Rocket Gardens' Spring Catalogue

Spring / Summer 2013

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Constant Gardens

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Compact Herb, Window Box Garden

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Whole Foods Market Garden, Mediterranean Garden, Large Vegetable Garden

Hello and welcome to a wonderful year of growing your own.

There’s never been a more important time to know where your food comes from.

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Salad Garden, Large Herb Garden, River Cottage Veg Patch

By growing a Rocket Garden this year you will have the satisfaction of picking delicious home grown food which you can see growing every day of the week.

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Patio Container Garden, Children’s Garden, Small Vegetable Garden

Happy Rocket Gardening!

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Schools Gardens

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Pick & Mix Selection

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Ornamental Plants

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Gardening Equipment

25-26

Fruit Gardens & Plants

27-28

Autumn & Winter Vegetable Gardens

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Rocket Camping

Let the good times grow!

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We aim to help you achieve the most successful year of growing your own without all the hard work. Just pick the garden you would like and we’ll send you a box full of baby organic plants at the ideal time for popping into the ground.

Remember, because Rocket Gardens contain baby plants and not seeds, you have never missed the season. We have Instant Gardens available for planting in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

How it works...

Choose

Receive

Choose the ideal garden for the space you have and what you’d like to grow.

We send you a box full of baby plants at the ideal time of year for planting.

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Finally enjoy your fresh, organic home grown food when it’s ready to eat.

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You plant out your garden and enjoy growing and harvesting your plants

Constant Gardens

Constant Gardens

The revolutionary new way to grow your own all year round!

Our Constant Gardens were an instant hit when we first introduced them in early 2012. Since then they have totally transformed the way thousands of people are successfully growing their own all year round.

Choose the Constant Garden that suits the growing area that you have available (or share some with a friend or neighbour!)

We will then deliver a series of gardens throughout the seasons, ensuring your veg patch is always bursting with delicious treats to be harvested.

You can start Constant Gardening at any time during the year Order your Constant Garden today and you will receive the next garden that is scheduled for delivery. Those gardens that you may have missed this year will be delivered in the months indicated in 2014.

FREE ROCKET CAMPING ADVENTURE We like to invite all of our Constant Gardener’s to enjoy a week’s free Camping Holiday for four at the Rocket Farm, in beautiful South Cornwall. See where your plants are grown, enjoy amazing beaches, country walks and a traditional Cornish camping adventure.

You can find out more on our website or by calling the Rocket Phone on 01326 222169 **Rocket Basic Camping Holiday for four people can be taken in July or August 2013 by those who order a constant garden or those who have been given a Constant Garden. A few terms and conditions apply so please visit our website for more details.

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Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Urban Constant Garden £129

Includes delivery of the garden*

This makes a lovely introduction to the delights of Constant Gardening. You will be amazed at the wonderful varieties of plants, tastes and flavours that you can grow within a limited space.

INCLUDES

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CAMPING

HOLIDAY**

• 4 Garden boxes delivered throughout the year

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• Perfect for the smaller town garden

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• Easy to plant and grow with full growing guides supplied

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Space Required: Approximately 5-8m2 Can be grown in: Raised beds, vegetable patch, pots and containers or an allotment

Delivery 1 May Dispatch

Contains the following baby plants: Mixed Lettuce x 10 Mixed Strawberry plants x 6 Beetroot x 5 Perpetual spinach x 5 Leeks x 5 Wild rocket x 5 Rainbow chard x 5 Onions x 5 Carrots x 10 Peas x 10

Courgette x 3 Red cabbage x 5 White cabbage x 5 Savoy cabbage x 5 Mixed Tomatoes x 5 Seed potatoes x 10 Rosemary x 1 Chives x 1 Mint x 1 Sage x 1

Plus a 10 litre sack of wormcast fertiliser.

Delivery 2

June Dispatch

Contains the following baby plants: Mizuna x 5 Mixed Lettuce x 10 Celery x 3 Calabrese x 5 Celeriac x3 Carrots x 10 French green beans x 5 Runner beans x 10

Peas x 10 Beetroot x 5 Wild Rocket x 5 Mixed pepper & Chilli x 4 Pumpkins x 3 Parsley x 1 Coriander x 1

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July Delivery

Contains the following baby plants: Purple sprouting broccoli x 5 Cauliflower x 5 Swede x 5 Brussels sprouts x 5 Leaf beet bulls blood x 5 Beetroot x 5 Mixed lettuce x 10 Wild Rocket x 5 Courgette x 3

Peas x 10 Sweetcorn x 10 French green beans x 5 Butternut squash x 3 Carrots x 10 Thyme x 1 Marjoram x 1 Seed potatoes x 10 (to harvest at Christmas)

Plus a 10 litre sack of wormcast fertiliser.

Delivery 4

September / October Delivery This garden will provide a supply of fresh vegetables and salads from September right through the winter and beyond into the following spring.

Contains the following baby plants: Red russian kale x 5 Cornsalad x 5 Winter lettuce x 10 Spring green cabbage x 5 Winter purslane x 5 Tatsoi x 5 Pak choi x 5

Landcress x 5 Spinach x 10 Cavolo nero x 5 Borecole x 5 Spring onions x 20 Red knight mizuna x10 Packet of Broad bean seeds

Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Constant Gardens

Small Constant Garden £199

Includes delivery of the gardens*

Our Small Constant Garden is the original and most popular Constant Garden in our collection.

It’s a great affordable and enjoyable way for you and your family to enjoy really great seasonal food from your garden for the next 12 months.

• 5 Garden boxes delivered throughout the year

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Delivery 1

• Perfect for average sized gardens (10-15m²)

Mid March dispatch

• Easy to plant and grow with full growing guides supplied

In March you will receive a selection of organic seed potatoes ready to be chitted and planted into your veg patch, raised beds or containers.

These will include early, second early, main crop and salad varieties (10 tubers of each variety).

Plus a 10 litre sack of wormcast fertiliser.

Delivery 2

Late April dispatch

Contains the following baby plants:

YOU COULD

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Mixed Lettuce x 15 Red cabbage x 5 White cabbage x 5 Savoy cabbage x 5 Beetroot x 10 Perpetual spinach x 10 Leeks x 10 Wild rocket x 10

Rainbow chard x 10 Onions x 20 Carrots x 20 Peas x 10 Sage x 1 Thyme x 1 Chives x 1 Rosemary x 1

**Camping holiday for four people can be taken in July or August 2013 by those who order a Constant Garden or those who have been given a Constant Garden. A few terms and conditions apply so visit our website for more information. ***By comparing average yields from a year of growing a Constant Garden with the price of organic produce from a leading supermarket, we have calculated that you could save over £750 on food shopping bills. Plus you won’t have loads of packaging or lots of driving to the shops and it’s nicer to grab fresh stuff from your garden.

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Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Constant Gardens

Delivery 3

Mid may dispatch

Contains the following baby plants: Mizuna x 10 Lettuce x 15 Celery x 10 Cauliflower x 5 Calabrese x 5 Cauliflower romanesco x 5 Celeriac x 10 Carrots x 20

Courgette x 3 French green beans x 5 Runner beans x 10 Peas x 10 Tomatoes x 5 Pumpkins x 5 Artichoke x 5 Mint x 1 Parsley x 1

Also included with your Mid May delivery will be a 10 litre sack of wormcast fertiliser.

INCLUDES

FREE

Delivery 4

CAMPING

HOLIDAY**

Mid June dispatch

Contains the following baby plants: Purple sprouting Sweetcorn x 15 broccoli x 10 Cucumber x 5 Cauliflower x 10 Mixed pepper and chilli Swede x 10 selection x 6 Brussels sprouts x 10 French green beans x 5 Leaf beet bulls blood x 10 Butternut squash x 3 Beetroot x 10 Carrots x 10 Mixed lettuce x 15 Courgette x 3 Peas x 10 Marjoram x1

Delivery 5

Late August / September Delivery This garden will provide a supply of fresh vegetables and salads from September right through the winter and beyond into the following spring.

This garden contains the following growing baby plants: Red russian kale x 10 Landcress x 10 Cornsalad x 10 Spinach x 10 Winter lettuce x 15 Cavolo nero x 10 Endive x 10 Borecole x 10 Spring green cabbage x 10 Spring onions x 20 Winter purslane x 10 Red knight mizuna x10 Tatsoi x 10 Packet of Broad Pak choi x 10 bean seed

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Space Required: Approximately 10-15m2 Can be grown in: Raised beds, vegetable patch, pots and containers or an allotment

Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Constant Gardens

Allotment Constant Garden ÂŁ299

Includes delivery of the garden*

Our new Allotment Constant Garden will ensure your allotment or large growing area will be packed with fresh growing produce at different stages of growth throughout the entire year.

Your Allotment Constant Garden will comprise of a series of 5 gardens delivered throughout 2013.

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Space Required: At least 30m2

Delivery 1

March dispatch

Can be grown in: Raised beds, vegetable patch, allotment and pots and containers.

In March you will receive a selection of organic seed potatoes ready to be chitted and planted into your veg patch, raised beds or containers.

These will include 20 tubers each of early, second early, main crop and salad varieties.

Plus a 10 litre sack of wormcast fertiliser.

Early potatoes x 20 tubers.

Variety Colleen (or similar) Second early seed potatoes x 20 tubers.

Variety Maris Peer (or similar) Maincrop seed potatoes x 20 tubers.

Variety Isle of Jura (or similar) Salad potatoes x 20 tubers.

Variety Charlotte (or similar)

INCLUDES

FREE

CAMPING

HOLIDAY**

Delivery 2

Mid – late April dispatch Contains the following baby plants: Mixed Lettuce x 30 Rainbow chard x 20 Red cabbage x 10 Onions x 40 White cabbage x 10 Carrots x 40 Savoy cabbage x 10 Peas x 20 Beetroot x 20 Sage x 2 Perpetual spinach x 20 Thyme x 2 Leeks x 20 Chives x 2 Wild rocket x 20 Rosemary x 2

(Please note all garden contents may be subject to slight seasonal variations). **Camping holiday for four people can be taken in July or August 2013 by those who order a Constant Garden or those who have been given a Constant Garden. A few terms and conditions apply so visit our website for more information.

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Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Delivery 3

Mid may dispatch

Contains the following baby plants: Mizuna x 20 Lettuce x 30 Celery x 20 Cauliflower x 10 Calabrese x 10 Cauliflower romanesco x 10 Celeriac x 20 Carrots x 40

Courgette x 6 French green beans x 10 Runner beans x 20 Peas x 20 Tomato selection x 10 Pumpkins x 10 Artichoke x 10 Mint x 2 Parsley x 2

Also included with your Mid May delivery will be a 10 litre sack of wormcast fertiliser.

Constant Gardens

Delivery 4

Mid June dispatch

Contains the following baby plants: Purple sprouting Sweetcorn x 30 broccoli x 20 Cucumber x 10 Cauliflower x 20 Mixed pepper and Swede x 20 chilli selection x 12 Brussels sprouts x 20 French green Leaf beet bulls blood x 20 beans x 10 Beetroot x 20 Butternut squash x 6 Mixed lettuce x 30 Carrots x 20 Peas x 20 Courgette x 6

Marjoram x1

Delivery 5

Late August / September Delivery This garden will provide a supply of fresh vegetables and salads from September right through the winter and beyond; into the following spring.

This garden contains the following growing baby plants: Red russian kale x 20 Landcress x 20 Cornsalad x 20 Spinach x 20 Winter lettuce x 30 Cavolo nero x 20 Endive x 20 Borecole x 20 Spring green cabbage x 20 Spring onions x 40 Winter purslane x 20 Red knight x 20 Tatsoi x 20 Pak choi x 20 Packet of Broad bean seeds

Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Gardens

Compact Herb Garden ÂŁ24.99

Includes FREE P&P*

Fresh herbs are an essential ingredient for so many dishes, but can end up costing a small fortune when bought at the supermarket. This garden is ideal for those who love to cook with fresh, organic herbs but have limited space. These delicious culinary herbs are really straightforward to grow and many will carry on growing for a number of years

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You will receive 8 pots of growing herbs which may vary slightly depending upon the season: Rosemary Basil Sage Thyme

Parsley Mint Chives Marjoram

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Space Required: Approximately 1m2 Can be grown in: Window boxes, on the kitchen window sill, pots or containers, vegetable patch or an allotment

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Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Gardens

MOST POPULAR FOR URBAN GROWING

Window Box Garden £24.99

Includes FREE P&P*

If you thought you didn’t have the space or equipment to successfully grow your own vegetables then think again. This undemanding little garden has become incredibly popular with our urban Rocket Gardener’s where space is at a premium.

It looks great and produces a startling amount for the limited room that it needs.

Equally suited to busy city life or a student who’s recently flown the nest.

You will receive the following organic baby plants: Dwarf French beans x 3 Golden streak mustard x 10 Mixed lettuces x 10 Rocket x 10 Mizuna x 10

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Spinach x 10 Spring onions x 10 Beetroot x 10 Basil x 1 pot Parsley x 1 pot Chives x 1 pot

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Space Required: 1.5m2 Can be grown in: Window boxes, pots and containers, grow bags, raised beds, vegetable patch or an allotment

Food bills have rocketed so here is a great way to save yourself a fortune and grow your own. A Rocket Garden is a great start for any would be vegetable gardener.

Alan Titchmarsh

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Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Gardens

Whole Foods Market Garden £32.99

Includes FREE P&P*

We’ve teamed up with Whole Foods Market to create a Nutrient Dense Garden. The plants have been selected on the grounds of their high ranking on the ANDI scale, or Aggregate Nutrient Density Index’. It’s an innovative way of rating foods based on how many vitamins, minerals and antioxidants they contain compared to calories.

All of the plants in this garden are in the top 10 Andi scoring fruit and vegetables and are packed full of goodness.

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This garden contains the following baby organic plants: Spring Greens x 6 Red Russian Kale x 5 Cavolo Nero x 5 Green Borecole x 5 Spinach x 10

Chard x 10 Peppers x 3 Carrots x 10 Strawberry plants x 3 Tomatoes x 3

Space Required: Approximately 5m2 Can be grown in: Pots or containers, grow bags, raised beds, vegetable patch or an allotment.

Mediterranean Garden £36.99

Includes FREE P&P*

Bring the flavour of the Mediterranean to your kitchen garden. Full of heady smells, vibrant colours and delicious tastes this is a truly exotic mixture of vegetable and herb plants.

This garden contains the following baby organic plants: Mediterranean lettuce selection x 20 Italian Borlotti beans x 10 Basil x 3 Rosemary x 1 Oregano x 1 Italian parsley x 1

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Aubergine x 3 Artichoke x 3 Mixed pepper x 3 Tomatoes x 5 Rocket x 20 Courgettes x 4 Cavolo nero x 5

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Space Required: Approximately 8m2 Can be grown in: Warm sheltered garden, pots or containers, greenhouse, polytunnel.

Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Gardens

Large Vegetable Garden £54.99

Includes FREE P&P*

The big brother to our Small Vegetable Garden, this is the option for anyone serious about living the good life. Best suited to people with a good sized veg patch or even an allotment, it contains a selection of more than 200 plants. The mix of species and varieties is designed so that you can enjoy a steady supply of delicious produce for months to come. It could also save you more than £300 in food bills compared to buying organic vegetables in the shops.

This garden contains the following baby organic plants: Peas x 20 Courgettes x 4 Leeks x 15 Tomato selection x 4 Onion plants x 20 Seed potatoes x 15 Giant red mustard x 10 Carrots x 20

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Many thanks for my garden which arrived safely yesterday and all plants are spot on. It was like Christmas come early unpacking the plants from within the box.

David Snell, Lutterworth

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Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Gardens

Salad Garden £36.99

Includes FREE P&P*

This is one seriously healthy garden that buzzes with flavour. There’s no doubt about it, the best salads are those picked fresh from the garden. With this delicious selection you can say goodbye to plastic bagged, tasteless leaves sweating away at the back of the fridge. We have chosen varieties that taste wonderful, look beautiful and are easy to grow. With a mixture of delicate and fiery flavours you’ll have a continuous supply in your garden from Spring until Autumn.

This garden contains the following baby plants: Cucumber x 3 Rainbow chard x 6 Spinach x 10 Spring onions x 20 Giant red mustard x 10 1 pack of radish seeds

Rocket x 20 Mizuna x 20 Mixture of lettuces x 30 Dwarf French beans x 8 Beetroot x 10 Mixed tomato plants x 5

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Space Required: Approximately 8m2 Can be grown in: Raised beds, pots or containers, window boxes, vegetable patch or an allotment.

Large Herb Garden £36.99

Includes FREE P&P*

This garden, packed full of different herb plants, is perfect for a keen cook or someone who fancies growing something a little different. Many of the plants in this garden will grow on and provide fresh herbs for a number of years. Our herb plants are easy to grow and little space or gardening knowledge is required to get started.

You will receive 16 growing herb plants – 2 of each variety (8 varieties in total) from the following list: Rosemary Basil Sage Thyme Parsley Mint

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Chives Oregano Marjoram Vietnamese coriander Tarragon Lavender

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Space Required: Approximately 2m2 Can be grown in: Window boxes, on a kitchen windowsill, pots or containers, small raised beds or potager.

Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Gardens

AS SEEN ON

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River Cottage Veg Patch £39.99

Includes FREE P&P*

If you’re a fan of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and River Cottage then this is the perfect garden for you. Full of specially-selected vegetable plants

by Hugh and his team, it will bring a little of the River Cottage magic to your home.

Can also be given as a gift voucher – See Back Cover Watch Hugh talking about his rocket garden at www.rocketgardens.co.uk This garden contains the following baby organic plants: Rocket x 20 Mixed lettuce x 30 Dwarf French beans x 12 Runner beans x 8 Kale x 5 Courgettes x 3 Potatoes x 10

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Giant red mustard x 10 Tomatoes x 3 Peas x 20 Basil x 2 Parsley x 2 Borlotti beans x 8 Chard x 10

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Space Required: 10m2 Can be grown in: Pots and containers, grow bags, raised beds, vegetable patch

My passionate wish is that everyone should grow a little of their own food. Instant Gardens are the perfect way to get started on a veg patch if you’re new to growing or if, like me, you’ve got a bit behind with the digging and missed the start of the season!

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Gardens

Patio Container Garden £36.99

Includes FREE P&P*

This garden is perfect for people who want to grow but don’t have space for a vegetable patch or raised beds. The plants in this garden are ideal for growing in pots, containers or grow bags.

This garden will make a decked or patio area look beautiful and provide fresh produce from spring through until autumn.

This garden contains the following baby organic plants: Rainbow chard x 5 Rocket x 20 Garden peas x 12 Strawberries x 6 Spinach x 10

Tomatoes x 5 Courgettes x 4 Mixed lettuce x 30 Dwarf French beans x 10 Runner beans x 5 Mizuna x 20

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Space Required: Approximately 8m2 Can be grown in: Window boxes, on the kitchen window sill, pots or containers, vegetable patch or an allotment

Children’s Garden £34.99

Includes FREE P&P*

A fantastic collection of colourful and easy to grow plants.

This garden is crammed with easy to grow, colourful plants that will inspire kids of all ages. Children love to get outside, get a bit muddy and learn about the wonders of growing their own vegetables. Just wait until you see their faces light up when they pick their very own peas from the pod and discover the freshest, tastiest strawberries ever.

This garden contains the following baby plants: Pumpkins x 3 Courgettes x 3 Strawberries x 3 Tomatoes x 3 Runner beans x 5 Borlotti beans x 5

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Beetroot x10 Peas x 10 Carrots x 20 Mixed lettuce x 10 Spinach x 10 Potatoes x10

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Space Required: Approximately 8m2 Can be grown in: Raised beds, pots and containers, vegetable patch, grow bags, or an allotment.

Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Gardens

OUR MOST

POPULAR

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Small Vegetable Garden £39.99

Includes FREE P&P*

The perfect garden to start your grow your own journey. This is our most popular garden and makes it simple to begin living the good life. It contains all the kitchen garden favourites like potatoes and carrots alongside some more adventurous easy to grow plants, like kale and beetroot. Each garden comes with a basic growing guide for every plant and our website has lots of handy hints, tips, planting plans and recipes for enjoying the results.

Experience the freshest food possible: from fork to fork in minutes!

This garden contains the following baby plants: Rocket x 20 Mixture of lettuces x 30 Dwarf French beans x 12 Runner beans x 8 Beetroot x 10 Cauliflower x 6 Kale x 5

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Cabbage x 6 Courgettes x 3 Seed potatoes x 10 Giant red mustard x 10 Carrots x 20 Tomatoes x 3 Peas x 10

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Space Required: 10m2 Can be grown in: Pots and containers, grow bags, raised beds, vegetable patch or an allotment

We love our Rocket Garden. Everything you have sent us has flourished and we have had a great harvest.

Gabrielle Osrin , London

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Call the Rocket phone on 01326 222169 or visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Schools Project

We’re on a mission to

TURN THE UK'S SCHOOLS

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Our Schools Project, Dig For The Future, is helping thousands of schools and children across the UK to grow some of their own vegetables.

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We’ve designed two schools gardens to fit in perfectly with term times. The Spring Schools Garden can be planted early in the Spring Term with lots of veg ready to be harvested by the school summer holidays. The Autumn Schools Garden can be planted in September and into October, giving pupils lots of veg to be harvested in the run up to Christmas and beyond.

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Spring School Garden £49

Includes deliver y of the garden*

Contains the following baby plants: Mixture of lettuces x 30 Dwarf French green beans x 10 Runner beans x 10 Beetroot x 10 Spinach x 10 Cauliflower x 10 Cabbage selection x 10 Courgettes x 4 Leeks x 20 Carrots x 20 Tomatoes x 6 Seed potatoes x 10 Strawberries x 6 Wormcast fertiliser 1 x 10l bag (normally £14.99) Lesson plans, guidance notes and resources for teachers linked to key stages of the national curriculum.

Raise money for your School Gardening Project When any parent, teacher or governor connected with your school places an order with Rocket Gardens, using your Schools unique code, we will donate 10% of the order value to your Schools Rocket Garden account.** Funds that build up can then be used towards any Rocket Schools Garden or other products from our range.

To find out more and register to receive your Schools unique code visit the Schools Project pages on our website or call us on 01326 222169 **Please see our website for full details of this project

NO GARDENING

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Autumn School Garden

£49

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Mixed autumn / winter lettuce x20 Winter purslane x10 Chicory x10 Spinach x10 Tatsoi x 10 Rainbow Chard x 10 Red Russian Kale x10 Green curled borecole x10 Spring green cabbage x10 Calabrese x10 Spring onions x10 Pak Choi x10 Land cress x10 Giant red mustard x10 Mizuna x10 Pack of Broad bean seeds Cavolo Nero x10 Winter green cabbage x10 Turnips x10 Lesson plans, guidance notes and resources for teachers linked to key stages of the national curriculum.

Call the Rocket phone on 01326 222169 or visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Pick & Mix Selection This year we’ve grown a lovely range of individual plants for you to choose from.

Create your own perfect Rocket Garden or add extra plants to your garden order.

Aubergines 4 plants – £4.99

Artichokes 5 plants – £5.99

Butternut Squash 5 plants – £4.99

Calabrese 10 plants – £3.99

Beetroot 10 plants – £2.99

Golden Beetroot 10 plants – £3.99

Borecole – Curly Kale 10 plants – £3.99

Carrots 10 plants – £2.99

Cauliflower 10 plants – £3.99

Celeriac 10 plants – £3.99 Courgettes 5 plants – £4.99

Carvolo Nero 10 plants – £3.99

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Celery 10 plants – £3.99

Cucumber 5 plants – £4.99

Dwarf French Green Bean 10 plants – £4.99

Visit our website for our full range of individual plants and varieties

Lettuce (various varieties) 10 plants – £3.99

Individual Plants

Leeks 10 plants – £2.99

Rainbow Chard 10 plants – £3.99

Onions 10 plants – £2.99

Red Cabbage 10 plants – £3.99

Pea 10 plants – £3.99

Runner Beans 10 plants – £4.99

Wild Rocket 10 plants – £3.99 White / Red & Savoy Cabbage 10 plants – £3.99

Cauliflower Romanesco 10 plants – £3.99

Yellow Courgette 5 plants – £4.99

Berlotti Beans 10 plants – £4.99

Pumpkin 5 plants – £4.99

Spinach 10 plants – £3.99

Sweetcorn 10 plants – £4.99

Peppers & Chillies (various varieties) 3 plants – from £4.99

Tomatoes 5 plants – £5.99

Giant Red Mustard 10 plants – £2.99

Mizuna 10 plants – £2.99

Call the Rocket phone on 01326 222169 or visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Ornamental Plants

Ornamental Plants

New for 2013 is our wonderful collection of ornamental plants to brighten up your garden. All our plants are raised naturally in Cornwall, rather than being forced under heated glass houses.

Our range is growing all the time and we have good availability all year round. Do please visit our website regularly for new additions to the collection.

New Zealand Iris £4.95 Libertia Grandiflora A lovely long-lived hardy perennial with clusters of dainty white flowers which will flower from May until July. 9cm pot.

Just a few of our most popular ornamental plants are featured below.

Fleabane £5.95 Erigeron Karvinskianus

Oriental Chain Fern £4.95 Woodwardia Orientalis

Cape Daisy £4.95 ton Roy Osteospermum Canning

This beautiful, hardy, evergreen garden fern has the look of a tree fern but without the big trunk. Can easily be grown in containers and has a dramatic and prehistoric look. 9 cm pot.

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A spreading sub-shrub with toothed mid-green leaves and beautiful pink daisy-like flowers. Ideal for pots, tubs and containers. Suitable for inland or coastal conditions, walls and rockeries. 9 cm pot

Honeysuckle £5.95 Lonicera henyrii What summer garden would be complete without the delicious heady smell of honeysuckle? This beautiful plant is also great for attracting bees and other pollinators to your garden.

Evergreen. 1litre pot.

Visit our website for our full range of amazing Ornamental Plants

A woody-based carpeting perennial with grey-green leaves, Pretty yellow centred flowers with white petals fading through pink to purple. Evergreen. 1 litre pot

Ornamental Plants

Flower £7.95 Tovara Fleece n’ ephala ‘Red Drago Persicaria Microc

Superb foliage, which varies in colour, but is mainly maroon with dark burgundy, heart-shaped centres surrounded by a mintygreen chevron. The stems are bright red. 2 litre pot.

Agapanthus African Blue Lily £8.95 Agapanthus Africanus Gi ant Blu

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Brazilian Spider Flower £5.95 Tibouchina Urvillea na A beautiful large-leaved perennial with large tubular-shaped, pretty lilac-purple flowers with a white throat and veined purple. SemiEvergreen. 9cm pot.

A beautiful late summer flowering perennial plant with large round heads of deep blue flowers. 2 litre pot.

Coffee Plant £3 .95 Coffea Arabica

Tea Plant £4.95 Camellia Sinensis Var. ‘Assamica’ Enjoy growing and picking your own tea leaves. This lovely evergreen tea plant produces small fragrant creamy-white flowers with golden stamens. 9 cm pot.

Red Hot Poker £8.95 Knifophia Caulescens These spectacular looking plants provide tall spikes of red flower buds which open and fade to a beautiful orangey yellow.

Originally from South Africa this is an easy and undemanding plant to grow. 2 litre pot.

Our coffee plants are great fun to grow and make excellent house plants. They prefer plenty of light, ventilation and food, but do not over-water. 9cm pot.

Aeonium ‘Sunburst’ £14.95 A beautiful succulent with green, yellow and pink-tipped leaves and bright yellow flowers.

Ideal for growing in containers. 1 Litre pot.

Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Gardening equipment We can supply everything you need to help grow your Rocket Garden.

We have lots more gardening equipment available online including planters, containers, raised beds, plant protection, tools and other equipment .

Here are a few of our most useful and popular grow your own products.

Large Wooden Plant Labels

Salad & Herb Vertical Planters

Traditional Wooden Planters

£5.99

£9.99

£15.00

Pack of 5, 20cm x 2.5cm

Pack of two planters

Put outdoor walls and fences into productive use to create a living wall of salads or herbs.

Heavy Duty Raised Beds £29.99

W:100cm D:100cm H:30cm

These raised beds are made from interlocking sections which are easy to build without tools.

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79 x 52.5 x 15cm

Perfect for growing strawberries, salads or herbs in smaller areas.

Natural Willow Window Box Planter £9.99

50cm x 15cm x 15cm

This handy planter includes a planting bag.

Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

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Wonderful Worm Cast

Horticultural Fleece £9.99 6m x 2m Frostgard fleece protects plants from frost, birds and insect damage and provides a much quicker harvest time.

Strawberry Pop-Up Planter £9.99 With 8 side planting pockets, you can grow lots of strawberries in a small space!

Hanging Tomato Planter (twin pack)

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£14.99 Wormcast is the stuff that gardening dreams are made of. Unbelievably easy to use, it will help any Rocket Garden to blossom and grow, producing higher yields and healthier plants. Wormcast is a completely natural fertiliser made by earthworms as they munch through organic matter.

£7.99 Suspended from above, this is a great way to grow your tomatoes without needing to stake the plants as they grow.

Vegetable Patio Planters £9.99

Just scoop a handful around the base of each plant before popping them in the ground. You can also add wormcast to the area around your plants at any time to help feed them throughout the season.

10 litre sack - £14.99 3 x 10 litre sacks - £35

Set of 3 planters, perfect for growing a variety of vegetables, salad and herbs on patios or decking areas.

Call the Rocket phone on 01326 222169 or visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Fruit Gardens

Fruit Gardens & Fruit Plants

Fruit gardening conjures up lovely images of lazy days picking delicious juicy fruit and popping it straight in your mouth.

We have an ever expanding range of Instant Fruit Gardens and Fruit Plants for you to choose from.

Compact Fruit Garden £29.99

Includes free p&p*

This garden contains the following: 1 x Redcurrant bush 1 x Blackcurrant bush 1 x Gooseberry bush

4 x Raspberry canes 4 x Strawberries 1 x Rhubarb crown

Space Required: Approximately 10m2

Large Fruit Garden £49.99

Includes free p&p*

This garden contains the following: Blackberry bush x 1 Raspberry canes x 2 Redcurrant bush x 2 Blackcurrant bush x 2 Gooseberry bush x 1 Tayberry bush x 1 Strawberries x 12 Rhubarb Crowns x 2 Space Required: Approximately 20m2 Can be grown in: Vegetable Patch, raised beds,large containers or an allotment.

(Our fruit gardens aren’t totally organic yet but we are working on it!)

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Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Strawberry Plants

Fruit Plants

If you love picking strawberries fresh from the garden then try our strawberry plants which have been chosen for their delicious flavours and ability to crop throughout the strawberry season.

All plants can be transferred directly to the garden, container, larger pot, window box or grow bag and will normally fruit for three seasons or more.

Available from April until August.

Strawberries throughout the seasons pack £9.99

This pack contains 9 healthy growing strawberry plants of 3 different varieties all chosen for their delicious flavour and ease of growing.

3 x Honeoye - early season strawberry variety 3 x Cambridge Favourite - mid season strawberry variety.

3 x Judibell - late season strawberry variety

Strawberry plants pick and mix selection: 3 x Anablanca – white strawberries £4.99 3 x Honeoye - early season £3.99 3 x Cambridge Favourite - mid season £3.99 3 x Judibell - late season £3.99

Rhubarb Crowns Once you establish a rhubarb patch you’ll be able to enjoy this fruit for years and years to come.

1 x Rhubarb Crown (Variety Victoria) £3.99 3 x Rhubarb Crown (Variety Victoria) £8.99

Individual Fruit Plants: 1 x Blueberry plant - £5.99 1 x Blackberry plant - £5.99 1 x blackcurrant bush - £4.99 1 x Gooseberry bush - £4.99 5 x Raspberry Canes - £9.99 1 Redcurrant Bush - £4.99 We have a more extensive range of fruit plants available at www.rocketgardens.co.uk

Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Gardens

Autumn & Winter Vegetable Gardens Home grown, seasonal food has never been more popular and that’s why we’ve created our unique range of Autumn and Winter Gardens.

You will be amazed at how many interesting plants you can easily grow in the cooler months.

These gardens are delivered from late August until early October.

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Contents of these gardens may vary slightly depending upon the season *Valid for mainland UK addresses only. See website for delivery charges to remote areas of the UK.

Gardens

Small Autumn/ Winter Vegetable Garden £39.99

Includes free p&p*

Our most popular garden contains a wonderful selection of vegetables for you to enjoy growing and harvesting this autumn and winter.

This garden contains the following baby organic plants: 10 x Red Russian kale 10 x Green borecole 10 x Cavolo nero kale 10 x Winter green cabbage 10 x Spring green cabbage 10 x Green frills mustard 10 x Calabrese 10 x Turnip 10 x Winter purslane 10 x Corn salad 10 x Chinese Leaf, Tatsoi 20 x Spring onions 20 x Winter lettuce 10 x Spinach Packet of Broad bean seeds J Plant Me Harvest Me

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Autumn / Winter Window Box Garden £24.99

Includes free p&p*

This is the ideal instant garden for where space is limited. Plants can be grown in window boxes, containers or grow bags.

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Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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Rocket Camping

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For FREE CAMPING HOLIDAYS see page 3

Step back in time to the holidays of your childhood with our back to basics campsite. Select your own pitch, set up your tent & enjoy a real Cornish country experience.

Located in the heart of the beautiful Cornish countryside, our campsite is within easy reach of all the best that Cornwall has to offer, including countless stunning beaches, country pubs, and amazing locations.

Rocket Camping

Basic Camping

Come Basic Camping at the Rocket Gardens farm for as little as £5 per adult per night. Children are half Price.

If you become a Constant Gardener (see pages 3-8) you will receive an invite to a week’s Free Basic Camping for four people which you can enjoy in July or August.

Boutique Camping If you prefer a little more comfort then why not try our Boutique Camping experience which is available from June – September 2013.

Arrive at the Rocket Farm and your luxury bell tent, set in an acre of private meadow, will be set up, ready & waiting for you. Wake up in your comfortable double bed to the sounds of the countryside, relax in your private shower, collect eggs from your own chickens, enjoy veg fresh from your Rocket Garden, fire up your wood burning cooker; you’ll have everything you need to enjoy a truly magical luxury camping experience.

Boutique tent numbers are limited so please book early so we can reserve the weeks of your choice.

Prices from only £420 per week for a family of four, including private shower & toilet, bed linen, BBQ & patio area and one acre of private meadow.

You can find out more and book online at www.rocketcamping. co.uk or call the Rocket Team on 01326 222169

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Call on 01326 01326 222169 Call the the Rocket Rocket phone phone on 222169 or or visit visit www.rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketcamping.co.uk

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Return address: Rocket Gardens, Treverry Farm, Mawgan, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 6BD

Tel: 01326 222169

Email: enquiries@rocketgardens.co.uk www.rocketgardens.co.uk

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