Mr Fothergills

  • Merrygold’ Tomato

    Merrygold’ Tomato

    First blight resistant orange tomato naming competition – the result! The Burpee Seeds Europe team ran a competition last month together with Mr Fothergill’s which gave readers of the Pumpkin Beth site an exciting opportunity to name their first-ever blight-resistant…

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  • Request the latest catalogues and start planning for 2020!

    Request the latest catalogues and start planning for 2020!

     Click here to explore the 2019/20 catalogues. Gardening Naturally Gardening Naturally is a family run business based in the Cotswolds. They provide a lovely range of netting, fleeces, fruit and vegetable cages, traps and barriers, which help gardeners to grow…

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  • ‘Dress-up day’ at Mr Fothergill’s for Children in Need

    ‘Dress-up day’ at Mr Fothergill’s for Children in Need

    Mr Fothergill’s Seeds has a relaxed dress code – so staff dressed up last week to raise money for BBC Children in Need Commercial Director Tim Jeffries agreed to donate £1 for each person who came to work wearing a…

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  • Mr Fothergill turns 40

    Mr Fothergill turns 40

    Happy birthday to one of the UK’s best-known seed companies! Latest news from the Subs Club, specially for Kitchen Garden subscribers. Founded in 1978, Mr Fothergill’s Seeds is the youngest of the ‘big-name’ seed companies – but this year it…

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  • The great ‘Seeds for Bees’ giveaway: thousands of seed packets to be given away

    The great ‘Seeds for Bees’ giveaway: thousands of seed packets to be given away

    With bee populations on the decline it has never been more important for us – as a nation – to come together to help our bee friends survive With bee populations on the decline it has never been more important…

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  • Sprouting Seed Packets

    Sprouting Seed Packets

    Old seeds prove they are not past their sow by date Suffolk seedsman Mr Fothergill’s prides itself on the quality of its seeds – though not, normally, to the extent of running germination trials on unopened, out-of-date packets. Perhaps it…

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