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Today at around 3.30am in the morning, the warehouse at our Grosvenor Garden Centre in Chester, caught fire. Three fire engines from Chester, one from Ellesmere Port, one from Malpas, the aerial ladder from Chester, the High Reach Extendable Turret (HRET) and a number of relief crews attended the site to attempt to tackle the blaze. By 9.30am, the roof had collapsed so crews continued to…

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The Blue Diamond Group celebrated The Queen's Platinum Jubilee in style! We decorated our entrance areas with red, white and blue petunias and had a great selection of Afternoon Tea's, cakes and treats in our cafes and restaurants. Here are some of the images from the weekend: Staff at Bicester wore red, white and blue for the Jubilee Mere Park offered a wonderful selection of red, white and blue…

The Blue Diamond Group are celebrating the significant milestone reached by Queen Elizabeth II on reaching her Platinum Jubilee. On 6th February this year Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth. To celebrate this unprecedented anniversary, events and…

Mer, part of Norwegian renewable energy giant Statkraft, has entered into an agreement with Blue Diamond to provide over 300 electric vehicle charge points at its 39 garden centres across the UK. The installation of Mer EV chargers gives Blue Diamond customers the option to charge their electric vehicles with 100% renewable energy at its garden centres across the UK. The roll out is due to start…

WATCH THE VIDEO What a momentous day at Bridgemere Show Gardens, located within the grounds of Bridgemere Garden Centre. The formal relaunch of the show gardens attracted hundreds of guests and VIPs, as well as the original founder of the gardens, John Ravenscroft. The gardens were opened by Mr Ravenscroft, and Blue Diamonds Managing Director, Alan Roper. The day was filled with live music, happy…

Bridgemere Show Gardens, now owned by the Blue Diamond Group, are once again restored to their former glory following an extensive restoration and rejuvenation. These Gardens include 3 RHS Chelsea Medal winning show gardens. Formally known as ‘The Garden Kingdom’, and founded by John Ravenscroft in the 1980s to inspire amateur gardeners, these Show Gardens were once a popular visitor…

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…