"Pioneering work supplying native plants"

Sir David Attenborough

  • What We Offer

    Welcome to our online shop. We're a small award winning B Corporation in Somerset, selling plants and seeds since 2008. We sell native  woodland treeshedging and hedge plantswildflowersgarden "trees for bees"pond plants, heritage fruit treeswildflower seed and bulbs. These come from a growing community of small, specialist and sustainably run British growers and harvesters.

    You will see our suppliers on the individual product pages. You might struggle to find some of these businesses online! Mostly they will send your order directly to you to keep costs and emissions low.

    We don't sell much "stuff". We major on a wide and interesting range of plants and seeds - mostly native.

    Habitat loss is at the heart of the decline in wildlife in the UK. We can help you fight back and make beautiful oases for nature - orchards, wildflower meadows, ponds, wetlands, hedges, woodland, wildlife gardens.

    We hope we can supply you with the trees and wildflowers you need to make these special places, large or small, so you can make a real difference.

    There's lots of expert advice on the website and in our social media feeds, and our small team are happy to field questions.

  • Why Buy From Us?

    We think you should not only know where the trees, plants and seeds you buy come from, but also that they should have local origin.

    That's important not just because of biosecurity, but because of the resilience that genetic diversity can bring, and the realtnioship between these plants and wildlife. Sometimes, too, local plants can represent a community's cultural identity - heritage apple trees, for example. Excitingly we can find more local meadow seed mixes too, which also offer outstanding value for money.

    There are a scarily small number of good quality British nurseries and wildflower seed producers, and can be difficult to tell who the good guys are. We've done that work for you.

    We make sure our suppliers follow our environmental guidelines, so no peat and minimal plastic packaging and chemical use, for example. We randomly test the seed mixes we sell for viability and content.

    Since 2008 we have donated c.£150k to carefully selected UK environmental charities. These NGOs do important work, and we help them promote some vital messages.

    Helping the natural world repair itself is complicated, and we need the best advice on how to do it.

    Nick Mann

    Director, Habitat Aid Ltd.