Green Garden Spaces

Opened in March 2023, Green Garden Spaces is an independent business on the site of Stokeley Farm Shop, Stokenham, South Devon.

Run by husband and wife team, Emma and Jonathan Hutchinson, the garden centre offers an extensive range of plants that are reliable, celebrate the seasons and are often unusual and interesting. Using local suppliers where ever possible means that the plants are great quality and reasonably priced. The garden centre shop, housed in a converted shipping container, has a plethora of garden seeds, tools and gifts as well as a great range of wildlife essentials such as bird boxes, feeders and food.

Information on planting suitability and combinations for pots, beds and borders is freely available. You can pop in to the garden centre for experienced, knowledgeable advice on plants for your garden whether in Devon or further afield.

Open 7 days a week 10am – 4pm

On Monday please pay in the farm shop if we are not on site.

On all other occasions please pay for Green Garden Spaces items in our container.

You will often find us doing jobs around the garden centre so please ask for us if you can’t see us!

A lifelong interest in plants and wildlife combined with running a seperate gardening and cleaning business has enabled us to create a varied portfolio of ideas to help you make the most of your garden. The gardens we work with focus on the microclimate of the local area and importantly the wishes of the people who will be enjoying them. Our previous work has included clients with gardens both large and small, providing maintenance or redesign advice, volunteering in a primary school garden, talking to fellow gardeners about plants and following passions for wildlife and sustainable floristry.

Seasonality

Gardening is a lovely way to acknowledge seasonality. You can find plants for every season with colour, texture and form to enjoy all year round.

Christmas is much loved in our house. There is always a real tree inside, a handmade wreath on the door, decorations on the mantel piece and thoughtful gifts for loved ones. Green Garden Spaces are excited to be continuing the Stokeley tradition of selling Christmas trees and adding some extra sparkle in the form of wreaths, decorations and gifts each year.

Inspirational and seasonal workshops/talks held throughout the year. See below for more details.

7th February 2024 - Gardening for Wildlife Talk

15th February 2024- Paper Seed Pot and Seed Sowing Workshop

4th and 11th December 2024 - Wreath Making and Table Decoration Workshops

Plants

We specialise in providing an extensive range of plants which include annuals, biennials, perennials, shrubs, trees, bulbs and seeds. They are high quality, locally grown and reliable. Where ever possible our plants are grown within the South West keeping transport time to a minimum and allowing them to thrive in our climate. We strive to use local companies and support other small UK businesses.

Some of our favourite plants include early spring flowers, an extensive range of herbs, interesting perennials, shrubs and trees both evergreen and deciduous and fabulous seasonal flowers.

Compost

Our compost is supplied by Durstons of Somerset. As a company they are moving towards a completely peat free range.

We currently stock peat free Multipurpose, Soil Conditioner, Farm Manure, Grow Bags and Decorative Bark.

We are excited to be stockists for Coir Products. The growing medium, seed compost, coco chips, mulch mats, seed pots, yarn and hanging baskets are made entirely from a biodegradable, natural and carbon neutral by product of the coconut industry.

Pots, Seeds and Gardening essentials

Our carefully chosen range of pots bring you options to suit all locations. The terracotta range looks especially good with heat loving plants. There are glazed pots in shades of natural, green and blue for a splash of colour. For a traditonal look with a modern material, our fibrelite pots are light weight and versatile. All are frost proof and reasonably priced.

You will find other gardening essentials in our container. We have a handpicked range of indoor pots, pots with saucers, gardening gloves and small tools.

Suttons Seeds and Earthsong Seeds provide an extensive range of all your favourite plants to grow from seed. Available all year round, we have a great selection of flowers, herbs and vegetables.

Wildlife Care and Well Being

Our range of bird feeders, nest boxes, insect, bat and hedgehog houses provides feeding, watering and habitat for a vast range of our native wildlife. We also stock specialist wildlife food such as mealworms, nyger seed, sunflower hearts, mixed seed, peanuts and hedgehog food.

Complimenting the wildlife provision is a great range of wild ID guides and books from the Field Study Centre. These handy fold out guides give fantastic information on plants, wildlife, woodlands and seaside. They are perfect for popping in a small bag and enjoying outside.

We welcome you to chat to us about gardening for wildlife in your garden.

Cut Flowers

The wonderful Sophie Lake from Frittiscombe Flowers delivers stunning bunches on Friday morning. The seasonal and locally grown (only a mile away!) flowers are skilfully arranged and perfect as a present, in a holiday home or as a way of bringing joy to your own home. Available when fresh locally grown flowers are in bloom.