10/10/2026
ITS TIME TO ANNOUNCE ……
that Perfect Perennials is permanently closed.
After 4 relentless summers, a year’s break in 2026 was needed to recharge my batteries, and also to see if I could live without growing plants. It turns out I didn’t miss it as much as I thought I would.
There are a few reasons as to why this is the right time to say goodbye:
Growing over 12,000 plants single handedly every year is a major undertaking. Watering every single one by hand needs a helping hand from the weather gods and they have deserted Suffolk in recent years. The box hedging is dying off, as have 2 trees and would all need to be replanted. Also I created a monster which I just can’t keep on top of anymore.
I’m not one to blow my own trumpet, but I am extremely proud to have created a business from a ploughed field, a scribbled plan on a piece of paper, and a self taught passion for growing plants. I have met many, many people and made some very good friends along the journey. New and unexpected opportunities have opened up to us in the last 12 months and Karl and I are having fun exploring new adventures together.
I hope you have enjoyed your visits to my little plant paradise, and it gives me great pleasure to think that many of my plants will live on in people’s gardens for many years to come.
THANK YOUS: Firstly I couldn’t have done it without my father’s generosity, allowing me to take over part of his field back in 2004. To my family and villagers for looking after the nursery when I was off doing plant fairs or the occasional break away. And to ALL the people who came in and bought 1 bag of compost or a van load of plants, every sale was much appreciated. I will always smile when I remember those people who came in “just to have a look around” and then left with a box full of plants.!! A few customers were there for Day 1 and were still there at the end, you know who you are. But the biggest thanks go to Karl who gave me the confidence to go for it in the first place and backed me to the hilt every single day.
Please feel free to comment, post photos of my plants, or take the mickey.! I will miss the banter and laughs.
Happy gardening everyone.! ❤️ Darren.
