Otter Nurseries staff recently sprang into action after receiving an SOS phone call from Alan Titchmarsh.
The celebrity gardener was creating a garden in Bideford for his TV show, Love Your Garden and wanted to know if the East Devon garden centre had a ready supply of the specific plants needed for his garden design.
Hardy nursery worker Carla Ward-Best said: “At first we thought it was a wind up, but there’s no mistaking his voice. He was very knowledgeable about the plants he wanted, too.”
The garden in question was being created for the Woods family who had...
The Norman Family Charitable Trust, a grant making Charity based in Budleigh Salterton, has recently celebrated passing its £7 million milestone of grant donations since it began in 1979.
This family trust was created by Ken Norman and his wife, son and sisters, from the proceeds of the sale of Normans Cash and Carry Warehouse business. There were 9 branches in various parts of the South West, the first being in Budleigh Salterton. The original aim of the Trust was to make grants to local good causes and charitable organisations, primarily for communities in the South West with...
Bicton Fest is the annual family music festival held in the grounds of Bicton College. From 29th - 31st August, the family friendly weekend will fill three days and three stages with local music, entertainment and trade stands.
Camping for all ages is encouraged, with tickets available for the whole weekend so you can celebrate the end of the summer in style!
Performers include Luke Friend, Mad Dog Mcrea, Adam Isaac Band, Wille & the Bandits and many more.
On Sunday 31st, The Music Mill will take over with their 'Big Gig' - a celebration of BBC Radio...
How can you have a big belly and yet reduce the pounds? The answer is when the Big Belly is a brand of litter bin like the ones being installed at resorts along East Devon’s coastline.
East Devon District Council has invested in a five-year lease for a total of 21 new Big Belly brand litter bins. These have a number of benefits – one being that they largely pay for themselves.
The costs of the lease agreement will be offset by savings on agency and staff overtime due to a significant reduction in the number of times the bins need to be emptied and by greater operational...
Thousands flocked to Ottery for the second Food and Families Festival. The town centre was packed with people determined to make the most of the festival and they were rewarded with unending blue skies and culinary delights.
“We were blessed with an exceptionally sunny June day,” said Ruud Jansen Venneboer, one of the festival organisers.
“People came in their droves to celebrate all that is good about the region, and we were delighted to welcome so many first-time visitors to the town.”
Mill Street market was abuzz with stalls offering a wide variety of local...
A man died when his tractor overturned after leaving a field.
Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the scene at Northmostown near Sidmouth yesterday afternoon (Monday May 19).
The tractor had been towing a trailer when it overturned just before 12:50pm. The male driver was trapped and despite the efforts of emergency crews died at the scene.
Otter Nurseries will be paying homage to its own anniversary at this year’s Devon County Show with a display based around events in its history.
The team at the popular East Devon garden centre has designed a two-sided stand to both acknowledge the roots of the business and show how far it has come.
One side of the stand will be a step back in time to 1964 with old gardening equipment, a vintage T20 Ford tractor and some of the first types of plants sold by the nurseries, such as pansies and lettuces.
The opposite part of the stand will be bang up to date to show...
The 2014 Ottery St Mary Food & Families Festival has attracted sponsorship from a number of high profile sponsors, from not only Devon but Cornwall as well.
Davidstow Creamery has come on board as Festival Marquee Sponsor. The Cornish cheddar maker’s General Manager, Martyn Anthony, is a resident of Ottery, and believes South West businesses should support South West events.
A regular supporter of community events, Everys Solicitors is this year sponsoring the Festival Cookery Demo Theatre, which will feature cook-offs and demonstrations from local food heroes including...
East Devon District Council has listened to traders in Axminster and is proposing to launch a special car parking rate in all its pay and display car parks in the town – starting this month.
The move follows the success of an experimental Christmas parking promotion in December 2013, which proved successful in a number of East Devon towns.
Councillor Iain Chubb, EDDC’s Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “This scheme is an example of EDDC working smarter and engaging with communities. We have been working with town representatives to find a mutually acceptable way of...
