News from the Nursery 10 Oct.2026
IMPORTANT NEWS.
Its time to announce that Perfect Perennials
is permanently closed.
After 4 relentless summers, a years break in 2026 was needed to recharge my batteries,
and also to see if I could live without growing plants.
It turns out I didn't miss it as much as I thought I would.
There are a few reasons as to why this is the right time to say goodbye.
Growing over 12,000 plants single handedly every year is a major undertaking. Watering every single one by hand needs a helping hand from the weather gods and they have deserted Suffolk in recent years. The box hedging is dying off, as have 2 trees and would all need replanting.
I created a monster which I just can't keep on top of anymore.
I am not one to blow my own trumpet but I am extremely proud to have created a business from a ploughed field, a scribbled plan on a piece of paper, and a self taught passion for growing plants. I have met many, many people and made some very good friends along the journey.
New and unexpected opportunities have opened up to us in the last 12 months and Karl and I are having fun exploring new adventures together.
I hope you have enjoyed your visits to my little plant paradise, it gives me great pleasure to think that many of plants will live on in peoples gardens around Suffolk and beyond for many years to come.
THANK YOUS.
Firstly I couldn't have done it without my father's generosity in allowing me to take over part of his field back in 2004. To my family and villagers for looking after the nursery when I was off attending plant fairs or the occasional break away. And to all the customers who bought 1 bag of compost or a van load of plants, every sale was much appreciated. I will always smile when I remember those people who came in "just to have a look around" and then left with a box full of plants.!
A few customers were there on Day 1 and were still there at the end, you know who you are.
But the biggest thanks go to Karl who gave me the confidence to go for it in the first place and backed me to the hilt every single day.
Happy gardening everyone.! Best wishes, Darren.
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The Wildlife:
I'm passionate about plants and nature, and do my best to encourage wildlife into the nursery and beyond.
The nursery is always filled with bees, butterflies and birds, Blackbirds and Robins and Blue Tits chatter to me all day, Buzzards float by overhead and long tailed tits pay a fleeting visit. The local woodpeckers will often visit our nut feeder. Even the dreaded Sparrowhawk will dive through the nursery occasionally. Hedgehogs can often be found by torchlight eating the slugs and snails (no poisonous slug pellets are used here). Ladybirds are often moved onto Lupins to eat the greenfly and we have a bumblebee hive so that the bees can take advantage of the flowers on site,