Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Graham Catlow on April 11, 2019, 08:22:25 PM
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I was hugely dissapointed today to turn up at Edrom Nurseries to find that their retail outlet had closed for good. I hadn’t visited their website for some time so hadn’t seen the notification. From time to time my wife and I would go to St. Abbs, have lunch, then walk our dog on Coldingham beach and end the afternoon, usually spending too much, at Edrom.
I’m sure it wasn’t a hugely profitable venture for them and that their mail order business and show sales are their main source of income but it was a good place to visit and I usually picked up something unusual.
The Notification on their Website:
As of January 2019, Edrom Nursery no longer offers an on site retail outlet.
Plant may still be purchased at the many fairs and AGS shows which we attend or via mail order though this website. Alternatively, pre ordered plants can be collected from the nursery site given advanced notice.
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Crumbs! News to me too. It has never been mentioned when talking about the specialist nurseries as far as I know. You'd think someone would have mentioned it, even if Cath and Terry didn't broadcast the news. I'll amend the link to Edrom in our links pages.
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..........The Notification on their Website:
As of January 2019, Edrom Nursery no longer offers an on site retail outlet.
Plant may still be purchased at the many fairs and AGS shows which we attend........................
No mention of SRGC then????
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I live not far away from Edrom Nursery these days and was disappointed when I saw the notice on their website some months ago. But they can never have had very much passing trade. Still St. Abbs and Coldingham beach are very nice places to visit.
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I had hoped to visit one day - but not till I retired
I tend to just email and pick up plants at shows - too be honest they come to a rare plant fair about 2 miles from where I live so its not an issue for me
Only thing about looking round a nursery is you see lots of other things you then tend to buy :)
Must admit though the plants I have had on order from Edrom have always been top quality
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Thank goodness is it only the chance to visit Edrom itself that is gone - and not the closing of the business.
Sadly Cath and Terry only attend one SRGC show these days, and not every year - they are on the rota to attend Edinburgh Show every so often.
I can well believe their exhaustion and the difficulty of their decision taken, as they assure me, after long thought, to maximise their business chances at the same time as trying to get some free time for themselves without the stress of struggling to keep the nursery and garden "visitor-ready." The life of nursery owners is ot an easy one. I'm pleased that we have been able to highlight here the news about the nursery site, in the hopes of saving others a wasted journey.