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Blue Diamond Ltd, the UK’s third-largest garden centre group, which is managed and controlled in Guernsey and owns Le Friquet Garden Centre has reported strong profits for 2016. It has also announced the acquisition of its 20th garden centre at East Bridgford, near Nottingham.    Following record profits of £6.6m in 2015, Blue Diamond managed to increase profits again in 2016 by 28%…

Blue Diamond has won the coveted title of 'Britain's Best Multiple Garden Centre' at the Housewares Innovation Awards, which was held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on Monday, 6th February. Hosted by enthusiastic duo Si King and Dave Myers, also known as 'The Hairy Bikers', the Housewares Innovation Awards recognises the UK's most outstanding retailers and suppliers. Representing…

The Board is pleased to announce the acquisition of Coton Orchard Garden Centre, which completed on 5th December 2016. The centre is located just outside the fast-growing city of Cambridge next to the M11 in an attractive rural area surrounded by orchards. There is a large AB demographic within 30 minutes of Cambridge and no garden centre currently targeting it. The current centre has a turnover…

Le Friquet Garden Centre are proud to announce a donation of £10,000 recently made to Guernsey's beloved North Show! This has been raised through donating 10% of all outdoor plant sales in recent weeks.

'We're very proud to be supporting the North Show this year as it's such an important summer event in Guernsey's diary', says Garden Centre Manager, James Robin. Vice President of the North…

Friquet Garden Centre held their annual Family Fun Day on Saturday 30th July from 11am on their front lawn which was a great success bringing in more than 500 visitors on the day. 'Every year we hold our annual Family Fun Day in July to promote Le Friquet as the premier destination centre in the Island for families, we also use it to get children interested in gardening and support our charity of…

Fryer's roses, part of the Blue Diamond group of Garden Centres, was delighted to be awarded a Silver Gilt medal at last month's Tatton RHS for its feature in the Floral Marquee and a Silver medal for its Back to Back garden which also won Best Show Feature, as part of the Cheshire Gardens of Distinction group of gardens. Bijal Mistry, the Store Manager at Fryer's Roses, who designed and built…

Blue Diamond announces today that it has acquired Harlow Garden Nurseries just outside London off the M11. The freehold garden centre has tremendous potential and will be redeveloped into one of the finest destination garden centres in the UK. Managing Director Alan Roper said, "We are very excited about Harlow Garden Centre. The previous owners have created a strong gardening offer and we intend…

Blue Diamond, based in Guernsey and the third-largest garden centre operator in the UK, has just announced record profits before tax of £6.6m for the year ending 31 December 2015, an increase of £2.1m or 47% on 2014. Excluding exceptional one-off items, the underlying profit before tax would have been £6.9m. The Group enjoyed a positive year on all key measures, including strong like-for-like…

Fryer’s Garden Centre, part of the Blue Diamond group, took part in a 24 hour Plant-a-thon in order to raise funds for Greenfingers, a charity that create magical garden spaces for children’s hospices throughout the UK. On Friday, 18 th  to Saturday 19 th March, volunteers from all corners of the Blue Diamond group of garden centres rallied together and potted 1,350 bare root roses in…

Trentham Home & Garden has now completed its extensive refurbishment and will officially launch its new look on Friday, 8 th April. The £1million 3-month refurbishment has seen the centre transform into a unique destination shopping experience that inspires creatively throughout. ‘Trentham has been part of the group now for over 10 years and it was time to launch with a brand new look in…