The season has started, and Spring seems to have sprung at last! After a prolonged Winter and cold Spring our plants are beginning to show some signs of growth, and therefore we are opening our nursery from Friday March 28th for opening times please click on the visit page. We do not sell on line, only face to face from our small nursery or at the various shows listed below.
We have a very busy Summer ahead: currently, the schedule is:
| LOCATION | DATES |
| Cornwall Spring Show | April 5th & 6th, sales only |
| Mapperton Gardens Spring Fair | April 13th, sales only |
| Dorset Spring Show | May 3rd & 4th, sales only |
| Symondsbury Estate Plant Fair | May 8th, sales only |
| Athelhampton Plant Fair | May 11th, sales only |
| Devon County Show | May 15th – 17th, display and sales |
| Bath & West Show | May 29th – 31st, display and sales |
| Royal Cornwall Show | June 5th – 7th, display and sales |
| Coates Plant Fair | June 21st, sales only |
| South West Exotic Plant Fair | June 28th, sales only |
| South Molten Plant Fair | July 13th, sales only |
| Taunton Flower Show | August 1st & 2nd, display and sales |
| Canford School Fair | August 16th & 17th, sales only |
| Abbotsbury Plant Fair | August 31st, sales only |
| Melplash Show | August 21st, sales only |
| The Dorset Show | September 6th & 7th, display and sales |
| Mapperton Gardens Autumn fair | September 14th |
We look forward to meeting past and new customers at these events.
Who are we, and what do we do? Simply, we are a 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. For our award winning displays please scroll down this page.
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.
