Where do we get our plants from?

Where do we get our plants from? This is one of the questions we get asked all the time. Some people are understandably nervous about buying plants online - they like to see them in real life before putting them in their cart and paying for them. So, in the same way that shops like to tell you how your food gets from 'farm to fork', here are some photos showing just a couple of the many nurseries from whom we source our plants. When you place an order with us, we get the plants from a whole range of suppliers. Our ethos is to buy Irish-grown plants wherever possible. We have a wonderful nursery industry in Ireland, and after two bad summers and a hard winter it deserves all the support it can get. Irish-grown plants are adapted to our climate, have less 'plant miles' behind them, are of the highest quality and support Irish jobs. These nurseries are wholesale growers who supply garden centres and landscape professionals only. Irish growers know which plants perform best in this climate - they have years and years of experience. Plants which are shipped in from mainland Europe often look great when they arrive, but aren't cut out for our very particular weather - they mightn't be looking so good in a few months time! We at DYG frequently drop in to the nurseries to collect plants, so when you order from us, we have selected the pick of the crop.

Plants growing at Mount Congreve Nursery, Co Waterford. Many of the ususual trees and shrubs that we sell on DYG are grown at this wonderful garden - one of the most impressive collections of Camellia, Magnolia and other rare shrubs in the world. The plants are wonderfully grown and always look great.

Growing perennials and shrubs for DYG in a Co Wicklow nursery

Perennials growing at Schram Plants, Co Kildare.

Leamore Nursery in Co Wicklow: a wonderful range of outdoor-grown, unusual and rare perennials, including a stunning collection of Paeonies.

Bamboos growing at T+M Leahy Nursery, Co Kilkenny.