Collection & Delivery
FREE Click & Collect
We would love you to place your order online and collect from our plant centre!
Select the ‘Click & Collect’ option at checkout and we’ll have your order ready and waiting for you. We are open Friday and Saturday . Our plant centre stocks a range of garden products including tree stakes, ties and fertilizers – so you can walk away with everything you need to plant your trees.
We have been growing and selling fruit trees for over 50 years and are happy to chat with you to offer any advice we can.
Delivery
Bare root tree orders will be despatched from December to March and we will advise you of the expected date when ordering.
For pot grown tree orders delivery is usually within 10 working days and available all year round.
We have a standard delivery* charge of £16.99 for bare root trees including 1 and 2 tier espaliers, all bush and cordon trees.
For all bare root 3 and 4 tier espaliers, pot grown espaliers and half standards we offer a palletised delivery* service at £39 or £59 for all . Add your postcode at checkout to see which palletised delivery rate is offered.
For soft fruit orders only, the delivery charge is £9.99 and for strawberries and garden products only delivery is £3.99.
*Our standard delivery charge and palletised service applies to most areas in the UK mainland but excludes the Highlands, IOW, IOM, Channel Islands and the following postcodes: AB37, IV1,IV2, IV10-28,IV3,IV4,IV40 to IV56, IV6,IV7,IV8,IV9,KW1,KW10, to KW14,KW2,KW3,KW5-10,PA34, PA38, PA39, PA40, PH19-PH26, PH30-PH44, PO30- PO41, GY9. Our palletised delivery uses larger 7.5tonne lorries with tail lifts so will need reasonable access to deliver.
Delivery Questions
The bare-root season starts in November.
Any order placed for delivery will be despatched between December and February. When you place an order you will be advised the month of despatch.
If you choose to collect it will be available from us at our plant centre between December and March.
If you have any questions, or problems please contact us via phone or email and we’ll happy to help you.
Tel: 01420 488822
Email: info@southernfruittrees.co.uk
If you are not totally satisfied with your purchase, you can return the product (at your cost) and get a full refund. We must be informed of this within 14 days of receipt of your delivery. Any product you return must be in the same condition you received it and in the original packaging.
All plants will be sent in one order, so if we are waiting on certain items to come into stock your order may be delayed. However if this situation does arise we will notify you.
Your tree/s will arrive in a strong cardboard box.
If its a trained tree like an espalier or fan we will take time to fix it to a frame so that it arrives perfectly. We use hand made frames that no other nursery in the country has the skills to do.
Yes we can deliver all smaller pot grown trees in our boxes.
However, for larger pot grown espaliers will be delivered by pallet- special rates apply
No, our couriers will leave if it somewhere safe. You can always let us know when ordering or leave a note on the door for the courier to leave somewhere safe