About Earthbound
Earthbound Plants is an exciting new collaboration of experienced Italian plant growers and British horticultural experts. After over 20 years of business collaboration between Innocenti Mangoni Piante and Provender Nurseries, the businesses have come together to form a new offering, Earthbound Plants.
Earthbound Plants comprises of expertly selected collections of plants pulled together with only the end user in mind. Designed to make plant selecting easy and manageable so that your customer always gets the right plant in the right place.
Our curated collections are focused on real life situations and conditions found in your customers home garden. Backed by years of experience and knowledge we have simplified the process of selecting plants to allow your customer to make informed, confident decisions.
Innocenti Mangoni Piante
Innocenti Mangoni Piante have been growing plants in Pistoia in the heart of Tuscany for over 70 years. Over 1600 varieties of plants on 19 sites totaling over 355 hectares of nurseries. They produce trees and conifers, Mediterranean species, fruit trees, hedge plants, roses, plants formed for topiary art, grasses, perennials and ferns.
Provender Nurseries
Established in 2003, Provender Nurseries is a progressive, independent wholesale supplier of high-quality plants and trees alongside related landscape supplies and accessories to the horticultural trade industry. There has been a horticultural business on their cash and carry site since 1982 supplying specialist soils and growing media to the horticultural trade, something that Provender Nurseries continues to do to this day.
Provender Nurseries started selling plants from a small area on-site around 50m2 in size. Over the years, Provender Nurseries has expanded to over 18-acres of cash and carry selling space and is considered as one of the leading wholesale plant nurseries in the UK. Provender Nurseries pride themselves on their extensive range of quality plants, trees and related sundries, plant sourcing, horticultural expertise and of course, customer service.
Border Control Point (BCP)
Provender Nurseries became a control point (CP) in June 2024, this was so we could continue to unload and have plants inspected on our main site in Swanley, Kent. The reason behind the decision is that we are experts in handling plants and plant products, ranging from all sizes and shapes, and so we wanted to continue doing this, rather than risking the plant material that in some cases has taken 10 + years to grow, from being delayed and/or a reduction in the quality of the product due to the new import process.
Plant Healthy
Provender Nurseries are certified Plant Healthy ensuring that the highest standards are met and upheld in the day to day purchasing, maintenance and supply of healthy plants to our customers.
Plant Healthy is a quality assurance scheme created to protect horticultural supply business against destructive pest and diseases. Plant Healthy has been developed by the industry, with input from Government and sets out key requirements for plant health management.
The Plant Healthy initiative is a high level of voluntary certification for plant health in the UK, showing that Provender Nurseries has a responsible and ongoing approach to plant health and biosecurity. The overall aim of Plant Healthy is to improve the plant health & biosecurity management systems throughout the plant supply chain with all member nurseries being audited each year to ensure that the high standards are upheld and adhered to.
Earthbound Plants
Earthbound Plants comprises of expertly selected collections of plants pulled together with only the end user in mind. Designed to make plant selecting easy and manageable so that your customer always gets the right plant in the right place.
Our curated collections are focused on real life situations and conditions found in your customers home garden. Backed by years of experience and knowledge we have simplified the process of selecting plants to allow your customer to make informed, confident decisions.