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The David Colegrave Foundation have announced this year’s scholarship awards, totalling over £25,000 of support for 11 students. The various awards help fund a wide range of students from 9 different colleges and universities throughout the UK. The first to be announced are the winners of the new scholarship sponsored by The Blue Diamond Group, which attracted a large number of applications…

We are supporting the relief effort in Ukraine The Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres are donating 100% of the sale proceeds for the ‘Peace’ rose to the Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal. Since the start of this campaign, on the 4th of March 2022, over 600 “Peace" roses have been sold to date, amounting to more than £10,000 in donations which will be paid to the British Red Cross Ukraine…

Easter Opening Hours 2022   GOOD FRIDAY All centres open as normal   EASTER SATURDAY All centres open as normal   EASTER SUNDAY All centres are closed - except: (Chatsworth Garden Centre Plant Area Open – 10.30am to 4.30pm. Internal areas are closed) (Evesham Garden Centre Restaurant Open via side entrance) (Trentham Restaurant Open via terrace doors)   BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY…

Jill Kerr, our resident Rose Category Manager for Fryer's Roses has been out on location filming a video that digs deeper into the history of Fryer's Roses. We also have some hints and tips for you in these easy-to-watch videos and also we have some special roses to show to you. Take a look at this video now by visiting  https://youtu.be/uNnxmF22T-o  Also, in our second video, we take…

The brand new and exclusive 'Lady Eve Balfour Dahlia' collection has arrived at Blue Diamond! Lady Eve was the founder of the Soil Association, Britain's leading organic food and farming organisation. The Soil Association is the charity that digs deeper to transform the way we live and care for our natural world. The mission of the Soil Association is help everyone understand and explore the…

A congregation of around 600 gathered in Manchester Cathedral on Thursday evening, 10th March, to celebrate the success of the Blue Diamond Group over the past two years. MD, Alan Roper, led the Blue Diamond event, dancing onto the stage before extolling the great efforts of his garden centre teams. "By investing all our profits back into the centres we have rapidly grown in size.  We'll be…

In order to show solidarity to the people of Ukraine, the Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres are donating 100% of sale proceeds of the ‘Peace’ rose to the Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal The Peace rose was named in 1945 to mark the end of World War II. At the inaugural meeting of the United Nations, held in San Francisco in late 1945, Peace roses were handed out to each of the delegations…

Due to our ongoing, exciting refurbishment plans, we would like to advise customers that the following restaurants will be temporarily closed. Melbicks Garden Centre, Birmingham (Main Restaurant) - Closed from Monday 28th February for approximately 6 weeks.  Sanders Garden Centre, Burnham-on-Sea (Main Restaurant) - Closed from Monday 21st February for approximately 6 weeks. Wilton…

On the 13th February from 10am to 4pm the Cheshire Climate Ambassadors are holding a 'Show The Love' event at Bridgemere Garden Centre, Nantwich CW5 7QB. We will be occupying a corner of the main entrance, with a variety of activities for visitors designed to encourage them to think about their carbon footprint, and show their love for our beautiful planet. Activities will include: 1. Show The…

The Blue Diamond Group are saddened to learn of the death of gardening writer and broadcaster Peter Seabrook, who has died aged 86. The Blue Diamond Group had worked with Peter to promote The Sun Newspaper's "National Prettiest Rose Competitions" which Peter had run, in 2018 and 2019. Peter was a supportive and enthusiastic man with a huge love of roses. He will be greatly missed.