Introducing Burston Nurseries:

Burston Nurseries became a limited company more than 30 years ago, but the business began back in the 1930's on a site adjacent to the present one. Founded by WT Pearson and trading originally as market gardeners, the business has developed to its present position as a major supplier of bedding plants and roses to the Garden Centre industry. It is still owned by the Pearson family whose traditional values of excellent quality and service remain.
Burstons has progressed throughout its lifetime but in particular has undergone significant expansion and development since the early 1980's when consumer interest in plants and garden products was building to its zenith. The holding at St Albans exceeds 20 hectares and includes on site 4 hectares of glasshouses, modern offices, warehousing facilities and a cold storage facility for roses. Being intersected by the M25 London Orbital and very close to the M1 the business is assured of unrivalled road links to its customers.
Production here is focussed on two principal crops, bedding and roses. We are acknowledged as one of the UK market leaders in these crops, both in terms of production and presentation. Our bedding plants are marketed in a polystyrene cell tray supported with colour labelling and a range of correx boards.
Quality is the key word, and this is equally true of our roses. Over a period of time when consumer interest in roses was widely acknowledged to be falling, burstons breathed new life into the market by improving plant quality and all aspects of the packaging and presentation. Roses are marketed under the Burstin into colour branding and in recent years we have added new ranges to our list, such as the well known Special Moments Collection in blue pots.
In addition to the wide range of plants we list, we are always happy to listen to customers' specific requirements and any requests to grow or source particular varieties will be treated sympathetically. 
Meet The Burston Nurseries Team:

Paul Young, Director / Business Manager

Paul came to Burstons back in the Dark Ages, 1981, having previously worked as an Inspector of Taxes. He combines his overall management duties with overseeing the smooth running of the Nursery office and has also been known to get his hands dirty from time to time driving lorries on plant deliveries.
James Alcaraz, Director / Nursery Manager

James returned to Burstons in October 2002 after a 3 year sabbatical running his own plant merchandising business. Whereas James’ former position here was office and field based, we thought his recent experiences left him suited to a more active, practical role on the Nursery. In his (limited) spare time, his hobbies include sailing and rugby.

Stephen Lowe, Senior Grower

Steve is in his second spell at Burstons having first joined as a callow youth from the local horticultural college, back in the 1960's. He returned in 1985 after working in the building industry and soon found his touch again growing quality bedding for us. At his happiest amongst the plants and blessed with an untidy beard, he is our very own David Bellamy.

Roger Jenyon, Senior Grower

Roger is a very experienced grower who for many years ran his own bedding nursery in Hertfordshire. On "retirement" he managed our satellite Nursery at Redbourn before transferring across to St Albans when we expanded the glass area in the mid-1990's. Roger has his life well-sorted; he spends 9 months working for us and 3 months relaxing at his holiday home in Italy.

Sue Groves, Propagation Manager

After having a family, Sue chose to re-launch her career at Burstons in 1984, working part-time on a variety of tasks before finding her niche in the propagation unit and taking charge of the department in 1993. Sue's seedlings are the source of our excellent bedding plants and the fridge magnets that she collects are a source of great amusement to all who read them.

Mario Andrews, Team Leader

Mario's Burston career began in 1991 working at our satellite Nursery in Redbourn before his transfer to St Albans. He was appointed a Team Leader in 2000. His enthusiasm and organisational skills are an inspiration to those who work with him. In fact he's pretty enthusiastic about everything he does - who else do you know who's seen AC/DC live 30 times?