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A Spring in our steps as lifting season draws to a close

With the sun finally daring to creep out, the Production team have finally been able to plough on with planting on the newly prepared ground at Green Mile.  The lifting season is coming to an end as the sap rises, the buds burst …

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Rural and Farming celebrated at Southwell Ploughing Show 2023

Green Mile Trees return to Southwell Ploughing Match and Show again in 2023 with a trade stand at the event. You can find the team on Plot 59 alongside their displays of large trees, hedging and shrubs, ready to discuss your planting plans. …

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Celebrating 50 years of Green Mile Trees

This year will see one of UK horticulture’s long-established and respected tree nurseries celebrate its 50th growing season. Nottinghamshire’s Green Mile Trees began as a tree nursery back in 1973 when its founder Anthony Scott turned his hand (and land) from farming to …

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Returning to Four Oaks Trade Show 5-6 September 2023

Our 50th Anniversary Year sees our return to the Four Oaks Trade Show in 2023. The event celebrated its own half century last year (albeit delayed from lockdowns), and as usual, visitors from the horticultural world will visit the indoor and outdoor pitches.  …

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Trees bursting into flower this Spring

Nothing beats the burst of blossom, and few come close to one of Nature’s most beautiful signals of Spring, the pale pink semi-double flowers of the Flowering Cherry Prunus Accolade. The full flourish of Spring is a welcome sign on the nursery. We …

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Horticulture is back at Four Oaks 2022 : Green Mile on Stand OP25

It has been a long time coming, but the horticultural world returns to Four Oaks Trade Show next week (6-7 September 2022).  Green Mile Trees will be taking up their usual spot outside in OP25 where the team will be ready to catch …

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Watering your Trees Checklist

The When and How of Watering Trees

Warmer weather? Your Watering Checklist Caring for your newly-planted trees and plants As the weather warms,  it means it is time to start watering your plants.  We are about to send out another timely reminder to all our customers via our newsletter (why …

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Helping to win Gold at Gardeners World Live 2021

Therapeutic garden gains gold Green Mile Trees help raise awareness of horticultural therapy benefits Supporting the amazing charitable efforts of Andy Wright, Therapeutic Gardens Manager at DMRC Stanford Hall and his High Ground team, we were more than happy to supply some of …

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What’s happened, what’s happening and what’s next?

A summary of summery tree growing Updates from around the nursery One minute there's a late frost; then there's a months' worth of rain in a week; then there's no rain for a month; and then June happens and it's glorious sunshine!  Never …

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Nursery Reopens for Pre-Arranged Appointments

Selecting trees for Spring: Nursery is OPEN! Visits by appointment only In line with safety and Public Health guidelines and lockdown restrictions, Green Mile Trees Nursery will be reopening for nursery visits BY APPOINTMENT ONLY from Monday 15 February 2021.  We must be …

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Green Mile Trees Christmas 2020

A Truly Remarkable Year on the Nursery

If we're going to take anything positive from this year, it should be the public's renewed love of the outdoors; our gardens, our landscapes, our natural green views.  And as we head towards the end of 2020 with the lifting season still in full …

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Autumn tree colour at Green Mile Trees

Embracing autumn as lifting season approaches

Foliage finery this Autumn A blanket of colour across the nursery The changing of the seasons brings a welcome positivity around the nursery.  Just a quick spin around the container unit and field-grown trees gives us all not only a breath of fresh …

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Work with us: Your next step in your career in horticulture

Work with us: Your next step at Green Mile Trees Join the Green Mile Trees Team We have a great team behind us at Green Mile Trees, working for a long-established, professional family business, growing and maintaining trees, shrubs, hedging and topiary. We're …

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Aerial View of Green Mile Trees 2020

High, wide and handsome: Nursery drone footage

View from above at Green Mile Trees 50,000 trees from the air A superb opportunity to see us in our full glory, this latest drone footage, courtesy of Footprint Photography, shows the field-grown tree lines and the container-grown area here at Retford, Nottinghamshire.

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We’ll be back: Looking back on RHS Chatsworth Shows

RHS Chatsworth 2020 We'll Meet Again Next week should have been this year's RHS Chatsworth Flower Show.   One of the highlights of our horticultural events calendar the RHS Chatsworth Show 2020 has sadly fallen foul to the current lockdown conditions. Looking back and …

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Ready and waiting: Nursery reopens this week

Nursery Reopens from Friday 15 May 2020 Visits by appointment only Following closely the latest Governmental and Public Health guidelines, Green Mile Trees Nursery will be open for nursery visits BY APPOINTMENT ONLY from Friday 15 May 2020.  For the safety of our …

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Green Mile Trees as featured on ITV’s Love Your Garden Series 10

Lending a hand to Alan Titchmarsh Filmed last year and airing on Tuesday 25 February 2020, series 10 of ITV's Love Your Garden promises more beautiful gardens to give back to those most deserving of a relaxing and fulfilling outdoor space.  So when …

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Pleached Hornbeam for screening

Why choose pleached trees for screening?

Go to our latest pleached tree offers >>> Laurel and Cotoneaster What is a pleached tree? A more formal method of managing a tree’s crown shape, “pleaching” or “plashing” is the skill of weaving individual stems to form an interwoven basket effect.  Supple …

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Welcome to 2020 – what will you plant this year?

There’s no time like the present – so let’s make 2020 a year full of planted landscapes – trees for screening, statement trees, hedging and topiary.  Whether in your own garden or estate or in a client’s commercial, private or public open space, we’d …

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Merry Christmas from the Green Mile Trees team

All of us at Green Mile Trees want to wish you the heartiest of Season’s Greetings and THANK YOU for all your interest in our Nottinghamshire-grown mature trees, topiary, hedging and shrubs. Here’s to a fantastic 2020 and your continued success in the …

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Green Mile Trees at Farm Business Innovation Show 2019

Trees for farms, estates and smallholdings at Farm Business Innovation Show

At this free-to-attend event next week, you’ll find our Green Mile Trees team on Stand FR511 at the NEC.  On show with our trees, hedging, instant screening and specimen shrubs in this arena for the first time, visitors to the Farm Business Innovation …

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Ellie Goulding wedding trees

Ellie Goulding wedding trees supplied by Green Mile Trees

The wedding ceremony between singer Ellie Goulding and her partner Caspar Jopling took place at York Minster on Saturday 31 August 2019 with the celebrations continuing at Castle Howard, Malton. Trees supplied by Green Mile Trees were guests of honour at this celebrity …

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Green Mile Trees at Southwell Ploughing Match 2019

Celebrating Nottinghamshire agriculture at Southwell Ploughing Match 2019

Green Mile Trees plough on to Southwell! Fresh on our successes at Four Oaks Trade Show, we turn our show plans now to the Nottinghamshire agricultural event:  Southwell Ploughing Match and Show 2019.  The venue changes every year for the event which has …

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Big trees take centre stage at Four Oaks 2019

Standing proud at UK’s top horticultural trade show this September The show of all shows in the horticultural trade is almost here again. On 3-4 September 2019, the nursery, grower and garden retail trade descends on Four Oaks Nurseries in Cheshire for the …

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Green Mile Trees return for third year at RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2019

June means Chatsworth. We are selecting and prepping in earnest for this year’s Green Mile Trees stand at RHS Chatsworth Flower Show 2019.  Taking place from 5-9 June 2019, we will be taking up residence, accompanied by our large trees, topiary and screening …

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Happy Easter from us: Opening Times this Easter

We’ll be here for part of the Easter weekend so we just wanted to confirm our opening hours.  Please note however that we can only conduct visits that have been pre-arranged, so please ensure you have called prior to your visit to book …

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Presenting our showstopping trees at events in 2019

Adding to our events calendar this year, we will be on show for the first time at the Farm Business Innovation Show in November 2019 at NEC. A free-to-attend event for anyone with an interest in the agricultural world, the Green Mile Trees …

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Ready for something big in 2018/2019?

Mature trees – Ready for lifting Riding on the back of a healthy growing season, the Green Mile Trees team is ready to take on all that this year’s lifting season may bring.  And that means we have a full stock list for …

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Southwell Ploughing Match 2018

It’s PLOUGHING SEASON! Yes, that time again and hopefully this year’s Southwell Ploughing Match and Show won’t be hampered by the weather (*sunshine, please!).   The Green Mile Trees team will be on hand with our mature trees, hedging and topiary on show for agricultural enthusiasts …

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Four Oaks 2018 | Green Mile Trees flying the flag for UK trees

It’s Four Oaks 2018! Same time, same place?! Yes.  It’s that time again.   If you’re in horticulture, you’ll be at Four Oaks.  And so will we – usual place, OP26.  Find out on their website about all that this year’s Four Oaks Trade Show has …

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