The Nursery
Trees, hedging, and plants grown at Shurdington Nurseries, our home site near Cheltenham. Stock for our own landscaping teams, for trade buyers, and for anyone in Gloucestershire who'd rather buy a tree from the people who plant them for a living.
Grown at Shurdington
What We Do
Silver Tree Services operates from Shurdington Nurseries on Whitelands Lane near Cheltenham, and the nursery isn’t just the address: it’s a working part of the business. Trees, hedging plants, shrubs, and seasonal stock are grown and held on site, supplying our own soft landscaping teams and available to trade and retail customers across Gloucestershire.
What the nursery means for your project
Most landscapers buy plants in when a job is confirmed, from whichever wholesale nursery has stock, at whatever condition it arrives in. Our planting schemes draw on stock we’ve grown and looked after ourselves, which means:
- Healthier establishment, because plants move a few hundred metres from nursery bed to lorry, not across the country on a haulage trailer
- Honest substitutions, because if a species on your scheme isn't right for your soil or site, we'll say so and suggest what is, from stock we actually know
- Sensible pricing on volume, because there's no merchant margin stacked between grower and planter
- Aftercare that means something, because the people guaranteeing the plants are the people who grew them
Buying from the nursery
The rescue job: land that’s been let go for five, ten, twenty years, brambles head-high, self-set sycamore and ash establishing, fence lines swallowed, and a buyer, insurer, or neighbour now forcing the issue. We knock it back in the right order, flail what flails, cut what needs cutting, grind what’s left, and either hand back bare workable ground or put it straight onto a maintenance cycle so it never gets this way again.
Planting, not just supplying
A nursery attached to a landscaping and tree care business means the whole job sits under one roof: species selection, supply, ground preparation, planting, staking and guarding, and the establishment care that decides whether a planting scheme thrives or quietly dies over its first two summers. For developers discharging planning conditions and estates running replanting programmes, that continuity is the difference between a scheme that passes inspection and one that needs doing twice.
Why choose Silver Tree Services
Silver Tree Services has traded for over 20 years from Shurdington, Cheltenham, with 30+ qualified staff across seven specialist teams, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification, ARB Approved Contractor status, and SMAS SSIP accreditation. Crews are NPTC-certificated with IPAF and CSCS where work requires it, RAMS are produced per site, DBS-checked operatives are available for sensitive settings, and public and employers’ liability insurance covers every job. The client list, NHS, Gloucestershire Police, Stroud District Council, Savills, the Church of England, is the vetting evidence.
Areas we cover
Nursery collection from Shurdington, near Cheltenham, with delivery and planting across Gloucestershire including Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, and the Cotswolds.
Guide prices
Plant prices vary by species, size, and quantity, from native hedging whips priced by the hundred to semi-mature specimen trees priced individually. Supply-only and supply-and-plant are both quoted free, and trade buyers should ask about volume rates. Call 01242 472560 for current stock and prices.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Nursery
Can the public buy plants from your nursery?
Yes. Silver Tree Services sells trees, hedging, and plants to both trade and retail customers from Shurdington Nurseries on Whitelands Lane, near Cheltenham. Stock varies through the year, so it’s worth calling 01242 472560 before travelling to confirm what’s currently available and opening arrangements. For larger requirements, hedging runs, screening, or specimen trees, tell us what you need and we’ll quote supply or supply-and-plant.
What plants and trees do you stock?
Stock typically includes native and ornamental hedging, screening trees, specimen and feature trees, native whips for woodland and boundary planting, and seasonal shrubs and plants, though availability changes through the year as stock is grown on and sold. Silver Tree Services can also source specific species to order for planting schemes across Gloucestershire. Call 01242 472560 with your list and we’ll confirm what’s on the ground at Shurdington and what we can bring in.
Do you plant what you supply?
Yes, and it’s usually the better way to buy. Silver Tree Services runs its own soft landscaping teams across Gloucestershire, so trees and hedging from the nursery can be delivered, planted, staked, guarded, and looked after through establishment by the same business that grew them. That matters most for hedging runs, screening, and planning-condition planting, where correct planting and aftercare decide whether the scheme establishes or fails.
When is the best time to plant trees and hedging?
The bare-root planting season, roughly November to March while plants are dormant, is the best and most economical window for most trees and hedging, and it’s when nursery stock is at its widest. Container-grown plants extend planting across more of the year with the right aftercare and watering. Silver Tree Services advises on timing for each species and site across Gloucestershire, and will tell you honestly if a job is better waiting two months for the season.
Why buy from a working nursery rather than a garden centre?
Because the stock is grown by people who plant for a living, not retailed as general merchandise. Plants from Shurdington Nurseries move a short distance from bed to site rather than spending days in haulage, the advice comes from teams who plant hundreds of trees a season across Gloucestershire, and pricing on quantity isn’t carrying a retail margin. Silver Tree Services also stands behind establishment when it plants what it supplies.
Can you supply plants for developers and planning conditions?
Yes. Landscaping schemes attached to planning permissions specify species, sizes, and densities, and Silver Tree Services supplies and plants to those schedules across Gloucestershire, with the establishment maintenance that planning authorities increasingly require. Drawing stock from our own nursery at Shurdington makes substitutions, phasing, and replacements straightforward, and our soft landscaping teams handle the planting, guarding, and aftercare under one contract.
Ready When You Are
Grown here, planted right.
Tell us what you’re planting and where, and we’ll quote supply from the nursery or the whole scheme, planted and established.
Or call · 01242 472560