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Blue Diamond Garden have recently been featured in The Times newspaper, (Wednesday 19th April edition), in an article which relates to our upcoming auction of a limited number of Isaac Newton's Apple Trees. In collaboration with the National Trust, Blue Diamond will offer people the chance to bid for a limited number of these very special trees which are propagated from the original tree! Isaac…

The first of two acquisitions for 2023 have been confirmed by our Managing Director, Alan Roper, which will be ‘Beckworth Emporium’ in Northamptonshire. Blue Diamond will build upon the great food and catering experience at Beckworth which fits exactly the Blue Diamond AB1 target demographic.  The Emporium is located in Mears Ashby, nestled in the Northamptonshire countryside near the…

Volunteers have stepped in to restore a charity allotment after  vandals targeted it with salt . The rescue project was broadcast live on GMB after the attack on Carly Burd's allotment in Harlow led to a huge outpouring of national support. Huge bags of fresh topsoil were delivered on Friday morning by Blue Diamond's Harlow Garden Centre and mechanical diggers and volunteers set to work…

Our new Restaurant is now open at Blackdown Garden Centre, part of The Blue Diamond Group !   The Greenhouse Kitchen is open daily serving Breakfast from 9am, Monday to Saturday and 10am on Sunday. Breakfast finishes at 11.30am.   Our new Deli counter is open daily from 11am to 4pm and our Lunch menu is served from 12pm to 3.30pm.   We look forward to welcoming all of our customers…

On the 15 th  March 2023 colleagues from Blue Diamond Garden Leisure Teams were invited to an exclusive training day with Weber BBQ experts. The day was full of informative information and consisted of 4 workshops which happened throughout the day, Big Grills, Small Grills, Fuel and Lighting and Lumin and Accessories.  Each course provided in-depth detail on how each grill worked and…

The UK’s second largest Garden Centre Group, Blue Diamond, are partnering with BBC Radio 2 for Let it Grow by donating 45,000 packets of Forget me Not seeds. From the 27th March, visitors to any Blue Diamond Garden Centre will be able to pick up a free pack of Forget me Not Seeds so that they can get involved and give growing a go. The BBC’s Let it Grow initiative will help the nation “turn…

The Blue Diamond Group, who recognise that plastic compost bags are single-use, have been working closely with one of our key suppliers, Evergreen Garden Care. Research, recently conducted by the HTA/Foresight Factory in Oct 2021, shows that 71% of British adults are consciously trying to minimise their use of plastic to help the environment, and that 50% of adults do not believe that big…

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…

Premium Matcha Tea - Now Available at Blue Diamond!  Join the matcha tea revolution! We are pleased to announce the introduction of matcha tea at all Blue Diamond restaurants and cafés. Matcha tea is a finely-ground green tea - considered Japan's finest and rarest tea variety, obtained from Tencha tea leaves grown in shade. Incredibly popular in today's world for its numerous…