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Join us for the 1km Pumpkin Patch Colour Run — fun, colourful and especially for under 12’s

Wear a tee shirt, googles or shades.

09.30 Warm Up 10.00 Holl Powder Run Finish under the tractor arch.

Tickets available from Eventbrite

Into the Dominion of Spells: Songs of Midlife, Myth and Wonder

Award-winning folk singer and songwriter Emily Portman and friends take to the road this September, performing material from her acclaimed new album Dominion of Spells, alongside songs from across her celebrated catalogue.

Dominion of Spells charts a heroine’s midlife journey through dark woods in search of wonder. Drawing on ballads and folktales, Portman weaves lived experience with rich mythic imagery, exploring motherhood, burnout, mental health, misogyny, creativity and transformation.

The title derives from a phrase coined by William Harvey, physician to King James I, rooted in the ancient belief that women’s ‘wandering wombs’ moved around their bodies, causing illness, hysteria, and witchcraft. Portman transforms it: her Dominion of Spells is a realm of wonder, equality, and liberation, where women’s pain is believed, their bodies understood, and their voices heard.

Folk traditions have always carried stories untold by official history. These songs stand in that lineage, telling of women’s inner lives, dreams and desires— as artists, as mothers, and wanderers in dark woods.

Tickets £20       Concessionaries £15

Book Tickets via this link

Join Rosy Hardy at Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants for a talk on late autumn flowering perennials here on the nursery. 

Rosy picks her favourite late autumn  flowering perennials from the nursery and talks about their attributes – how best to grow them,  combine them with other plants to create great planting combinations and how to avoid common pitfalls.

Tea, Coffee and Biscuits included in ticket price.

Starts promptly at 10.30am – 12.30pm

On the day you’ll also receive 10% off any plants purchased

Useful information for Rosy’s talks and workshops

Take a behind the scenes tour of our nursery on 20th October 2026.  From 10.30am – 11.30am

Usually only offered to Gardening Clubs and Horticultural Societies, this year we are offering individual gardeners the opportunity to visit and take a behind the scenes tour.

The tour includes a visit to our propagation house, where your guide will tell you more about how we propagate our peat free herbaceous perennials, a walk through our polytunnels and a look inside the potting shed.  Your guide is happy to answer any questions you may have about how we grow.

This is a rare opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of the nursery where Rosy Hardy continues to grow RHS Gold medal winning plants for her own floral displays and for other garden designers projects.  It’s also where we grow all of the stock we sell to the general public and to trade customers.

As herbaceous perennials are seasonal, the plant material that you’ll see will vary throughout the year.  We anticipate a lot of colour and different cultivars and varieties at this time of year.

Tea, coffee and biscuits included in the price.

Before booking, please consider the following:

The tour is a standing/ walking tour of 45 minutes to an hour. Seating is available but is limited. The tour includes a step between tunnels. Our paths are gravel and uneven, so it is essential to wear sturdy footwear. Manual wheelchair users may find this tour a challenge, whereas motorised wheelchairs should be ok, but they will take an alternative route to avoid the step. Please dress for the weather, layers of clothing and hats are always useful. The propagation and other tunnels can be hot. Please bring a water bottle if it is a hot day. Our potting shed is the summer home to returning swallows who will be flying around. We will try and accommodate dietary needs e.g. gluten and dairy free but need to know 10 days in advance of the tour. We cannot guarantee an allergen free environment. If you have a food allergy please let us know and bring your own snack. We have 3 toilets on site, 1 of which is adapted and fully accessible

Please note we are not a Garden Centre and do not have a tearoom or lunch facilities on-site but can recommend some great spots for lunch or coffee which are local to us. Please ask us for more information by emailing: info@hardysplants.co.uk

If you anticipate coming as part of a larger group and using a coach operator to travel, please get in touch before booking.