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We are pleased to announce, as part of our long term nature collaboration with the National Trust, our 2023 collection of seeds inspired by National Trust gardens, such as Bodnant Gardens and Calke Abbey. This collection features hardy annual flowers, biennials and perennials to fill your garden baskets, beds and borders with colour and scent all year round. Through sales generated from the…

Blackdown Garden Centre, off the A38 at Piccadilly on the West Buckland Road in Somerset, is currently undergoing a major refurbishment. As part of this refurbishment, we have now started the next phase which includes the total refurbishment of the restaurant. Due to this, the restaurant is now closed and will reopen in spring 2023. Blackdown Garden Centre has been a family run business for many…

Like in other years gone by, the Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres are delighted to have been able to donate real Christmas tree to children's hospices, charities or primary schools that are local to the 42 centres we operate, around the UK and the Channel Islands. These organisations benefit children and community groups in many ways and we are pleased to support them. Here is our 2022 list…

Read our latest blog, now available online at  https://bluediamondgc.blogspot.com/ It's very cold out at the moment with many parts of the country covered in snow or severe ice and although many plants we grow in our gardens are tough as old boots, frost, cold weather and cold winds can be fatal to some plants. Typical frost- and cold-sensitive plants include most summer bedding plants and…

Our centre opening times over the festive period do vary so please check before you visit. If you are viewing on a mobile or tablet, you may wish to download our opening times. PLEASE CLICK HERE to download a PDF.

Keep Your Christmas Lighting Costs Low with Energy Efficient Christmas Lights Every year when Christmas lights start to pop up in the neighbour’s garden or on the high street, it’s always an exciting sign that the festive period is upon us. Whether you choose understated fairy lights or go all out with a light-up Santa for the lawn, the sparkle of Christmas lighting always creates quite a…

The Big Blue Diamond Christmas Prize Draw 2022 is now closed. Congratulations to all of our winners!   The winners of 4 x top prizes of £250 are:   IONA HANLEY WENDY REES JOANNE LEES CHARLOTTE DAVIES   The winners of the 20 x real Christmas trees are:   LAURA JENKINS KATY BENNETT AMBER WALTERS MAREK GRITTA JACKIE HEMER DIANE CRIMES DAN O'HARE MEG KING KRISTA DOGGETT HELEN…

We are delighted to announce that we have acquired the Van Hage group of 3 garden centres in what our Managing Director, Alan Roper says is a landmark acquisition. The three sites are the flagship store at Great Amwell Ware, Chenies between Amersham and Rickmansworth and the Van Hage centre on the PE1 retail park at Peterborough. Blue Diamond will own and operate the retail park. Alan Roper said…

We are thrilled to announce the opening of two brand new, exclusive restaurants at Bridgemere Garden Centre in Cheshire. The Parlour Restaurant and Kipling Patisserie and Prose have now opened their doors and await you to experience a world of culinary excellence. Bridgemere is one of Britain’s largest garden centres and receives around 500,000 annual visitors. In the Parlour…

Wilton House Garden Centre, located in Salisbury has recently opened it's brand new restaurant, Kipling Parlour. The old restaurant was tired and the building needed a lot of work, so the old building has been demolished and replaced with a new, state of the art building. Breakfast dishes include a full English Breakfast to lighter bites from our 'Meet the Benedicts' range. The lunch menu is…