride.
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Rare tomatoes partnership launched

Organic growing charity Garden Organic has teamed up with Delfland Nurseries to make a selection of rare tomato plants available to gardeners.
The plants originate from the charity’s Heritage Seed Library which holds a collection of varieties which have been either dropped from seed catalogues or handed down as family heirlooms.
The Heritage Seed Library tomato collection will consist of six varieties – Jubilee, Darby Pink-Yellow, Tomato Noir, Pink Cherry, Yellow Currant and Wladeck – all grown organically and peat-free by Delfland Nurseries, and available via mail order with £2.23 from each pack sold going to the charity.
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New Stock At The Nursery

We're currently compiling a list of all the spring plant stock at the nursery which we hope to be able to get up on the site in the next week. If you'd like us to send you the list direct by email drop me a line. simon@gardennursery.co.uk

Snowdon lily fans get a warm glow from our cold winters.

THREE cold winters in a row may have taken their toll on our heating bills and roads but they could prove marvellous for some of Wales’ rarest plants.
Botanists have long been worried by the decline of the Snowdon lily, which grows only in some elevated areas of Snowdonia.
One of the commonest theories is that global warming has allowed rival plants to survive winter at high altitudes where previously the annual winter freeze would have killed them.
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Happy Mother's Day!

There's nothing nicer for your mum than a lovely Mother's Day lunch in one of the many pubs and restaurants which you'll find in Betws-y-Coed. It's the perfect day out. And whilst you're in the village call in and treat her to a special plant. We're stocked up for the new season and confident you'll be sure to find something to make her smile.

Kids In The Garden

Following the huge success of Kids in the Garden, Kids in the Wild Garden is a fresh and playful book brimming with colourful ideas, experiments, projects, recipes and games for children of all ages.
The ideal resource for adults and children who want to learn more about their environment and interacting with nature, this book includes projects such as how to build a bird box, growing your own tadpole tank and making warm winter habitats for your favourite bugs. With easy-to-follow instructions, informative facts and tips, jokes and bright illustrations and photographs, Kids in the Wild Garden is a lively book, ideal for children, parents, teachers and educational leaders.
Read about it here.

Welcome back to Spring!

We're open again for the new 2011 growing season and look forward to seeing you at our nursery on Holyhead Road, Betws y Coed.
If you're trying to find our website apologies but it's been taken temporally out if service. It will be returning very soon we hope.