We’ll help you choose your trees, with our expert advice
All our of team have specialist, expert tree knowledge. We’re a friendly bunch and are always happy to help you. You may see some of us working amongst the trees, so please do come and say hello. Otherwise, you can always pop into the office.
People are often surprised at the range of trees, shrubs, and hedging we have here on the nursery, available in a wide variety of sizes. From 20cm whips to 30ft semi-mature trees, most of which are British grown. With over 10,000 plants in stock, we are sure you will be able to find something to perfectly fit your requirements.
You won’t find unloved plants and bargain buckets here. We are a specialist tree and hedge nursery. Come and visit us to get expert advice, planting tips and help with choosing the right trees for your needs.
The beginning of Chew Valley Trees
The reason we set up Chew Valley Trees was the realisation that too much emphasis had been put on planting up new conifer forests at the expense of indigenous native broadleaved species. The demand for British grown trees was not being met and initially, growing native broadleaved trees from seed was the nursery's only activity.
The first major investment in machinery to help with this task was a Massey Ferguson 35X tractor with rotavator and loader, affectionately christened "Maggie". Anyone visiting the nursery today will be able to see that "Maggie" is still going strong.
Responding to customers needs has always been the motivation for developments within the business. As a result, a few years after setting up the nursery, we decided that as well as growing and selling trees, we would also undertake the planting of them. By 1993 the landscape arm of Chew Valley Trees was taking on large scale projects such as a 100 acre Community Forest wood at Compton Dando and the planting of some very large mature trees at the new Cribbs Causeway retail development.
Starting to do container production
In 1995, while continuing to grow bare root trees in a wider variety of species and sizes, we also introduced container grown production enabling customers to buy trees all year round. In 1999 we purchased an additional 8 acres to accommodate the increase in tree production.
We continue to grow in our specialist fields of hardy trees, shrubs, hedging and fruit trees. Much of the stock we now raise on site is container grown, ranging in size from 2 Litre - 500 litre pots. Since the beginning, we have been members of the Horticultural Trades Association. This has helped to enable strong relationships, built on knowledge and experience, to be made with other British nurseries with whom we trade.
Today Simon is even more involved than we are with the day to day running and decision making at Chew Valley Trees. He has literally grown up with the business being only 3 years old when the nursery began. We have been developing Chew Valley Trees for over 30 years. During those years we have gained a depth of knowledge only possible by working with and handling trees through many seasons and variations in weather conditions.
The main aim of all at Chew Valley Trees continues to be customer satisfaction, no matter if you are purchasing a single tree for your garden or a forest for the future we look forward to having the opportunity to meet your needs.
Chew Valley Trees
When we have a date in mind we will contact you by phone or email to let you know the day we are making deliveries in your area. If this day is not convenient for you and the tree(s) cannot be left outside, we will contact you again when we have another date available.
We completely understand that you will want to know as soon as possible when your trees will be delivered, but sometimes we can’t confirm a delivery date at the time of ordering. As soon as we have a firm date we will be in touch.
Our delivery service is kerbside only. The driver will unload your trees, but has no equipment for moving trees. Any help the driver gives is at their discretion. Please note the vehicle will not drive across grass or other soft landscaping. Trees will NOT be lifted over walls or fences, or taken through buildings.
