"Established in 1864 Hillier Nurseries is a family owned Company with a great tradition in professional horticulture. Hillier Nurseries Limited is the largest grower of trees, both field and container grown, in the UK and one of the largest in Europe.
We are a wholesale nursery, supplying trade and amenity customers and are based near Romsey, Hampshire. The widest range of species is grown in sizes ranging from 8-10cm girth up to super semi-mature trees of 80cm girth+. A choice range of multi-stemmed plants, specimen shrubs and ‘instant’ hedging is also available.
We supply nation-wide and our customers include Local Authorities, Landscape Contractors, Landscape Architects, Garden Designers, House Builders, Developers, Private Estates and Golf Courses."
We had a tour around the nursery where we saw alot of different varueties of trees and were shown how to identify the trees just from a twig. in the afternoon we were shown how a a tree is transplanted using particular machinery.
We were taught throughout the day how to specify trees as a landscape architect, and what you would be looking for as a landscape architect choosing trees. We were shown ways of growing and training trees into certain shapes.
The day was really enjoyable and informative for everyone. I found the day very inspiring.
