Events

The Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres is delighted to donate £6,000 to the Rose Society at this year’s Malvern Autumn Show (28 th and 29 th September). Blue Diamond, who own Fryer’s Roses, pledged the donation to the Society to enable the Society to do more to support the rose industry and to promote roses generally. Fryer’s Roses are internationally renowned and have gained prestigious…

Dianne Oxberry was one of the BBC’s longest-serving presenters, beloved by viewers who welcomed her into their homes on a daily basis. As the comedian Peter Kay famously remarked when gate-crashing her live TV weather report ‘Dianne Oxberry…God love her…you’ve made it sunshine for everybody’. He wasn’t wrong. When she died so suddenly of Ovarian Cancer in January 2019, it was…

Fryer's Roses, part of the Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres have created a colourful, eye-catching display combining Fryer's roses and with herbaceous plants at the 2019 RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. The RHS Show at Chatsworth combines a  delightful mix of gardening inspiration, spectacular summer colour, have-a-go workshops and unique shopping within the magnificent setting of The…

TRELAWNEY GARDEN CENTRE, PART OF THE BLUE DIAMOND GROUP OF GARDEN CENTRES, RETURNS TO THE ROYAL CORNWALL SHOW FOR 2019 Visitors to this year’s Royal Cornwall Show in Wadebridge will be in for a treat this year with Trelawney Garden Centre making a long-awaited return to the Flower Show.  Trelawney Garden Centre is now part of the Blue Diamond Group of garden centres that have 30 centres…

Our Managing Director, Alan Roper spoke this week at The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA), 'Cultivating Retail' – a collaborative one-day event for retailers, suppliers and growers. The event, first announced at the HTA Garden Futures Conference last year, aims to provide a mix of strategic and inspirational content from external…

FRYER'S GARDEN CENTRE in Knutsford has been awarded a prestigious gong for the second year running rising up from a shortlist of 20 to win. The Manchester Road centre won Best Garden Centre for the year of 2017 beating 19 others. Bijal Mistry, store manager, said: “I am delighted with this award. I have a tight-knit team of loyal and hardworking staff, many of whom have worked at Fryer’s for…

Friquet Garden Centre held their annual Family Fun Day on Saturday 30th July from 11am on their front lawn which was a great success bringing in more than 500 visitors on the day. 'Every year we hold our annual Family Fun Day in July to promote Le Friquet as the premier destination centre in the Island for families, we also use it to get children interested in gardening and support our charity of…