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See Us on BBC Gardeners' World!We were excited to recently have a TV crew from the BBC at the nursery filming for a piece for Gardeners' World and we are pleased to announce it will be on this Friday 13th May during their indoor gardening special! Tune in on Friday at 8pm on BBC2 to see Sara chatting all things orchid with Rachel de Thame!..

We are very pleased that we were awarded an RHS Gold Medal for our display at the recent RHS Orchid Show held at Wisley gardens! We put on a colourful display of mixed species and hybrids which the visitors also seemed to enjoy plus sales were good, no doubt helped by the lovely spring weather we had.There were several other Gold Medal exhibits by ..

When you next visit us please be aware of a new road layout to reach us. The original turning off the main A382 road at Forches Cross is now permanently closed but a new junction has recently opened just down the road in the direction of Bovey Tracey. New signage is not really in place yet although there are a few yellow diversion signs scattered a..

We are excited to announce that our new website is up and running with new features for account holders! One of our favourite new additions is the ability to gain and build reward points when you shop with us online.For every £1.00 you spend you get 3 points in return, with each point being worth 1p. These points will automatically get added to you..

As many of our houseplant orchids originate from the jungle and grow on trees as epiphytes, extra food is pretty sparse up in the forest canopy. This is why orchids are not heavy feeders and so need only careful feeding and not to be overfed. Some growers choose not to feed at all, either through choice because their plants do well enough without i..

We know that lots of people are loving growing a few orchids in the home these days. Modern houses are quite well suited to many types of easy to grow orchids and by following a few simple rules you can succeed and enjoy flowers all year round. We like to be quite warm at home and with things like double glazing and loft insulation keeping our hous..

Our Orchid Clinic days run on the first Wednesday of every month. We will be open 10am - 3pm, with a short break over lunch, to help with any problem plants, to give expert advice and to help re-pot your orchids!If you are unsure how to tackle re-potting or dividing your orchids, we can do it for you at the following rates on non-clinic daysUp to 3..

Orchid Festival WeekendHeld here at Burnham Nurseries - Sat 20th & Sun 21st May 2023.We will be open 10:00am-4:00pm both days.More details to follow - Follow our socials @Burnhamorchids..

Orchid Shows 2023Below are a list of Orchid Shows we will be attending in 2023. If you would like for us to bring any orchids or sundries to these shows for you please let us know a couple of days before the event.Subscribe to our newsletter for further information and reminders about the Orchid Shows we will be attending. Or follow us on our socia..

Open Weekends 2023As well as being open Monday to Friday we are also open on the following weekends, 10:00am - 3:00pm.January - Sun 15th (Only open for the Sunday this month)February - Sat 18th & Sun 19thMarch - Sat 11th & Sun 12thApril - Sat 15th & Sun 16thMay - Sat 20th & Sun 21st (FESTIVAL WEEKEND)June - Sat 10th & Sun 11thJuly - Sat 15th & Sun ..

At present we are not sending out of the UK into the EU. Post Brexit there are now CITES permits and Phytosanitary Certificates that need to be obtained in order to trade with many orchids out of the UK and the high cost of these is extremely prohibitive especially to our customers. We are currently letting the dust settle after Brexit and later we..

DEVON ORCHID SOCIETY PROGRAMME 2023January 15th – Annual General Meeting and Presentation of                         AwardsFebruary 19th – “A Chat with Ron” – Ron WoolwayMarch 12th – “Bush Walks Around Sydney and Its Orchids” –                        Jonathan Hutchinson, RHS RosemoorApril 16th – “Feeding Orchids – Feast or Famine” – Malcolm        ..