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We are pleased to announce that we have today completed the acquisition of Nailsworth Garden Centre  from Wyevale Garden Centres, our 30th Garden Centre. Formerly known as Waterside garden centre it was designed and built by our Managing Director, Alan Roper, in the 90's before he joined Blue Diamond.  It was sold to Kennedys and then to Wyevale when that…

Blue Diamond operates its own loyalty scheme called “The Diamond Club”.   We are unable to accept Wyevale Garden Centres Garden Club Cards. The Diamond Club is a reward scheme which allows our members to take advantage of monthly promotions and offers throughout the centre as well as selected free hot drinks weeks, money saving vouchers as well as having full access to our Diamond…

Blue Diamond is pleased to announce that we have acquired 8 new garden centres which we will be welcoming to our group! These 8 garden centres are former Wyevale Garden Centre's, who announced their sale earlier this year. We are pleased to inform you that the location of these 8 new Blue Diamond Centres will be located at: Bicester, Oxfordshire Endsleigh, Devon Sanders, Burnham-on-sea Cadbury…

Fryer’s Roses, are to launch two new roses at this year’s RHS Tatton Park Flower Show – the “20 th Anniversary” rose and the “Elizabeth Ashbrook” rose. “20 th Anniversary” Rose To commemorate and celebrate the 20 th Anniversary of the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show, Fryer’s Roses, is launching the “20 th Anniversary” rose; a new and exclusive rose to Fryer’s Roses…

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!