The English Cottage Garden Nursery
THE FLORA LOCALE CODE OF PRACTICE FOR COLLECTORS, GROWERS AND SUPPLIERS OF NATIVE FLORA
In their own words, "Flora locale aims to promote the wise use of native flora for projects such as woodland and hedgerow restoration and planting, heath and moorland restoration, floristic enhancement of agricultural and amenity grassland, wild flower grassland creation, quarry restoration projects, river and lake rehabilitation ... and more!
We encourage good practice among those involved in native plant seed collection, propagation and ecological restoration."
In accordance with the Code, The English Cottage Garden Nursery will:
- Identify the source of some of the native flora and seed that we supply - this means its provenance (where it is found growing naturally) or its native origin (ie, that the plant's ancestors have been growing in the British Isles for a long period of time and so it is native to us). We hope that by good sourcing of seed suppliers we will, in time, be able to source identify all native flora we supply.
- Make this information available to customers
- Will notify customers if a plant's/seeds' origin or provenance is unknown
- Will identify flora/seed that is of cultivated or hybrid stock
- Will only use the terms "British wildflower, British native, British plant" to describe flora that is of native origin to Britain and will be equally discriminating over the use of the terms English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish where they are used
- Will only use the term "wild" or "native" to describe any flora that we supply without stipulating the country of native origin or native provenance of the flora being described
- Will not substitute flora specified by the custpmer with plants or seed that are of a different native origin or provenance, or of a different species, unless agreed with the customer.
As we have only just adopted this code we will be updating the website over as short a period of time as possible with origin and provenance details of plants supplied. Seed provenance/origin is unknown until seed arrives with us but packets will be clearly marked when sent out. if you require seed from a specific area only please contact us and we will see if we can source it for you.
