improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources notcutts news newspapers books scholar jstor free images april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message notcutts type private limited industry retail founded ipswich 1897 headquarters woodbridge products furniture plants pets gifts number of employees around 1000 website notcutts garden centres notcutts garden centres ltd. is a private limited company . the family owned group operates 18 individual garden centres across england 12 in the south east and 6 in the north west formerly part of the nwf group . notcutts also owns one of the uk s largest specialist ericaceous nurseries waterers 1 and rose specialists mattocks . 2 notcutts was founded in woodbridge suffolk in 1897 3 and remains a family owned business . their first retail garden centre was set up in woodbridge . products from notcutts range from plants to furniture and most notcutts stores across england include departments such as furniture planteria indoor plants pets and a restaurant area . the notcutts stores also have indoor shops which sell household products and other gifts . history edit horticulture on the woodbridge site dates back to 1749 when thomas wood purchased the land and started woods nursery which remained in the family for almost 150 years principally supplying fruit and forestry trees to large country estates and town houses . ownership eventually came to john wood who died without succession in 1897 and the nursery was put up for auction . the nursery was bought by roger crompton notcutt who had outgrown his first nursery site on broughton road ipswich . notcutts exhibited at horticultural shows including rhs chelsea hampton court gardeners world shows and the suffolk county show until 2008 . at rhs chelsea the company won 50 gold medals . in august 2007 110 years after purchasing the nursery business from the estate of john wood the notcutts family decided to sell the business to the management team of the nursery . notcutts cambridge was sold to scotsdales garden centre in october 2013 . notcutts acquired garden pride garden centre in ditchling in december 2013 . in april 2014 the bagshot centre was closed for redevelopment . references edit http www.notcutts.co.uk a complete notcutts history content fcp content waterersnurseries http www.notcutts.co.uk a complete notcutts history content fcp content mattocksroses http www.notcutts.co.uk fcp content a brief notcutts history section external links edit official website this article about a retailer in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this horticulture article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title notcutts & oldid 638692801 categories horticultural companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in suffolkgarden centresunited kingdom retail company stubshorticulture stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2008all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from april 2014all articles with topics of unclear notabilitypages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 december 2014 at 21 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view