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New Year, New Garden: Revitalise Your Garden with These New Year’s Resolutions As we bid farewell to another year and welcome the possibilities of a new chapter, it’s the perfect time to plan and implement New Year’s resolutions for your garden. Just like personal goals, setting resolutions for your garden can help you make beautiful…

Britain Get Growing – December Delights in the Garden As the colder weather unfolds and Christmas draws near, it’s easy to assume that the garden is peacefully tucked away for the winter. However, the truth is, that there are still several gardening tasks to be tended to in December. In this quick guide, we’ll explore…

Discover the Beauty of National Tree Week with British Garden Centres National Tree Week takes place from November 25th to December 3rd and is championed by the Tree Council. It is the UK’s largest tree celebration annually launching the start of the winter tree planting season.  Trees planted in the autumn experience much less stress…

Britain Get Growing – Welcoming winter to the garden this November As November arrives, don’t let the cooler weather deter you from enjoying your garden. Embrace the opportunity to care for your garden during this season of change and enjoy the rewards as nature awakens in the coming months. The team at British Garden Centres…

Have you always wanted to start growing your own fruit and vegetables? or plant your own Kitchen Garden? Why not make 2024 the year to start? We will be guiding you through the whole process, so whether you are a complete starter or a seasoned professional we will have advice, hint, and tips on everything…

Potatoes are relatively easy to grow, with each individual seed potato potentially producing a number of potatoes to harvest. Growing Seed Potatoes Growing potatoes can be fun and rewarding. They are one of the easier vegetables to grow. You can grow potatoes in a small space in the garden or on your patio or balcony…

British Garden Centres (BGC) is the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group and the second-largest garden centre group in the UK with 62 centres around the country. The group is owned by The Stubbs family, who also own and operate Woodthorpe Leisure Park. BGC was launched in 1987 with the opening of Woodthorpe Garden Centre…

Plants at British Garden Centres Our plant department is well known for its vast range of outdoor and indoor plants. We pride ourselves on the quality and choice of plants we have on offer. From bedding plants to shrubs, specimen plants to trees, alpines to water plants and dracaena to orchids, you can be sure…

The Story of British Garden Centres The story of the British Garden Centres begins in the sleepy Lincolnshire village of Woodthorpe, the home of our company founders, Charles and Robert Stubbs. Charles started the business whilst still at school – he sold seedlings and Leylandii to neighbours and passers-by from a stall at the end…