The season has come to an end and our greenhouses are now closed for the Winter with all plants covered in fleece, hoping for a mild Winter! Jane and I have enjoyed meeting so many plant enthusiasts at showgrounds, and especially where we have had the opportunity to display our plants at The Bath & West Show, Royal Cornwall Show, New Forest Show, and The Dorset Show (see images below). A special thank you to the customers who have travelled to see us here in Toller! We are hoping that 2025 will be just as busy and early next year we will be listing the events we are due to attend on this page. In the meantime, thank you for taking the time to view the website of Coach House Cacti. The popularity of cacti and succulents continues to grow and we hope you will find these pages, including our photo galleries and blog, an enjoyable and informative browse!
Who are we, and what do we do? Simply, we are small nursery run by David Ennals supported by Jane his wife in the small village of Toller Porcorum in Dorset. We grow a variety of cacti and succulents, exhibit our plants, give talks and show them off in competitions.
Coach House Cacti is Dorset’s only cactus nursery, offering easy to grow plants, lots of advice and a cup of tea if you want! David is a professional gardener, but has been growing cacti since childhood. Plants are sold to visitors, and at various shows and plant sales. The nursery is gaining quite a reputation in the South West and this year we are hoping for further successes through 2025. Below are the images from our displays during the 2024 season.
Bath & West 2024 – Large Gold Awarded
Royal Cornwall Show 2024 – Awarded Large Gold and Best Specialist Nursery
Devon County Show 2024 – Awarded Large Gold and Best Horticultural Exhibit
The Dorset Show 2024 – Large Gold Awarded
New Forest Show 2024 – Large Gold Awarded
Bath and West 2023 – Best exhibit in Floral Pavilion.
Taunton Flower Show 2023 – Best display in Floral Pavilion
New Forest Show 2023. Large Gold.
Dorset Show 2023 – Large Gold
Devon County Show 2023 – Large Gold Medal and Best in Floral Pavilion
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David is a member of the British Cactus and Succulent Society, Bristol Cactus Society and Mammillaria Society. He shows his plants in at county shows where there is a floral marquee and in competition at Bristol and Cornwall Cacti shows. (Unfortunately, there are no specific Cacti shows held in Dorset). David also gives talks on the cultivation of cacti to local gardening clubs.
A great start to 2023, awarded Best Exhibit in The Dorset Spring Show with a Cristate mamillaria.
Post Covid with our Country getting back to normal, the County Shows were recommencing, and so we entered The Royal Bath and West Show, our display is shown below.
Jane and I were delighted to win Best exhibit in the Horticultural Marquee!!
Images below from The Devon County Show 2021, where we were awarded Gold for this outside display. There was no Horticultural Marquee due to Covid restrictions.
