Welcome!

 

The Cool Temperate Nursery is situated on the land of Trinity Farm, Cossall, Notts.

If you wish to call at the nursery please contact Phil on 0115 916 2673 to fix a time.

Trinity Farm is a Demeter registered Bio-Dynamic Farm running a thriving box scheme and offering a wide range of organic products.

It is situated within a few minutes drive of the M1 junction 26

A MAP is on the Contacts page.

The Cool Temperate office, but not the nursery, is now at:

45, Stamford Street, Awsworth, Notts NG16 2QL.

Tel and Fax: 0115 916 2673

email: phil.corbett@cooltemperate.co.uk

ORDERING and PAYING

If you want to check we have a variety in stock please email, phone, fax or write.This is also a good opportunity to pose any queries you might have.

PAYMENT can be made by a Paypal invoice emailed to you or by cheque or bank transfer.

Calling customers can pay cash or by cheque -sorry I cant take any credit or debit cards.

 

XMAS HOLS

Our last full working day will be Friday 19th December, re-opening Tuesday 6th January 2009.

I'll take this opportunity to wish all our customers, friends and colleagues

a Very Cool Yule and a Fine 2009!

 

OWN ROOT PROPAGATION COURSE - THIS COURSE IS NOW CANCELLED FOR 2009

A weekend of Nurse Grafting, Root Cuttings and discussion around the subject.

21-22 February 2009, Brighton

For details visits: www.brightonpermaculture.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

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About Cool Temperate

I set up Cool Temperate in 1996 to meet two main needs.

Since the early 1980's I had been growing organic fruit and vegetables commercially on small parcels of rented land around the city of Nottingham, UK.

During this time several ideas for horticultural research occurred to me, but I never had enough land or time to follow them through. Anyone trying to supply all year round veg doesn't have time for much else !

Later I got involved in designing orchards and forest gardens and other permaculture plots. I realised that there wasn't a good individual nursery where the wide range of plants needed could be bought from, and who could give good organic advice.

So I set up Cool Temperate as a bare root nursery to both provide myself with an income during the winter months, leaving me mostly free during the summer for research work, and also to fill this gap in the market.

This has enabled me to pursue a few new developments, notably the Own Root Fruit Tree project and the Coppice Orchard.

Cool Temperate isn't just me. There are several keen volunteers involved, the occasional part time paid worker, and we are part of the Permaculture Apprenticeships scheme, whereby permaculture graduates can gain experience.

I also work regularly with architects, landscapers, designers and growers needing both horticultural and environmental input.

The nursery has created a need for large quantities of organic compost. To meet this end I first devised the "Compost Hedge" which has spread out to become the "Compost Coppice" which will be planted on a large scale when i get a new site. This will produce compost from shredded fast growing plant species, fed sustainably by vigorous perennial nitrogen fixing plants.

The Name
"Cool Temperate" is the ecological term for the vegetation zone that most of the UK lies in. It is the area of deciduous forest that runs across Europe. To the south is the "Warm Temperate" or Mediterranean zone, and to the north is the "Boreal" or coniferous forest zone.

Phil Corbett