Welcome to the web site of Thistlefield. We are a small family run nursery growing a range of plants, mainly perennials from the everyday varieties to the more unusual.Thistlefield Plants and Design began life in 2002, born out of a passion for plants. The business was established in a field in Norfolk, which was overrun with weeds and thistles, hence our name.

We care about wildlife and the environment, therefore no herbicides or pesticides are used on our plants. Any waste products, produced on the nursery or from landscaping, where possible are reused, recycled or composted.

Our nursery is not open to the public, but our plants can be purchased from us at events throughout Norfolk (Please see event list), Fakenham Farmers Market (4th Saturday monthly), from farm shops throughout the county and from us, via our web site.

We are only a small nursery and specialize in quality plants and do not grow a vast number of any plant or variety. Normally we try and produce 20 to 100 of each plant per year, however some of the more rare plants or ones that are relatively new to us may only be available in smaller numbers. One of the perennials we specialise in are Tricyrtis (Toad lily), which we are building up a collection.

We have teamed up with Mark Reed a sculptor to help design and supply plants for displays at the RHS Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows and have won awards at both shows, also we supplied plants for Prue Kahn's Silver medal winning garden 'Declinature' at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2010. We were awarded a Gold medal and the "Judges Award Best in Show" for our own small show garden at Sandringham Flower Show . This year we are proud to announce that we have been awarded a Gold Medal for our Large Show Garden entry at this years Sandringham Flower Show.

The image below shows our Gold Medal winning Large show garden at Sandringham Flower Show 2011.

For those of you who wish to see our 2011 Large Show Garden and how it has been constructed please click on the button below.

A picture of the Sandringham show 2010 winning garden "Viridis" is shown below.Click on the photo below to see how the garden was constructed.

Thistlefield Soups was launched in the Autumn of 2007. Fresh soups, hand made in small batches from local, organic, herbicide and pesticide free vegetables, when and where possible. This side of the business has expanded over the last year, now also producing Jams, Chutney, Cakes, Quiches and Christmas puddings to die for, from an old family recipe. Please see the Thistlefield Soup page for more details.