National Trust Partnership

Blue Diamond Garden Centres in collaboration with the National Trust are delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist in this year’s Cultural Enterprises Awards for Best Licensed Product category, featuring our collection of plants, bulbs and seeds inspired by properties and gardens cared for by the Trust. These Awards celebrate success and creativity in the cultural income generation and…

We are heading to RHS Chelsea 2024 with a main avenue show garden.  The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust. Together with the  National Trust  this main avenue show garden celebrates Octavia Hill (1838-1912),  the pioneering co-founder of the National Trust, who believed green spaces and gardens were vital in everyone’s life. Octavia worked…

Europe’s largest conservation charity, the National Trust and Blue Diamond Garden Centres auctioned ten saplings propagated from the apple tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. At a presentation ceremony, held at Woolsthorpe Manor, the childhood home of Sir Isaac Newton and where he formed the Theory of Gravity, the 10 winners were presented with their saplings. Amongst the…

Our lovely friends at the National Trust have created an autumn with a crunch this year. Take a stroll surrounded by colour, spot wildlife and connect with nature when you escape into autumn. Experience the awe of the season at places in the care of the trust, by claiming a free, single-use pass to use between 18 September and 20 October 2023. You can find out all about this and more by visiting…

The auction of 10 saplings from the direct descendant of the apple tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s Theory of Gravity, has now closed and has raised more than £30,000. Blue Diamond Garden Centres, who have already committed to giving £1 million to the National Trust over 3 years, ran the auction and have been overwhelmed by the level of interest. The tree at Newton’s birthplace…

The final countdown...!   Auction ends TONIGHT at 8pm!   Take part in our once-in-a-lifetime auction to own a piece of living history, in association with the National Trust   Blue Diamond Garden Centres are offering people the chance to bid for a limited number of Isaac Newton’s Apple Trees, propagated from the original tree at Woolsthorpe Manor National Trust in Lincolnshire…

Now available in Blue Diamond Garden Centres is a collection of late-summer-flowering bulbs inspired by two beautiful National Trust gardens -  Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge  and  Killerton House, Devon . "The African Lily (Agapanthus) loves a warm sunny position, where it will provide an exotic display from late summer into early autumn. The sturdy upright flowers add important…

The Blue Diamond National Trust Rose Collection includes varieties inspired by the gardens of the National Trust ands is now available in all Blue Diamond Garden Centres or online at bluediamond.gg/roses-inspired-national-trust This collection also includes rosa Octavia Hill, named after one of the key founders of the National Trust To find out more about the Blue Diamond National Trust…

Blue Diamond Garden Centres is very excited and proud to officially announce its long term collaboration with the National Trust. The announcement was made at the Garden Press Event on Tuesday this week, an event which was well attended by press and media. Blue Diamond created an eye catching stand and was delighted to win the "Best Stand In Show" award for their efforts. The stand showcased the…

We are pleased to announce, as part of our long term nature collaboration with the National Trust, our 2023 collection of seeds inspired by National Trust gardens, such as Bodnant Gardens and Calke Abbey. This collection features hardy annual flowers, biennials and perennials to fill your garden baskets, beds and borders with colour and scent all year round. Through sales generated from the…