Over the two days of the Festival, specialist growers of snowdrops will be displaying and selling from their extensive collections of named varieties

On first glance you might think that all snowdrops are the same - just white petals and green foliage - but look more closely and you'll see subtle and fascinating differences in size, markings and habit that make collectors continue to seek them out today. At the Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival you'll see an incredible range of snowdrops in flower, but be warned, you too might just run the risk of getting the galanthophile bug!

Avon Bulbs

Avon Bulbs Ltd
​Burnt House Farm
Mid Lambrook
South Petherton
Somerset
TA13 5HE
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Tel: 01460 242 177
www.avonbulbs.co.uk
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The Avon Bulbs Snowdrop List probably includes a broader range of specialist snowdrop than any other nursery.   They propagate more than 120 different varieties, some of which it will be on display and for sale in the Festival Marquees.  

Avon Bulbs is a regular Gold medal winner at RHS Flower Shows including their Early Spring Plant Fair each February where the snowdrops are the main attraction.  ​

The diversity and breadth of their snowdrop collection is the culmination of many years collecting, maintaining, cosseting, twin scaling and nurturing by Alan Street, the head nurseryman at Avon Bulbs.  We're very pleased to welcome back this Somerset nursery to this year's Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival.

Clockwise from top left - Galanthus Magnet, AGM; Galanthus Treasure Island;
​Galanthus Mr Taylor; Galanthus Mother Goose

Triffids Nursery

Jackie Williams
Triffids Nursery
The Nursery
Oakhill
Somerset
BA3 5SE
​Tel: 07779 868 133
Email: jackietriffids@hotmail.co.uk

In addition to its snowdrop collection, TriffidsNursery  has developed a strong reputation for quality bulbs and shade loving plants, including Epimedium, as well as a range of traditional and unusual perennials.

Jackie Williams of Triffids Nursery, a familiar face at Shepton Mallet's Friday Market, is also a specialist snowdrop grower and will be at the Festival for the weekend. 

In the last couple of years, Jackie has taken on a collection from an established snowdrop garden that needed to find a new home, and will bring a great range of snowdrops to the Festival again this year.

In Clover

​Although not a specialist snowdrop grower, Clare and Alec Turner run a thriving business growing and selling unusual versions of native plants as well as a range of handmade willowcraft.  Hellebores, a selection of choice spring bulbs and other early perennials are available from February onwards.  

In Clover
1 Rose Cottage, Long Lane, Dinder, Wells, BA5 3PH
Tel: 01749 676 893
Email: clare@inclover.org.uk
Open: By appointment only

Kapunda Plants

​Juliet Davis of Kapunda Plants has been a serious propagator of Lenten Hellebores since 2003 when she fell in love with these captivating plants, travelling long distances to acquire the treasures that were on offer from specialist nurseries.
Her garden puts on a wonderful Hellebore display each spring and there are plants for sale. She has been written up in the Saturday Telegraph, the RHS Magazine The Garden and appeared on BBC Gardeners World. 
The garden is open twice in March in Aid of Charity
Open by Appointment for Garden Clubs and Societies. Talk, guided tour and refreshments. 
www.kapundaplants.co.uk 
Please contact: Juliet Davis, Kapunda,
​Southstoke Lane, Bath BA2 SSH 
Tel: 01225 832165 kapundaplants@hotmail.co.uk 

​FLOWERING PASSIONS - HEAVENLY HELLEBORES IN BATH 

Elworthy Cottage Plants

Elworthy
Taunton, Somerset. TA4 3PX 
Proprietor - Jenny Spiller
elworthy-cottage.co.uk
Tel 01984 656427
email: mike@elworthy-cottage.co.uk

​A specialist nursery for herbaceous perennials and ​snowdrops with some alpines and a one acre plantsman's garden situated at the eastern end of the Exmoor National Park. The garden has been developed to blend sympathetically with the natural beauty of the surrounding countryside and to encourage wildlife.

Where to Find Us:
Marquee, Market Place, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5AZ