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It's official! Blue Diamond is one of the UK’s best retailers for products for the kitchen, table and home, having reached the finals of the Excellence in Housewares Awards 2018 . The Excellence in Housewares Awards , now in its 19th year, are organised by Progressive Housewares magazine in conjunction with bira (The British Independent Retailer Association). The Awards recognise and reward the…

We have now closed Ed's play barn at our Garden & Home store at East Bridgford for refurbishment. The refurbishment project will take place throughout July and we plan to open the new play barn, which will be called Ed & Molly's Playbarn at the end of this month. The new play barn will have a brand new website which will be  https://www.edandmollysplaybarn.co.uk/ Please keep an…

Fryer’s Roses is to launch two new roses at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show - “Eirene” to commemorate the centenary of the end of WW1 and “Sarah Elizabeth” in memory of a young lady, who tragically lost her life in 2013. “Eirene” Rose   To commemorate the centenary of the end of WWI, Fryer’s Roses, is launching “Eirene”, a rose named after the…

Laura Williams recently competed at RHS Chelsea Flower Show for Florist of the Year and was awarded a bronze medal. Well done Laura on this superb achievement. 

BRITAIN’S favourite flower, the rose, is celebrated this month, with The National Rose Festival. It is an event backed by Fryer’s Roses which takes place between June 23 and July 1. The festival is aimed at focusing the nation’s attention on the rose and to encourage the planting and growing of roses in gardens and in containers. Throughout June, 50p from every Fryer’s rose sold through…

Well done to Nicola Beardmore from our Brown & Green store in Trentham Shopping Village for winning Young Cheesemonger of the Year 2018. This is very exciting for the whole team and is very well deserved. Well done Nicola!

Orchard Park garden centre has been sold to Blue Diamond.  The garden centre, which is situated on an 8-acre site on the edge of Gillingham in North Dorset, becomes our 21 st  garden centre. Orchard park was built in 2004 with strong annual sales. The site has planning consent to triple the size of the covered retail area to 5,000 sq m.  Our Managing Director, Alan Roper, hopes to…

Blue Diamond has become the very first group to pioneer own-brand fashion in UK and Channel Island garden centres. Head of Fashion Heidi Newton comments: ‘Cerulean’, our core range of own brand ladieswear designed by the buying team, launches this season and is sourced globally. This offers our customer a capsule collection of coordinating casual summer separates in silk, cotton and linen…

FRYER'S GARDEN CENTRE in Knutsford has been awarded a prestigious gong for the second year running rising up from a shortlist of 20 to win. The Manchester Road centre won Best Garden Centre for the year of 2017 beating 19 others. Bijal Mistry, store manager, said: “I am delighted with this award. I have a tight-knit team of loyal and hardworking staff, many of whom have worked at Fryer’s for…

At Brown & Green, we strive to bring you products that have been made by hand, made with heart and most definitely have a story. One such company is Ampleforth Plus, one of six enterprises set up by Yorkshire-based chairty, Autism Plus. They have been leading the way to raise awareness for Autism among adults and youths alike.   The main aim of Autism Plus is to create a…