Monksilver Nursery is owned by renowned plantsman ("Mr Snowdrop") Joe Sharman

We offer a collection which is a mix of new varieties, or old resurrected plant varieties that are rarely found for sale in catalogues.  We hope that you will find something that you may not have seen before or that you thought wasn't available to buy anymore.

Joe Sharman is on both Instagram and Facebook. Ebay Shop: monksilversnowdrops 

10 March 2024 Our website is now accepting orders online. 

Next Event: Sunday 14 April 2024. Great Comp Spring Fling. 10-5pm.

For articles and broadcasts featuring Joe Sharman and Monksilver Nursery, check out the following:

Joe Sharman on This Morning (itv.com) - 12 Feb 2024

Joe Sharman, the ‘King of Snowdrops’, and the tale of the most expensive snowdrop ever sold (Country Life 2021)

His French Ladies Series' of celandines had a six page feature in the February 2020 issue of Gardens Illustrated.
Welcome to Galanthomania (The Spectator, 2015)
How does your Garden Grow: The Snowdrop Collector (Guardian, 2015)
How the Primrose can adapt to suit Every Taste and Garden (Telegraph, 2015)

Financial Times article on Joe (2011)
John Grimshaw's Garden Diary (2011)
Snowdrop days at Chelsea Physic Garden (2014)
How to spend it - a growing passion (2010)
Spring is on its way ... 'Grumpy' flower puts smile on grower's face (2011)
BBC Gardening Blog (2011)
Country Life - What to do in the garden in April (2010)
Gardens Illustrated - Brilliant Bulbs (2010)
Daily Mail - Snowdrop mania (2008)
The Telegraph - White gold (2007)
BBC Radio 2 - Snowdrop Mania (2010)

Joe Sharman was also profiled in the RHS 'The Garden' (January 2016)