ABOUT US
Who are we?
Welcome to Rosara, an Oxfordshire plant nursery and destination for garden inspiration, outdoor living and considered, sustainable style.
Discover a wide variety of peat-free trees, hedging and herbaceous plants, alongside a thoughtfully curated shop, garden furniture, sustainable gardening essentials and seasonal pieces for the home. Take a break at The Green Room, our village café, or dine at The Yurt, our Michelin-recommended restaurant, where seasonal cooking celebrates the best of local produce.
Throughout the year, our programme of workshops, talks and community events brings people together to share a love of gardening, design and the outdoors.
Rooted in horticulture and guided by a commitment to nurturing nature, we’re here to help you create gardens and homes that are as beautiful as they are sustainable.
Rosara and Nicholsons share a site and a long history. While Nicholsons, our established forestry, landscape and ecology business, is now employee-owned, Rosara is finding its own way forward as a destination for plants, gardening, shopping and seasonal hospitality. We remain neighbours, sharing a place and a common ambition to nurture nature, while each growing in our own direction.
To find out more about Nicholsons and its consultancy and contracting services across Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire, visit nicholsonsgb.com.
Our plants are:
Peat-free
Growing plants in peat comes at a significant environmental cost, from the destruction of precious habitats to the release of stored carbon.
At Rosara, all our home-grown plants have been grown peat-free for over a decade. We’re committed to extending this approach across our entire range, working with our suppliers to ensure that no new peat is used in the growing of our plants from January 2026, in line with RHS policy.
Plant healthy
Rosara was an early adopter of Plant Healthy Certification, demonstrating our commitment to protecting the health of our plants and the wider environment. Our team is trained to identify and manage plant health risks, and we carefully select our stock with resilience and biosecurity in mind.
Best Quality
We’re proud of our horticultural roots. Every plant is carefully nurtured to give it the best possible start, and every customer has access to expert advice to help find the right plant for the right place. Plants play an increasingly important role in supporting healthy ecosystems, and we’re here to help you make informed planting choices that benefit both your garden and the wider environment.
We are proud to be Plant Healthy certified.
This means that we have systems in place for vetting suppliers, ensuring safe plant choices and having procedures in place for quality control and training staff one any plant health related issues. The certification helps the industry protect the UK against potentially harmful pests and disease