Slack Top Nurseries and Garden

Groups

Group visits

Pre–booked group and coach visits are welcomed. The garden is at its best from May to August so this can be the best time to visit. For groups of 20+ we can offer an introductory talk with tea and coffee on arrival. Please note that the nursery has no toilet facilities on site, but there are public toilets fairly close by in Heptonstall Village (Townfield Lane), so it may be advisable for coaches to stop there ‘en route’. Most group visits tend to allow 1.5–2 hours for a visit to the alpine garden at Slack Top and to browse the plants for sale.

Talks

Nursery owner Michael Mitchell offers slide talks on alpine plants to a variety of groups, if booked in advance. Travel within a 40 mile radius of Hebden Bridge is possible and sales plants can be brought to the venue, along with pre–orders if required. A talk fee, along with travel expenses, will apply - please contact us for current talk titles and fees. We look forward to meeting your group!

Trip Information

Eating: plenty of cafes, pubs and other eateries in Hebden Bridge, a couple of pubs in Heptonstall or popular The Packhorse Pub up on the moors.

Public toilets: in Heptonstall Village (Townfield Lane)

Parking: plenty of roadside parking directly outside the nursery.

Full day trip: there is plenty to see in Hebden Bridge (quirky shops, canal, Hardcastle Crags/Gibson Mill) or Heptonstall (famous churchyard where Sylvia Plath is buried), and the woodland garden at Land Farm is about 2 miles up the valley at Colden.

Slack Top Nurseries and Garden

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Groups

Group visits

Talks

Trip Information