North Yorkshire Council
Horticultural Nursery
Growing Plants for the District Since 1974
Christmas Wreath Workshops Book Your Place Today
Christmas is fast approaching, and our festive wreath-making workshops are already proving popular.
Whether you're looking for a festive day out with friends, meeting work colleagues, a creative evening with family, or simply want to create a beautiful handmade wreath for your home, there is still time to join us.
About Us
The Horticultural Nursery has been growing quality plants for the district since 1974 and takes pride in the horticultural excellence, knowledge and years of experience required to ensure floral displays within the district are to a high standard.
We are committed to our cultivation methods, which primarily involve growing from seed. This approach demands highly skilled staff to carefully nurture each plant from sowing to its final planting in the soil.
Each year, the Nursery cultivates over 400,000 plants, which the parks team carefully arranges into vibrant floral displays throughout the district, reinforcing Harrogate’s reputation as the floral town of the North.
Harrogate district’s seasonal beds and horticultural displays are renowned for their award-winning quality, which has been celebrated by many national and international awards over the years.
You too can take a little bit of Harrogate home with you, by purchasing the same seasonal bedding plants that go into the award-winning floral beds.
We are a local service of prominent visibility and unrivalled award-winning reputation, selling high quality plants at a great value achieved through low environmental impact of growing locally for people who take pride in their own gardens as well as in our district.
Our Nursery
Our aim is to share our passion and expert advice with our customers by growing high quality plants for the indoor and outdoor gardening experience. We are proud to provide a wide range of high quality locally grown plants to inspire you to get green-fingered in the garden, as well as growing to ensure the sustainability of the environment and the pure enjoyment and mental wellbeing gardening can bring to all.
Sustainability
In North Yorkshire Council’s Parks and Grounds maintenance team we focus on reduce, reuse and recycle across our operations. In the plant nursery we use a range of sustainable growing methods such as peat free and reduced peat composts, recycled plastic or where possible plastic alternatives. We even give away old containers for the public to use for their own planting requirements.
We have expanded our pollinator-friendly plantings alongside annual bedding displays to make our open spaces welcoming and friendly for people to enjoy but also good for the environment.
Season's Update
Autumn
The team are growing Primulas, Polyanthus, Pansies and Violas for Autumn. These will be planted mid to end of September which will create beautiful autumn/winter displays for the Parks across the district, as well as ensuring our customers can purchase the same high quality plants from us.
What's Coming Next
Pre-order your Premium Nordmann Christmas tree and enjoy choosing the perfect one when you collect.
Available to collect or buy from the nursery from 20th November 2026.
With sizes ranging from 4ft - 9ft these trees are known for their excellent needle retention and lush appearance.
This year we are excited to introduce potted Christmas trees!
Advice
The team have over 150 years of gardening and growing experience and are totally dedicated to ensuring the best possible plant is grown, as well as keeping up to date with new varieties and species. We also pride ourselves in keeping very old and rare plants such as Dahlia tubers to ensure the display in the valley gardens is there year on year for both enthusiasts and the general public to enjoy. Click here for more useful tips from Our Nursery Manager.
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