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Steven has grown Orchids since the age of about 23 (which is quite some time ago !) he eventually became the chairman of the Cambridge Orchid Society. Every time the society put on a display of Orchids, ferns were used to set off the flowers. The interest in ferns stems from that time, he then started to propagate one or two of the Nephrolepis cultivars to try and cover a little of the expense of the Orchid habit. No hope of that really !

We visited the Newbury Orchid show with the Cambridge Orchid Society and the only plant we bought was a fern from one of the trade stands, with no idea what it was. It grew absolutely huge within a year of being in the Orchid house here and we were hooked ! It turned out to be Cyathea cooperi which as some of you may know can be an absolute monster, soon outgrowing any normal greenhouse.

Our first ever display was in 1997 at the Newbury Orchid show with the encouragement of Mr.Don Smallman (so its all his fault then !!) and we also did a few small society shows just selling the Nephrolepis cultivars and a couple of hardy species. We're not really too sure how it came to be this big or important to us but if anyone had asked at that time if we wanted to do Chelsea or something similar I'm sure the answer would've been "No chance" or something along those lines.

Since 1999 we have been gradually building up to do more shows each year, at first doing just two, to this year (hopefully!) we have seven shows (some of which are the biggest we have ever done !) and five plant sales. If you are interested to see a list of the shows we have exhibited at, there is a list of previous shows with medals awarded below. We would like to thank all our customers past and present for their support and hope to see some of you again at a show or sale this year.

Steven Fletcher and Kerry Robinson

These are the shows we have attended since 1999 and the medals gained, as you can see we are taking our time and gradually building up to bigger and hopefully better things. For details of our show season please see the show page.

 

Show

Date

Award

1999

East Anglian Flower & Garden,
Bourne, Cambridgeshire.

June 25th/27th

Silver Gilt

 

The Anglian Flower & Garden,
Rougham, Suffolk.

Oct. 2nd/3rd

Silver Gilt

2000

East Anglian Flower & Garden,
Bourne, Cambridgeshire

June 23rd/25th

Gold plus
Best In Show

 

The Autumn Garden Show,
Newmarket Millenium Racecourse

Oct. 7th/8th

Gold

2001

East of England Show,
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

June 15th/17th

Large Gold

 

East Anglian Flower and Garden,
Bourne, Cambridgeshire

June 22nd/24th

Gold

 

The Autumn Garden Show
Newmarket Milenium Racecourse

Oct. 15th/16th

Gold

2002

Suffolk Show
Ipswich, Suffolk

June

Gold

 

East of England Show,
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

June

Gold

 

East Anglian Flower & Garden,
Bourne, Cambridgeshire

June

Gold

 

RHS Wisley flower show,
RHS Gardens, Surrey

Aug. 20th/22nd

Gold plus The award for the best newcomer to the London Shows

2003

Suffolk Show,
Ipswich, Suffolk

May 28th/29th

Large Gold and The Notcutts Salver for best in show

 

East of England Show,
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

June 13th/15th

Large Gold

 

East Anglian Flower & Garden,
Bourne, Cambridgeshire

June 27th/29th

Gold

 

Sandringham Show,
Norfolk

July 23rd

Gold

 

Pendley Manor Flower Show,
Tring, Hertfordshire

Aug. 1st/3rd

Gold

 

RHS Wisley flower show,
RHS Gardens, Surrey

Aug.19th/21st

Gold

2004

RHS Malvern,
Three Counties Showground, Malvern

May 7th/9th

Gold

 

RHS Chelsea Flower Show

May 24th/28th

Gold

 

Suffolk Show,
Ipswich, Suffolk

June 2nd/3rd

Gold

 

East of England,
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

June 17th/19th

Gold

 

RHS Hampton Court Palace

July 6th/11th

Gold

 

New Forest & Hampshire County Show, Brockenhurst, Hampshire

July 27th/29th

Large Gold

 

RHS Gardens Wisley,
Surrey

Aug. 17th/19th

Gold and Best In Show

2005

RHS Malvern,
Three Counties Showground, Malvern

May 13th/15th

Gold and Best in Show.

 

RHS Chelsea Flower Show

May 23rd/28th

Gold

 

Suffolk Show,
Ipswich, Suffolk

June 1st/2nd

Gold

 

NEC Gardeners World Live,
Birmingham

June 15th/19th

Gold

 

RHS Hampton Court Palace

July 5th/10th

Gold

 

RHS Tatton Park
Cheshire

July 20th/24th

Gold

 

RHS Wisley

August 23rd/25th

Gold and Best in Show

 

Malvern Autumn Show
Three Counties Showground

September 24th/25th

Gold

2006

RHS Malvern,
Three Counties Showground, Malvern

May 11th/14th

Gold

 

RHS Chelsea Flower Show

May 23rd/27th

Gold

 

Suffolk Show,
Ipswich, Suffolk

May 31st/June 1st

Large Gold

 

NEC Gardeners World Live,
Birmingham

June 14th/18th

Gold

 

RHS Hampton Court Palace

July 4th/9th

Gold

 

RHS Tatton Park
Cheshire

July 19th/23rd

Gold

 

Malvern Autumn Show
Three Counties Showground

September 23rd/24th

Gold and Best in Show

2007

Harrogate Spring Show

April 26th/29th

Gold

 

RHS Malvern,
Three Counties Showground, Malvern

May 10th/13h

Gold

 

RHS Chelsea Flower Show

May 22nd/26th

Gold

 

Suffolk Show,
Ipswich, Suffolk

May 30th/31st

Gold

 

NEC Gardeners World Live,
Birmingham

June 13th/17th

Gold

 

RHS Hampton Court Palace

July 3rd/9th

Gold

 

RHS Tatton Park
Cheshire

July 18th/22nd

Gold

 

RHS Wisley

August 21st/23rd

Gold

 

Harrogate Autmun Show

September 14th/16th

Gold

 

Malvern Autumn Show
Three Counties Showground

September 29th/30th

Gold

 

RHS Halls, Westminster

October 9th/10th

Gold

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Gold medal display Sandringham 2003

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RHS Wisley Gold 2003

Laelia purpurata caerulea
Laelia purpurata caerulea

Dendrobium fimbriatum oculatum
Dendrobium fimbriatum oculatum

SLC Hazel Boyd `Sunset`
SLC Hazel Boyd `Sunset`

Miltoniopsis hybrid
Miltoniopsis hybrid

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