Holden Clough Nurseries enters administration after almost a century in the Ribble Valley
Holden Clough Nurseries Limited, the plant nursery near Clitheroe in Lancashire's Ribble Valley that dates from 1927, went into administration on 3 November, with Katy McAndrew and Mike Dillon of Leonard Curtis appointed, according to a London Gazette notice published on 10 November.
The appointment was made in the High Court in Manchester under case number CR-2026-MAN-001569, the notice shows. Both administrators work from Leonard Curtis's Manchester office, and the notice gives a creditors' email address for the case. Neither the firm nor the nursery has made a public statement, and the Companies House register still listed the company as active on 11 November.
The nursery at Holden, near Bolton-by-Bowland, began as the kitchen garden of Holden Clough House and became an alpine nursery in 1927, according to its website. The Foley family bought it in 1978, and John and Kate Foley run it today. Alongside its own plants it has a café called The Reading Room, gift and interiors shops, workshops and craft markets, and a garden design service, The Wonder Garden. It was RHS Tatton Park Master Grower in 2023 and appeared on BBC Gardeners' World.
On 11 November the website still advertised Christmas markets from 14 November, paid wreath and craft workshops into December and a workshop in March 2027. It also sells gift cards online. The administrators have not said whether the nursery is trading, whether booked events will go ahead, or what happens to gift cards and paid garden design work.
The website says the team grew to 30 people in 2012, spread over the nursery, the café and landscaping work. How many people work there now, and how much is owed to suppliers, has not been published.
Why it matters: People holding workshop tickets, gift cards or unfinished garden design orders, along with staff and suppliers owed money, have heard nothing yet from the administrators about what happens next.
If this affects you
- Katy McAndrew and Mike Dillon of Leonard Curtis, Manchester, were appointed joint administrators of Holden Clough Nurseries Limited on 3 November 2026 in the High Court in Manchester, case CR-2026-MAN-001569. thegazette.co.uk
- In the UK, employees owed redundancy pay, wages or holiday pay by an insolvent employer can claim from the government's Redundancy Payments Service, using a case reference number from the insolvency practitioner. gov.uk
- Holden Clough Nurseries Limited is company 06772317 on the Companies House register. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Sources
- HOLDEN CLOUGH NURSERIES LIMITED: appointment of administratorsThe Gazette, Nov 10
- List of UK companies gone into administration this weekAdministrator.uk, Nov 10
- Our storyHolden Clough Nurseries, Nov 11
- Events, Markets and WorkshopsHolden Clough Nurseries, Nov 11
- HOLDEN CLOUGH NURSERIES LIMITED overviewCompanies House, Nov 11