Here at Thistle Doo, we specialise in plants for food forest gardens. These are perennial plants and trees that either provide food or support the systems necessary to grow food. Everything we have for sale is cultivated here in Essex. We don't post out plants. If you would like to place an order, please get in touch. When your order is ready, you can make an appointment to collect. We might also be able to deliver your plants for a reasonable fee.
Productive Kale that will last for years and produce nutritious and tasty leaves all year round. Comes as a well-rooted and healthy, potted plant. 1 Litre Pot.
Productive Kale that will last for years and produce nutritious and tasty leaves all year round. Comes as a well-rooted and healthy, potted plant. 1 Litre Pot.
All of our strawberry plants have currently been propagated from existing, random kinds of strawberry around the farm. Therefore we don't know what varieties you'll be getting. Rest assured though, they all make strawberries. 1 litre pot.
We cultivate many different types of mint. Applemint, chocolate, variegated. When you come to pick up your order, you can choose which ones you like the look of. They all make great tea. Small pot.
Sprinkle them on your muesli, stir them into your porridge, make redcurrant jelly. These plants will produce fruit for decades. Ours are two or three years old and come in a 3 litre pot.
Use then to make delicious jam or even your own Ribena. All our blackcurrants have been cultivated from various varieties so you'll get something random. They are all happy in our climate. have been propagated here in Essex and will provide you with delicious fruit for many many years. Sold in a 3 litre pot.
Just sweet enough to eat raw when ripe. Or jam them up. Sold in a 3 litre pot.
Delicious green gooseberries. Great for making jam or if you like your fruit sour, just sit beneath the bush and stuff them in your face on an early summer's day. Sold in a 3 litre pot.
Comfrey is edible but you don't want unless you're desperate. She's much more useful as a support species for your other perennial food plants. Comfrey has a deep tap root that sucks up nutrients from the soil and stores them in her leaves. You can harvest these leaves twice a year and use them in compost, make a liquid fertiliser (good for tomatoes) or just spread around the base of fruiting trees and bushes. The worms will do the rest for you. Comes in a 1 litre pot.
We are a new nursery and many of our plants are still babies. These guys are on their way and will mostly be available for sale from the summer of 2025
Rhubarb; Alpine Strawberry; Loganberries; Raspberries; Himalayan Indigo; Alder; Russian Olive; Sweet Chestnut; Cob Nut; Red Hazelnut; Almond; Barberry; Hosta; Sorrel; Lovage; Globe Artichokes; Jerusalem Artichokes; Asparagus; Szechuan Pepper Tree; Rose of Sharon; Korean Mint; Lemon Balm; Elder; Buddeleia; Rosemary; Sage; Oregano; Marjoram; Lemon Verbena; Chives.