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We are a stockist of Sph2onge, an innovative new cleaning sponge, featured today on ITV’s this morning on 23rd July 2020. SPh2ONGE products are highly engineered rubber polymer which have the absorbency ratio up to 8 times it's own weight!   Its dense material, when damp and applied on any soft or hard surface will instantly ABSORB any moisture with little to no pressure.   When…

An update for our customers The government has made it mandatory for customers who visit shops in England to wear face masks from 24 th  July 2020. The guidelines make it clear that our teams in both our garden centres and restaurants will not be required to wear face coverings.  Customers can remove their masks to consume food and drinks in our restaurants.  There will also be no…

Over the last couple of weeks, we have been slowly reopening our restaurants in a controlled manner to ensure the safety of our customers and teams. We are pleased to share with you the full details of all of our restaurant reopenings: 3 Shires Now open! Bicester Now open! Brambridge Now open! Bridgemere (Café Only) Now open! Cadbury Now open! Canterbury Reopening 03/08/2020 Cardiff Reopening…

We are opening more of our restaurants this week in a controlled manner, to ensure we are reopening safely for you and our colleagues.   Reopening soon are 3 Shires & Worcester - Opening on 27th July Canterbury & Cardiff Restaurants - Opening on 3rd August Hereford and Lower Morden Restaurants - Opening on 21st July  Melbicks Restaurant - Open from 20th July Orchard Park -…

MR FOTHERGILL'S COURGETTE ZUCCHINI It has come to our attention that a batch of our Mr Fothergill's Courgette Zucchini could contain a small number of seeds that could produce bitter tasting fruits. This could be due to unusually high levels of cucurbitacins, a naturally occurring toxin that is present in all courgettes, cucumbers and peppers.  Please be assured that we take every…

We are opening more of our restaurants this week in a controlled manner, to ensure we are reopening safely for you and our colleagues.   Reopening from Tuesday 14th July are Chatsworth Garden Centre, Derbyshire Matlock Garden Centre, Derbyshire Nailsworth Garden Centre, Gloucestershire Cadbury Garden Centre, nr Bristol Percy Thrower's, Shrewsbury Also, opening from Thursday 16th July…

We are opening more of our restaurants on Saturday, 11th July in a controlled manner, to ensure we are reopening safely for you and our colleagues. Reopening this weekend are Harlow Garden Centre, Harlow Fryer's Garden Centre, Knutsford Fermoy's Garden Centre, Devon Wilton House Garden Centre, Wiltshire We will keep you up to date with further openings via our social media pages, and this…

DATED: 27th JANUARY 2020 TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED  31 DECEMBER 2019 Dear Shareholder The Group has enjoyed another very successful year in 2019, with the acquisition of seven further garden centres from Wyevale in September, the integration of the nine garden centres purchased from Wyevale in 2018 and a strong performance from the core, pre-Wyevale centres all contributing to…

We are pleased to announce our online partnership with World of Smile - a garden building and conservatory specialist.  World of Smile is a family-run business with many years of expertise in providing the finest conservatories, warm roofs, and garden buildings.  Along with offering a free design and quotation service, they employ a permanent team of builders. They also have a great…

Baking scones and grinding coffee beans, never smelt so good! We are pleased to be able to welcome you back to a selection of our restaurants from the 4th of July. We are opening our restaurants in a controlled manner, to ensure we are reopening safely for you and our colleagues. The first group of restaurants reopening on Saturday 4th July are: Bicester Garden Centre, Oxfordshire East Bridgford…