Huge varieties of hardy perennials and expert plant advice from Mrs Margaret Easter of LW Plants in Harpenden. Not a garden centre , but Plants from a Plantsman's Garden.
When you visit Mrs Easter’s Harpenden garden you’ll find this is no commercial plant nursery. It is the home of a dedicated expert who knows and cares about plants.
The garden is organic and peat-free, planted for year round interest and for wildlife and is home to 3 NCCPG National Plant Collections:
• Thymus
• Satureja
• Hyssopus
With a wonderful plantsman’s garden like this right here in Harpenden, there’s no need for you to trawl off to a garden centre or plant nursery in another town. Any unusual plant or thyme variety you could wish for is right here.
Mrs Easter has a huge variety of hardy perennials for sale and her particular specialities are:
• Hardy Geranium
• Grasses
• Penstemon
• Thyme
LW Plants online catalogue –
a complete resource
for Harpenden’s plant enthusiasts
The website of this very special nursery garden is a powerhouse of information and a great way to look for more unusual plants for your garden.
The site is particularly useful for anyone wanting to find out about thyme . Instructions on how to grow thyme in the garden, pictures of thyme in the wild and Plant Portraits, with a picture and short history of each thyme.
All plants in the plant nursery catalogue are propagated from plants grown in the garden.
Mrs Margaret Easter of Harpenden
– world thyme plant expert
In August 2006 Margaret was invited by the Chinese Academy of Forestry to advise on the introduction of Thymus plant species and cultivars into China. She has also lectured at China’s Beijing Forestry University.
You can visit LW Plants most days from 10 am to 5 pm, but because this is a plant nursery in a private house in Harpenden and not a commercial garden centre, please telephone first, as the nursery is only open when she is at home!
For one special day every year, Margaret throws the Harpenden garden open to the public. This year’s annual open day for LW Plants is Sunday 8th June 2008.
Plants from a plantsman’s garden.
For a special garden experience, call Mrs Margaret Easter
of LW Plants. 01582 768467
www.thymus.co.uk