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After Montagu died in 1958 '''Allwoods''' was sold and passed out of the family.
After Montagu died in 1958 '''Allwoods''' was sold and passed out of the family.


Over the years the firm had many owners with different ideas of how to make a living from it.


The nursery was in a very poor state, being "run-down" for closure but it was bought in time to rescue the famous and unique collection of plants.


 
In 2001 Allwoods from a rented site to settle into Summerfield Nursery.  
Over the years the firm has had many owners with different ideas of how to make a living from it. By a chance conversation 13 years ago we happened to come across it. The nursery was in a very poor state, being "run-down" for closure and we managed to buy it in time to rescue this famous and utterly unique collection of plants. We brought the expertise from our upbringing (David's parents own Vernons Geraniums, and Emma's parents own 'The Plant Lovers' the oldest cactus nursery in the UK) and united in West Sussex with the most famous and unique Carnation and Pinks nursery in the UK.
 
In 2001 we moved Allwoods from a rented site to settle into Summerfield Nursery. This is a more accessible, bigger site and we have spent every hour and all our spare energy in developing it. We are pleased to be able to show you this wonderful collection and proud to continue the work of the founders. We have even bred our own new varieites which have been prefixed with Summerfield, and we are always on the lookout for new varieties to increase our already large collection.
 
With our many years of horticultural experience and David's Mail Order skills, picked up whilst running Vernons, we know what our customers want - good quality plants at reasonable prices and we pride ourselves on being able to achieve this.
 
We are pleased to annouce we are getting greener! After many trials we have finally found an environmentally friendly coir based compost that reduces the use of peat on the nursery and we are successfully growing all our stock plants in a peat reduced compost.
 
2008 looks to be a promising and exciting year and we wish you a happy and successful growing season.


* 1929 Listed Exhibitor.  Manufacturers of Floral Carnation Perfume, Skin Foods, Soaps, Hair Pomades, Smelling Crystals, and other toilet requisites.  (Stand No. M.60)
* 1929 Listed Exhibitor.  Manufacturers of Floral Carnation Perfume, Skin Foods, Soaps, Hair Pomades, Smelling Crystals, and other toilet requisites.  (Stand No. M.60)

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of Wivelsfield Nurseries, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Telephone: Burgess Hill 262

Three brothers founded the nursery in 1910. Montagu, George and Edward Allwood originally came from Lincolnshire and moved to West Sussex in search of cheap land, which they found in the village of Wivelsfield.

Over the years Allwoods made many, now famous introductions, amongst these were the Allwoodii range, such as Doris, one of the most famous pinks in existance.

After Montagu died in 1958 Allwoods was sold and passed out of the family.

Over the years the firm had many owners with different ideas of how to make a living from it.

The nursery was in a very poor state, being "run-down" for closure but it was bought in time to rescue the famous and unique collection of plants.

In 2001 Allwoods from a rented site to settle into Summerfield Nursery.

  • 1929 Listed Exhibitor. Manufacturers of Floral Carnation Perfume, Skin Foods, Soaps, Hair Pomades, Smelling Crystals, and other toilet requisites. (Stand No. M.60)


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