Caherhurley Nursery
Description
Herbaceous plants that add a splash of colour to your garden. 100% home-grown, 100% Irish. Certified organic. Grown outdoors on a windy mountain slope. Some of the advantages of our range of plants are:
1.Only the strongest and best varieties are selected by us for growing at our nursery. We found that many plant varieties available in Ireland are just unsuitable for our climate: In some cases frost can kill them, but often dampness in winters causes a lot of trouble. Then there’s the problem of poor performing plants that looked so good when purchased. Many varieties don’t flower as abundantly as they would in other, less weather-battered, more protected parts of Europe. We thought we ought to try to do something about this by offering varieties that can cope with the more challenging Irish situation.
2.By growing our plants in the harsh conditions of our windy mountain slope, without any protection from glasshouses or polytunnels, we give them a far better chance to survive challenging circumstances anywhere. They are much better adapted to the extremes of the Irish climate than the few-months-hardened-off polytunnel-grown plants out of the modern fast-crop mass-production nurseries (often situated in sheltered areas) which have been ‘hardened off’ for only a few months. Our plants were outside all their young lives.
3.Our plants are grown to certified organic standards (IOFGA licence 4308) without chemicals or artificial fertilisers. They are grown slowly into compact, strong, fresh and healthy looking plants, waiting to burst out into something wonderful in your garden. Most of our plants have been growing a year longer than is usual in nurseries. This results in many growing shoots per plant.
4.The plants are grown in peat-free compost, so no bogs have been destroyed for plants purchased at our stall.
5.Our range of plants is beyond the usual. They are different from common everyday plants: we mainly grow plants with a natural appearance. We like real, true beauty. Not all popular, newly introduced plants are as good as promised by their commercial developers and in many cases old, almost forgotten varieties perform better.
6.You can split some of our plants into 2 to 4 pieces to plant out in your garden, straight away as you purchase them. These plants have lots of growing shoots since they have been growing in our nursery for a year longer than most other plants offered in Ireland. This means more plants for your money. At our market stall we are happy to explain to you how to divide these plants.
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Opening Hours
- Monday
- 09:00 - 17:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00 - 17:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00 - 17:00
- Thursday
- 09:00 - 17:00
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August 2019: Time to say goodbye to Caherhurley Nursery. Because of health issues of founder Gert Stam, CAHERHURLEY NURSERY WILL CLOSE FOREVER mid September. For the last 18 years we always felt privileged having been able to find nice homes for our plants, with nice gardeners. Here's some last chances to see our large collection of botanic delights: -Visit our nursery in Bodyke, East Clare, find us on Google maps, just type V94K3E3. We're open every week Monday to Thursday 9.00am-5.00pm. Extra opening days during August Bank Holiday weekend: Friday to Monday. -Visit our stall with a wide range of our plants in the places we trade in August, just click on the comments below for a list of places and days. All plants are €5 each or any 6 plants for €25. Gert and Elisabeth Stam.
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Especially for Ireland's East Counties' gardeners we now offer a last opportunity to come and see our wide range of unusual, certified organic plants, before CAHERHURLEY NURSERY WILL BE CLOSING DOWN FOREVER in September, due to ongoing health issues of founder Gert Stam: Sunday July 28th we'll bring many of our special plants to Russborough House and Gardens, Blessington Co. Wicklow. And of course everyone is welcome to visit our nursery in Bodyke, East Clare, on the Tipperary border, find us on Google maps V94K3E3. This provides a unique opportunity to see many more varieties, including the new ones, not listed by us before.
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Unique last chance to come and see our wide range of unusual, certified organic plants, before CAHERHURLEY NURSERY IS CLOSING DOWN FOREVER in September, due to ongoing health issues of our founder Gert Stam. From now on you'll find -besides our normal range of unusual plants- several thousands of our slightly larger mother stock plants for sale, many new varieties, not listed by us before, at the same low price of any 6 plants for €25. We invite all gardeners in Ireland to visit our nursery in Bodyke, East Clare, on the Tipperary border. Find us on Google Maps : V94K3E3. We're open all summer Monday to Thursday 9.00am-5.00pm. Gert and Elisabeth Stam, Caherhurley Nursery.
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This Saturday and Sunday July 6th and 7th you'll find us with a wide range of unusual plants at Claregalway Castle, Co Galway, a unique last opportunity to get our special plants for the very last time, as CAHERHURLEY NURSERY IS CLOSING DOWN FOREVER this September because of health reasons of founder Gert Stam. Also you'll find us this Sunday July 7th at Macreddin Village, Aughrim, Co Wicklow. Our nursery in Bodyke Co Clare will be open for visitors all summer Monday to Thursday 9.00am-5.00pm. All plants are €5 each or any 6 plants for €25. You're welcome to say goodbye.. . Elisabeth and Gert Stam.
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Founder Gert Stam in his glory days.. Caherhurley Nursery is closing down forever at the end of this summer, because of Gert's ongoing health issues. We'd like to invite everyone to come for a last visit to our nursery, a unique opportunity, because from now on we'll also sell our mother stock plants, thousands of mostly slightly larger plants, including many varieties that were not in our list before. Any 6 plants for €25. You're welcome all summer Monday to Thursday 9.00am-5.00pm. Elisabeth Stam.
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This Saturday June 22nd you'll find us with a wide range of unusual plants at Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard Co Westmeath. All our plants are home grown and certified organic, so FREE OF BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES. All our plants are €5 each or any 6 plants for €25. This might be your last opportunity to get our special plants, as our nursery closes definitely in the very near future, because of health issues of founder Gert Stam.
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This Saturday June 8th you'll find our stall again with a wide range of unusual botanic delights at Mount Stewart, Newtownards, Co Down, during the recording of the BBC programme 'Gardener's Question Time'. This Sunday June 9th we'll be at 'Buds and Blossoms', Spink, Abbeyleix, Co Laois. All our plants are home grown and certified organic, so FREE OF BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES. All our plants are €5 each or any 6 plants for €25.
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This Friday, Saturday and Sunday 24th —26th May you'll find us again at our usual place in the stable block of Mallow Racecourse, Co Cork, with a wide range of unusual plants. All our plants are home grown and certified organic, so FREE OF BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES. All our plants are €5 each or any 6 plants for €25. Come and say hello to us and to our friends.
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This week you'll find us with a wide range of unusual plants at our weekly Kilkenny Market on Thursday morning. This Saturday May 18th we're guests with our plant stall at the Clonmel Farmers Market, Co Tipperary. Sunday May 19th we're at Mount Congreve with our plant stall, Co Waterford. All our plants are home grown and certified organic, so WITHOUT BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES. All our plants are €5 each or any 6 plants for €25.
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Every Thursday morning you'll find us with a wide range of unusual plants at the Kilkenny Market, in front of Kilkenny Castle. Every first Sunday of the month you'll find us at Macreddin Village Market, Aughrim, Co Wicklow. Every Monday (including May Bank Holiday Monday) to Thursday our nursery in Bodyke Co Clare is open for visitors, from 9.00 am till 5.00 pm. All plants are €5 each or any 6 plants for €25. Our plants are certified organic, so FREE OF BEE-KILLING CHEMICALS. Come and say hello to us.
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You probably won't see the Cuckoo at the Clare Garden Festival this Sunday April 28th on the Showgrounds in Ennis, but there's a fair chance you'll find us there, the Caherhurley Nursery team, with a wide range of unusual plants, all home grown and certified organic, so FREE OF BEE-KILLING CHEMICALS. All plants €5 each or any 6 plants for €25. We'll bring over 150 varieties, but if you want, you can pre-order plants to be collected at the plant fair, see the first comment on this post. Cuckoo photo by Jami Durrant.
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Easter Sunday 21st and Easter Monday 22nd April you'll find us with a wide range of unusual hardy plants at the annual ISNA Farmleigh Plant Fair, Farmleigh Estate, Phoenix Park, Dublin. Admission free. All our plants are home-grown outside and certified organic, so FREE OF BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES. All plants are €5 each or any 6 plants for €25. You can pre-order plants, see the first comment on this post. Our nursery in East Clare is open to visitors every week, Monday to Thursday 9.00am-5.00pm, including Easter Bank Holiday Monday.