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Dianne Oxberry was one of the BBC’s longest-serving presenters, beloved by viewers who welcomed her into their homes on a daily basis. As the comedian Peter Kay famously remarked when gate-crashing her live TV weather report ‘Dianne Oxberry…God love her…you’ve made it sunshine for everybody’. He wasn’t wrong. When she died so suddenly of Ovarian Cancer in January 2019, it was…

Blue Diamond has won the coveted Silver Gilt Award at this year's Royal Horticultural Society Show at Hampton Court.  'Landscape for living’ is our Fryer’s Roses, Rose Garden, which is based on Garret Eckbo’s 1950’s book and his ethos for small gardens.  He believed they were ‘laboratories for developing new ideas and concepts'.  1950's gardens celebrated outdoor and…

Fryer’s Roses to Launch Two New Roses for 2019 at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival Fryer’s Roses, part of the Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres, is to launch two new roses at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, Reach for the Stars on behalf of Alder Hey Children’s Charity and Friends on behalf of the Greenfingers Charity. Reach for the Stars rose Launched by…

Our Managing Director, Alan Roper appeared on BBC Radio 4 'Your and Yours' programme earlier this week, discussing the success of the Wyevale acquisitions. Click the link to listen >  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0005t40

Fryer's Roses, part of the Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres have created a colourful, eye-catching display combining Fryer's roses and with herbaceous plants at the 2019 RHS Chatsworth Flower Show. The RHS Show at Chatsworth combines a  delightful mix of gardening inspiration, spectacular summer colour, have-a-go workshops and unique shopping within the magnificent setting of The…

TRELAWNEY GARDEN CENTRE, PART OF THE BLUE DIAMOND GROUP OF GARDEN CENTRES, RETURNS TO THE ROYAL CORNWALL SHOW FOR 2019 Visitors to this year’s Royal Cornwall Show in Wadebridge will be in for a treat this year with Trelawney Garden Centre making a long-awaited return to the Flower Show.  Trelawney Garden Centre is now part of the Blue Diamond Group of garden centres that have 30 centres…

We were pleased to welcome Channel 4's 'Extreme Cake Makeovers' to our Annual Awards Ceremony earlier this year, who filmed an episode based around a special cake we commissioned to celebrate our Managing Director's 20th Anniversary with Blue Diamond. An edited version showing Blue Diamond's appearance can be found by visiting  https://vimeo.com/336617226  The full episode can be found…

We are pleased to announce that the refurbishment of the plant department at Weybridge Garden Centre is now complete. Weybridge is now full of popular plants such as Lavender, Hydrangea, Buxus, Lupins, Foxgloves, Clematis, Bays, Palms, Acer and Cordyline all set out in easy-to-shop displays. We also have our very own Plant Market for instant colour from our extensive range of high-quality…

Watch Your Back! is a sun protection campaign by the Melanoma Fund that raises awareness of melanoma and other forms of skin cancer to those who love being out in their garden.  Although we are all vulnerable to the effects of the sun, it’s those who spend a lot of time outdoors without sun protection, and avoid checking their skin for change, that are most at risk.   This year our…

We are pleased to announce that the first phase of our refurbishment at Endsleigh Garden Centre near Devon is now complete.  This refurbishment includes a new gardening department, a food hall, house plants and outdoor plants. The Blue Diamond look and feel has been carefully added to the l arge, purpose-built garden centre to the east of Plymouth with  86,000  square feet of…