Friday 3 November 2017

The Urban Jungle, Costessey

The Urban Jungle, Costessey, Norwich.Went on an adventure looking for this place, heard lots of good things about it, a garden centre but with a twist.
Looked on Google maps, seemed a bit difficult to get to if you havent got a car but not too bad, little did we know!!!
Got the Red Line bus from opposite Topman Norwich, got off in a huge new build estate in Costessey, the bus driver was lovely very helpful, carried on along the road using our google map, came to a huge building site, nobody stopped us, there was a huge muddy field with big yellow diggers working on it, carried on to the end of this road., and saw some big metal fences,bearing in mind we had just passed a group of three men working loading a truck with these fences, nobody stopped us, we got to the end and there was no way out, what do we do???? if we went back we had a detour of miles to get to the place, so we went up to the builders explained the situation, they said no, you cant go through there, but they did say we could maybe sneak along the edge of the muddy field and find a way through the hedge to the road, OMG what a palaver, we snuk around the field found an opening snuk through a little hedgerow through some nettles onto a road and there lo and behold was The Urban Junge about 10 yards away.
Well finally got to have a look round, lots of lovely plants, found a lovely Japanese grass id always wanted, the cafe was great, so cute, little tables and comfy sofas secreted away amongst  huge tropical plants very jungle like, a pool with the hugest Koi id ever seen in it, a little bridge over the pool, and a tiny waterfall, so cute.Not to mention the lovely plants.
Where you paid for the plants was a little shack, you rang a bell for someone to come, the gentleman was very friendly had a good laugh about the muddy field, saying id do anything to get a plant . They have a Bird thing going on in the next few weeks or so details probably will be on their website, Talking about that heard Tawny Owls in the nearby trees.
Needless to say we didnt go back the same way, missed the muddy field, got the bus further along the road near the pub The Harte of Costessey. Passed some lovely little cottages along the way back, definite garden envy going on , sooo pretty.
Pictures should be coming along soon, if you decide to go im sure you ll enjoy it.You must go.