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 April 3rd. For opening times please click on thevisit page. We do not sell on line, only face to face from our small nursery or at the various shows listed below. Below is the list of events we will be attending this year.
| LOCATION | DATES |
| Cornwall Spring Show | March 28th & 29th sales only |
| South West Exotic Plant Fair, Portishead, Bristol. | April 11th, sales only |
| Mapperton Gardens Spring Fair | April 19th, sales only |
| Dorset Spring Show | May 9th & 10th, sales only |
| Devon County Show | May 21st to 23rd, display & sales |
| Bath & West Show | May 28th to 30th, display & sales |
| Royal Cornwall Show | June 4th to June 6th, display & sales |
| Devon Plant Heritage Plant Sale, South Molten | July 12th, sales only |
| Uplyme & Lyme Regis Summer Fair | August 1st, sales only |
| Taunton Flower Show | August 7th & 8th, display & sales |
| Canford School Fair | August 15th & 16th, sales only |
| Abbotsbury Plant Fair | August 23rd, sales only |
| Melplash Show, Bridport | August 27th, sales only |
| Dorset Show | September 5th & 6th, display & sales |
| Mapperton Autumn Plant Fair | September 13th, sales only |
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 many of our displays including 2025.
Devon County Show 2025 – Awarded Large Gold
Presente to us at The Devon County Show 2025 –
Bath and West 2025 Awarded Gold
Royal Cornwall Show – 2025 Awarded Large Gold
Taunton Flower Show 2025 – Awarded Large Gold
The Dorset Show 2025 – Awarded Large Gold
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.
