New Garden Centres to Blue Diamond

The Blue Diamond Group is pleased to announce that we are building 2 brand new garden centres in 2021. The developments will be at Scotch Corner, a junction of the A1(M) and A66 trunk roads near Richmond in North Yorkshire and also at Elveden on the Elveden Estate in Thetford, Norfolk. The development at Scotch Corner would be built next to the Scotch Corner Designer Village, which is due to open…

Blue Diamond is pleased to announce the acquisition of Bridgemere Garden Centre from Wyevale Garden Centres, bringing the group to a total of 37 garden centres across the UK and Channel Islands. The acquisition includes the freehold purchase of Bridgemere Nurseries. Alan Roper, Managing Director of Blue Diamond, said: "I am personally pleased to be acquiring Bridgemere Garden Centre and…

The Blue Diamond Group is pleased to announce that we have acquired a further 6 garden centres from Wyevale Garden Centres bringing our group to a total of 36 garden centres across the UK and the Channel Islands. The garden centres that we have acquired are as follows: Tunbridge Wells Garden Centre, Eridge Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8HR Lower Morden Garden Centre, Lower Morden Lane, Morden…

We are pleased to announce that we have today completed the acquisition of Nailsworth Garden Centre  from Wyevale Garden Centres, our 30th Garden Centre. Formerly known as Waterside garden centre it was designed and built by our Managing Director, Alan Roper, in the 90's before he joined Blue Diamond.  It was sold to Kennedys and then to Wyevale when that…

Blue Diamond is pleased to announce that we have acquired 8 new garden centres which we will be welcoming to our group! These 8 garden centres are former Wyevale Garden Centre's, who announced their sale earlier this year. We are pleased to inform you that the location of these 8 new Blue Diamond Centres will be located at: Bicester, Oxfordshire Endsleigh, Devon Sanders, Burnham-on-sea Cadbury…

Orchard Park garden centre has been sold to Blue Diamond.  The garden centre, which is situated on an 8-acre site on the edge of Gillingham in North Dorset, becomes our 21 st  garden centre. Orchard park was built in 2004 with strong annual sales. The site has planning consent to triple the size of the covered retail area to 5,000 sq m.  Our Managing Director, Alan Roper, hopes to…

Blue Diamond Ltd, the UK’s third-largest garden centre group, which is managed and controlled in Guernsey and owns Le Friquet Garden Centre has reported strong profits for 2016. It has also announced the acquisition of its 20th garden centre at East Bridgford, near Nottingham.    Following record profits of £6.6m in 2015, Blue Diamond managed to increase profits again in 2016 by 28%…

The Board is pleased to announce the acquisition of Coton Orchard Garden Centre, which completed on 5th December 2016. The centre is located just outside the fast-growing city of Cambridge next to the M11 in an attractive rural area surrounded by orchards. There is a large AB demographic within 30 minutes of Cambridge and no garden centre currently targeting it. The current centre has a turnover…

Blue Diamond announces today that it has acquired Harlow Garden Nurseries just outside London off the M11. The freehold garden centre has tremendous potential and will be redeveloped into one of the finest destination garden centres in the UK. Managing Director Alan Roper said, "We are very excited about Harlow Garden Centre. The previous owners have created a strong gardening offer and we intend…