Rainbow Plants, Holcombe Lane, Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11 1PG

Rainbow Plants is a wholesale plant nursery who sell direct to garden centres and a wide range of landscaping contractors and housebuilders. The Plant nursery operates from a 10-acre site which has benefitted from significant capital investment including many growing tunnels, auto-irrigation, water capture systems and solar panels.
The current owners have run the business for 12 years, during which time significant infrastructure projects have been undertaken and the business has grown significantly. The owners and are now looking to retire.

Rainbow Plants is located in East Devon on the outskirts of Ottery St Mary, around 15 minutes from the M5 and 5 minutes from the A30 Trunk Road.
According to the latest census data there are over 350,000 people living within a 25 kilometer radius of the nursery and the data highlights favourable local demographics with above UK average home ownership.The business is around 14 miles from Exeter, 5 miles from Honiton and close to the affluent Devon coastal towns including Sidmouth, Branscombe, Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth.

The plant nursery has a wide range of modern polytunnels as well as external growing areas. In
addition to the growing areas there is a large modern metal frame warehouse which is used for
plant and machinery storage and for deliveries and dispatch. Within the warehouse is an office from which the day to day administrative tasks are also undertaken.
There is onsite parking for around 10 customer vehicles plus and overflow carpark offering another 20 spaces.
To the north of the site is a triangle of land that is largely unused at present.

Services: Private drainage to the house.

The Nursery has recently installed water capture system which includes a large storage pond. The computerised irrigation system is fully automated with fertiliser dosage incorporated. The nursery water storage pond and integrated irrigation system.
Both the house and nursery have solar panels and Tesla battery system. The house can generate
4Kw hours and the nursery around 17Kw.

Situated on the South of the site immediately to the right of
the entrance on a private plot of around 1 acre is Woodys, a substantial 4-bedroom detached house constructed in around 1995. The property offers generous accommodation which is light, well presented and energy efficient. The property is designated an agricultural dwelling

Rainbow plants is an extremely well regarded wholesale supplier which is run in a streamlined fashion by the current owners. There is considerable potential to expand the operation and increase the range and number of garden centres and landscaping companies that are supplied by the nursery.
The business would be ideal for an experienced horticulturalist looking to own and run an exceptionally profitable business. The business could also appeal to an existing garden centre business looking to move into plant production to supply their business which is a trend that has been observed within the industry in recent years.
The business could also appeal to a buyer who is new to the industry as the business has a strong and experienced workforce and the owners could assist in a handover.

The business is run by the owner with the assistance of a small experienced team, full details can be provided to interested parties..