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 About usDelfland Nurseries is the leading commercial organic propagator; 2011 is our fourteenth consecutive year of registration with the Soil Association. It is a family business owned and run by husband and wife team Jill Vaughan and John Overvoorde. John’s father’s family were market gardeners for several generations and lived near Delft in Holland (hence Delfland Nurseries). John was born in the East Riding of Yorkshire and was interested in growing from a very early age. He studied horticultural production at Sutton Bonington (Nottingham University) and has over 25 years growing experience. John began by growing lettuce for supermarkets but after five years he wanted more of a challenge and started plant raising. Beginning with brassicas, he soon progressed to lettuce, celery and tomatoes and now grows 'anything from seed.' As a teenager Jill worked on a local family farm and decided to combine her interests in agriculture and geography by becoming a soil scientist. At eighteen she left home to study physical geography and geology at London University followed by an MSc in Soil Science at Aberdeen. For sixteen years she was employed as a consultant soil scientist by ADAS (Agricultural Development and Advisory Service) leaving to work with John in 1996. John and Jill are both keen gardeners who test all of the website varieties in their vegetable plot and potager. Between them, they can answer most customer questions, and Jill can always ask her father who has been growing his own vegetables for nearly 70 years. If a lot of questions are received on the same topic it is covered in the next e-newsletter. | Delivery DatesThe following dates are the planned dispatch times to you for the plants during 2011 (these may change depending on weather etc.):- | Dates | Delivery Period | | existing orders: 7 Feb; continuing until stocks run out | Seed Potatoes | | planned for w/c 7 Feb - end of Feb | Garlic | | 14 - 24 March | March ~ brassicas, beetroot, peas, cut & come again salads, strawberries, tomatoes*, peppers* (*for heated greenhouses) | | 4 - 14 April | April ~ aubergine, cucumbers, melon, peppers, tomatoes, onions, leek, rhubarb, strawberries, sweet peas | | 3 - 12 May | Early - May ~ globe artichoke, asparagus, beetroot, cardoons, celeriac, celery, chard, leek, salads, strawberries | | 16 - 25 May | Late May ~ beans, courgettes, pumpkin, squashes, sweetcorn, herbs, leek, strawberries | | 6 - 16 June | June ~ beetroot, brassicas, fennel, leek, cut & come again salads, strawberries | | 4 - 14 July | July ~ beetroot, Savoy cabbage, calabrese, leek, salads | | 4 July - 11 Aug | July & August ~ kales, sprouting broccolis, caulflowers, leek. | | 1 - 11 Aug | August ~ Oriental vegetables, cut & come again salads | | 5 - 15 September | September ~ winter purslane, corn salad, land cress, lettuces, rocket, broccoli, cabbage, calabrese, chard, perpetual spinach, mustard, bunching onions | | 3 - 13 October | October ~ winter purslane, corn salad, land cress, lettuces, rocket, broccoli, cabbage, calabrese, chard, perpetual spinach, mustard, bunching onions, Japanese overwintered onions, garlic |
Any problems ordering please do contact us - 01354 740 553. Thank you. and enjoy our site. |  Soil AssociationAPPROVED TRANSPLANTS FOR ORGANIC GROWING SYSTEMS Organic Certification UK5 Licence No. G2428 |  Investors in PeopleWe believe in equal opportunities & fair wages and have been recognized as continuing to meet the Investor in People standard.
We hold meetings to give feedback on how sales are progressing and our staff have come up with lots of ideas to improve packing and reduce costs. Copies of special offers and editorial are pinned on the wall of the packing area, together with production statistics.
| Our Contact DetailsDELFLAND NURSERIES LIMITED.
BENWICK ROAD, DODDINGTON, MARCH, CAMBS., PE15 0TU, ENGLAND
Phone:01354 740553 Fax: 01354 741200 Email: info@organicplants.co.uk
UK registered; Company Reg. No. 1885 606 at the above address.
VAT Reg No. 425 6263 56
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