Gardening Groups & Societies
Gardening remains a highly popular hobby across the UK. No matter how much or how little space people have they enjoy creating and maintaining their patch, be it several acres…
Rob Smith Joins the Team
We’re delighted to welcome Rob Smith to the Dobies team. You’ll know Rob as winner of BBC2’s Big Allotment Challenge and will be hearing a lot from him over the…
The Village Show
I’m sure several of you will have visited a Village Show at some time over the summer and strolled round the horticultural tent, perhaps thinking “wow” and occasionally “mine at…
Autumn Planted Vegetables
As summer crops are harvested and cleared the time has arrived for planning and ordering vegetables to grow and harvest over the winter months.
Kale, the latest Superfood
Not too long ago Kale, or Borecole, was considered only fit for feeding to cattle but recently its popularity has grown so that it has now reached the dizzy heights…
That’s Shallots!
No longer just grown for pickling and eating with a good chunk of bread and cheese, shallots have at last been recognised as a fine vegetable worthy of space in…
Pashley Manor Gardens
Visit Pashley Manor Gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, and see a wide range of vegetables grown from seed supplied by Dobies of Devon. For many years Dobies…
Azalea Encore is Re-blooming Lovely!
Native to Asia, Europe and North America azaleas are widely admired as beautiful spring flowering shrubs. So admired that spring-time azalea festivals are held in many countries with some lasting…
New Vegetable Plant Varieties
Our brand new Spring 2015 catalogue is now available, bursting with a wide range of flower and vegetable plants plus bulbs and some really useful seasonal garden equipment. If you…