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Blorenge Books
Address Blorenge Cottage, Church Lane, Llanfoist, Abergavenny, NP7 9NG
Telephone 01873 856114
E-mail Cbarber010@aol.com
Web Site www.blorenge-books.co.uk
Contact Mr Chris Barber
Products or services Local book publisher
Blorenge Books was established in 1985 and is based in Llanfoist, near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.  We specialise in publishing books on walking, local history and armchair travelling, with a special emphasis on Wales.
 

S G Warman
Address Nany-y-Gollen Farm, Folly Lane, Pontypool, Torfaen, NP4 8TS
Telephone 01495 763780
Contact Mr Stephen Warman
Products or services Tree surgery, fencing, hedge laying, stone walling.
Tree surgery, hedge laying, fencing, stone walling.  Vehicles run on biodiesel, produced on the farm.
 

The Nurtons
Address Tintern, Chepstow, Mon, NP16 7NX
Telephone/FAX 01291 689253
E-mail info@thenurtons.co.uk
Web Site www.thenurtons.co.uk
Contact Mr Adrian Wood
Products or services Ecological surveys
Provision of ecological surveys and reports, providing information on wildlife of general or specific interest, and often necessary for planning applications.
 

Green Gardening

NEW! McDonalds Garden Centre
Address: Church Lane, Llanfoist, Abergavenny, NP7 9LF
Telephone:  01873 856461
Web site www.mcdonaldsgardencentre.co.uk
Products and services Garden Centre and Nursery
We are a long established family run garden centre and nursery.  We grow our own bedding, perennial and tomato plants in season.  Carbon-neutral LPG is used for heating.  You can collect your County Council subsidised compost bin from us, on production of a voucher.  We also sell loose compost created from the County's green waste collection scheme.  It can be used as a humus, a growing medium in raised beds, and is a cost-effective alternative to peat-based composts.  Bag it yourself (60-70 litres) for just £1.  A full MCC green recycling bag will cost just £2. 

As a member of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) we are committed to 90% non-peat based compost products.  We supply a range of organic and peat free composts and grow bags, including new purpose made vegetable grow bags.  We supply a range of alternative organic and green fertiliser products including seaweed, and slug and pesticide alternatives.  We supply a wide range of seed potatoes, including organic varieties, and our own produced range of vegetable plants.  We sell a wide range of green mulch seeds, organic vegetable seeds and organically produced wild flower and flower seeds.  We also stock a wide range of British fruit trees and bushes, and British tree species and hedging material.  Visit us for your supplies of low maintenance and drought tolerant plants, and to stock up on bird seed and care products. 

We re-use plastic trays and plant pots, and you may return pots that have been purchased from us.
 

Carrob Growers
Address Llangunville, Llanrothal, Monmouth, NP25 5QL
Telephone 01600 712451
E-mail boyle@carrobgrowers
Contact Mr and Mrs Robert and Caroline Boyle
Products or services Woodland plants and shrubs, fruit trees and bushes
We are a small-scale specialist organic fruit growers (Soil Association registered) producing small quantities of a range of fruits.  Linked to this enterprise is a nursery producing fruit trees and bushes for garden/orchard planting, and specialist nursery for the woodland plant enthusiast. 

Click here to see our web page
 

Nature's Produce
Address Ton Uchaf Farm, Llanfapley, Abergavenny, NP7 8SG
Telephone 01600 780599, Mobile 07986 128369
E-mail bragwyr@onetel.com
Web site http://naturesproduce.vpweb.co.uk
Contact Mr Colin Thompsett
Products or services Muckers mulch soil conditioner and composts
We produce and sell Muckers Mulch soil conditioner and associated products, made on the farm from composted farmyard manures and forest wastes.  Great for breaking up heavy clay and improving soils.
 

Parva Farm Vineyard
Address Parva Farm, Tintern, Chepstow, NP16 6SQ
Telephone 01291 689636
E-mail parvafarm@hotmail.com
Website www.parvafarm.com
Contact Mrs Judith Dudley
Products or services Garden Plants
Wines from our vineyard are sold from the farm shop where visitors may also purchase locally produced honey and preserves and Welsh cheeses as well as plants grown on the farm. 

Self guided vineyard tours may be taken or guided tours by prior arrangement.  There is a picnic site in the gardens.
 

Crown Hill Nursery
Address Portskewett, Nr Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5UU
Telephone 01291 420577
Contact Jane Comben
Products or services Cut flowers, bedding plants, shrubs, perennials
A family business established over 50 years.  Traditional garden nursery-growers of seasonal bedding plants, cut flowers and foliage.   

We also grow a selection of home grown vegetables and herbs and sell from the nursery and Chepstow Farmers Market.  The floral workshop offers flowers for all occasions, specialist in weddings and funerals.
 

Howe's Horticulture
Address 41 Bigstone Grove, Tutshill, Chepstow, Mon, NP16 7EN
Telephone 01291 629054, Mobile 07746 241819
E-mail bill@howeshorticulture.wanadoo.co.uk
Contact Mr Bill Howe
Products or services Cut flowers, flowering plants, advice and talks
Howe's horticulture is a small market garden/nursery based on a field site in Tutshill on the border of Monmouthshire and Forest of Dean.  It is run by Bill Howe with assistance from Pauline Howe.   

Outdoor cut flowers, annual and perennial flowering plants are our main products, retailed direct from the site or via Farmers' Markets.  We are available to put on plant sales during the spring March-June.  I have recently written a 48 page booklet "The Cut Flower Cultivation Guide" aimed at the serious amateur gardener available by mail order direct from us. 

Also available for talks/lectures to Garden Societies etc on horticultural topics.
 

Turfgrass Enterprises Ltd, trading as Inturf
Address Turf and Landscape Centre, Wyndham Close, Brackla Industrial Estate, Bridgend, Mid Glam, CF31 2DB
Telephone 01656 650460
Fax 01656 659112
E-mail info@inturf-wales.co.uk
Web Site www.inturf-wales.com
Contact Mr Kevin Perkins
Products or services Turf, top soil, wood bark, aggregates, fertiliser, shrubs, landscape construction
Turfgrass Enterprises Ltd trades as Inturf.  The company sells turf and a range of landscaping products to trade and retail customers from its depots based at Bridgend and Swansea.  All areas of landscaping work is undertaken throughout Britain, from pitch construction, golf courses, major hard landscaping work, to landscaping a private garden.

Green Dragon Level 3
 

Reseiclo Community Wood Recycling
Address Unit 2, Harlequin Trading Estate, Alderney Street, Newport, NP20 5NH
Telephone 01633 856622.
E-mail info@reseiclo.co.uk
Web Site www.reseiclo.co.uk
Contact Mr Trefor Puw
Products/services Reclaimed timber, items for the garden made from recycled wood.
Reseiclo provides a collection service for waste wood to the Construction, Demolition, Industrial and Commercial sectors in the South East Wales area (25 mile radius of Newport). The wood collected is sorted before being recycled or re-used. Timber that is of sufficient quality is offered for sale to the public for use in DIY, etc, at a fraction of the cost of new wood. The remainder is either sent for further processing (for use in the manufacture of chipboard or burned for energy recovery); used for the manufacture of items on the premises or sold for firewood. The residue is minimised and disposed of responsibly.
Items for sale include : Planters, picket fencing, garden furniture, blanket boxes (all made form recycled pallets), etc.
 

Wormtech Limited
Address Centurion Business Park, MOD Training Camp, Caerwent, Monmouthshire, NP26 5XL
Telephone/FAX 02920 522561 (office - unmanned)
Mobile 07960 513721
E-mail Wormtech@hotmail.com
Web Site www.wormtech.co.uk
Contact Mrs Jackie Powell
Products/services Organic composting from local green and food waste
Wormtech accepts green and food waste from kerbside collections in Monmouthshire and converts it into a quality soil conditioner/compost for garden centres, landscapers, restoration work and sale to the public. At present we only have the facility for bulk sales but hope to have bagged product by the spring of this year (2007).

We are holders of the Green Dragon Level 5 Environment Management Systems award which is equivalent to ISO14001. We therefore have targeted levels of waste minimisation and carbon efficiency and these are incorporated into all our working systems.

Reckless Orchard
Address The Old Ship, Llandogo, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 4TD
Telephone 07761 655009 (mobile)
E-mail contact@recklessorchard.com
Web Site www.recklessorchard.com 
Contact Mr Les Baker
Services Landscape architecture
Reckless Orchard is a small landscape architecture practice with a special interest in Home Zones, edible landscapes, productive landscapes, ecological design and habitat creation.  They frequently come up with innovative and creative solutions to design problems and will often retain an ongoing involvement in projects for several years.  They have studios in the Wye Valley and also in Olveston, South Glos and work both in the UK and abroad.  Further details of their work can be seen at www.recklessorchard.com