About us

Hope Nursery is a small, independent, family run nursery in Betchworth, Surrey. We are passionate about growing sustainably and taking care of our environment and the wildlife around us. We grow mostly herbaceous perennials and a good selection of wildflowers. In summer the nursery is a wash of colour and alive with insects, birds and butterflies. The location is fabulous as we are surrounded by fields and the North Downs. Come and visit us in Spring/Summer. Sit and enjoy the peace and quiet and have a wander around our little piece of heaven.

Nursery Open Days

Due to the nature of our lease we are only open to the public for a restricted number of days in the year. We are situated on a working farm with heavy machinery being used regularly at certain times of the year. A small selection of our plants are available at Betchworth Post Office and Village Shop all year round.

Open Days 2026

April – Saturday 11th, 18th & 25th 10am-4pm

Spring/Summer at the nursery

With just a week to go before opening the nursery, I have been potting on seedlings like mad and tidying up the nursery. I’ve sewn more seed too including some annual wildflower mixes and calendular ‘Art Shades’. Here are a few photos taken this week.

Borage Seedlings

Two year old tea roses planted as bareroots this winter. I have Double Delight, Pascali, Ingrid Bergman, Bicoletta, Dame de Coeur, Peaudouce, Eternal and Peace.

I have been busy sewing seed, potting on seedlings and repotting maturer stock. I have a good selection of wildflowers for this season and some beautiful herbaceous perennials. In the photos below are a few examples of this years stock.

We also have Digitalis Purpurea Albiflora, Agastache Blue Boa, Lychnis Coronaria Alba, Echinacea Pallida, Echinacea White Swan, Anemone Sylvestris and lots more.

What’s going on at the nursery

In the autumn I sewed some of my wildflower seeds. Chicory, corncockle, fox and cubs, ragged robin, red and white campion, purple toadflax. These will be available at the nursery this spring alongside my existing wildflowers in 9cm and 1L pots. I have wild valerian, oxeye daisy, ragged robin and more. I will be sewing more this spring including borage, wild cornflowers and hesperis.

Chicory sewn last autumn from seed to seedling to plant.

Corncockle grown from my autumn sewing.

Wildflowers

We love wildflowers at Hope Nursery and stock a good selection.

Oxeye Daisies in our stock beds

This is a great mullein (verbascum). Quite a spectacular plant reaching up to 2m in height. This is a biennial which means it will flower in it’s second year.

Oxeye Daisies, ragged robin and verbascum

Examples of the plants we grow at Hope.

These are not currently for sale but will be available next season

Rudbeckia Goldsturm

Sunny helenium

Helena Gold and Helena Red

Liatris Spicata – with bumble bee!

Salvias

We have a small number of salvias left. Lemon Light and Glacier in 9cm pots. Salvia Uliginosa in 1L pots and random other salvias that we have left.

Salvia Uliginosa (bog sage) with Verbena Bonariensis. A beautiful pairing!

Salvia Lemon Light

Penstemons

We have a small number of penstemon sour grapes and a good number of penstemon garnet, summertime pink and blackbird.

Penstemons are reliable summer flowering perennials. They are long flowering often continuing into autumn adding colour and interest to your garden.

Penstemon Summertime Pink

Penstemon Sour Grapes

Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ (perennial sunflower) Masses of large, lemon yellow flowers from July to September. Strong growing up to 2m in Height. 45cm Spread. Dies back in winter. Fully hardy. Prefers a sunny position.

Rudbeckia ‘BlackJack Gold’ Hardy herbaceous perennial. Flowers beautifully from early summer to the end of autumn. Height 70-80cm. Spread 40-50cm. Plant in full sun or partial shade.

Nepeta ‘Pursian Blue’ and Salvia Nemerosa ‘Caradonna’

Achillea ptarmica ‘Marshmallow’ (Yarrow) A prolific, long flowering dwarf achillea. Clump forming and compact reaching 30cm in height. Plant in full sun in well drained soil. Dead head regularly to prolong flowering.

Centranthus Ruber Alba (valerian)

Persicaria ‘Blackfields’

Canna ‘Cleopatra’ A vigorous, clump-forming perennial. Height up to 1.2m. Beautiful large leaves in green, bronze or a mix of the two (as above) Flowers from mid-summer to mid-autumn. The flowers may be red, yellow or a mix of the two! Will need winter protection.

Amorpha fruticosa (false indigo) A vigorous deciduous shrub. Mature height and spread up to 4m. Purple flowers in summer. Position in full sun or partial shade.

Verbena Bonariensis. These look great with other tall flowering plants such as salvia uliginosa and cosmos ‘Purity’

Phlox Paniculata ‘David’. These are now on offer.

Agapanthus Blue Umbrella

Betchworth Post Office

You can find a small selection of our plants at Betchworth Post Office and Village Shop. Open Monday- Friday 8.30am-17.15pm and Saturdays 9am-3pm.