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Our superb range of Mr Fothergills Seeds are now in stock across Blue Diamond.  We have a tasty selection of Broad Beans in stock and a great recipe for Broad Bean Bruschetta for you to enjoy! Ingredients: 200g podded broad beans 125g ricotta (or top with crumbled feta instead) 1 tbsp olive oil Lemon juice and zest Fresh mint leaves, 10 Ciabatta or sourdough slices Instructions: Pod the…

We are receiving a lot of questions relating to our plans for our Christmas Events this year. As you will appreciate, things may look a little different this year and we are currently looking at our plans to ensure that we can operate our events as safely as possible, with your needs in mind. As of yet, we are not in a position to share our plans with you right now, but keep an eye on our social…

Spring flowering bulbs have arrived and we have the best range to choose from. Bringing a vibrant riot of colour to your Spring Garden. Our Daffodils are British grown by farmers in Lincolnshire and supply bulbs by royal warrant! We have a vast array of tulips, crocus, allium, hyacinth and more. Including XXL super-sized bulbs. 5 minutes of effort, for 5 months of colour making growing flower…

We are pleased to let you know that Blue Diamond is taking part in the Governments 'Eat out to help out' scheme. This will be in place for the remainder of August, available Monday to Wednesday in all Blue Diamond cafes and restaurants.  The scheme enables you to have 50% off up to the value of £10 per guest, off food and drinks.  Alcohol is not included.  Bookings are not…

We are a stockist of Sph2onge, an innovative new cleaning sponge, featured today on ITV’s this morning on 23rd July 2020. SPh2ONGE products are highly engineered rubber polymer which have the absorbency ratio up to 8 times it's own weight!   Its dense material, when damp and applied on any soft or hard surface will instantly ABSORB any moisture with little to no pressure.   When…

An update for our customers The government has made it mandatory for customers who visit shops in England to wear face masks from 24 th  July 2020. The guidelines make it clear that our teams in both our garden centres and restaurants will not be required to wear face coverings.  Customers can remove their masks to consume food and drinks in our restaurants.  There will also be no…

Over the last couple of weeks, we have been slowly reopening our restaurants in a controlled manner to ensure the safety of our customers and teams. We are pleased to share with you the full details of all of our restaurant reopenings: 3 Shires Now open! Bicester Now open! Brambridge Now open! Bridgemere (Café Only) Now open! Cadbury Now open! Canterbury Reopening 03/08/2020 Cardiff Reopening…

We are opening more of our restaurants this week in a controlled manner, to ensure we are reopening safely for you and our colleagues.   Reopening soon are 3 Shires & Worcester - Opening on 27th July Canterbury & Cardiff Restaurants - Opening on 3rd August Hereford and Lower Morden Restaurants - Opening on 21st July  Melbicks Restaurant - Open from 20th July Orchard Park -…

MR FOTHERGILL'S COURGETTE ZUCCHINI It has come to our attention that a batch of our Mr Fothergill's Courgette Zucchini could contain a small number of seeds that could produce bitter tasting fruits. This could be due to unusually high levels of cucurbitacins, a naturally occurring toxin that is present in all courgettes, cucumbers and peppers.  Please be assured that we take every…

We are opening more of our restaurants this week in a controlled manner, to ensure we are reopening safely for you and our colleagues.   Reopening from Tuesday 14th July are Chatsworth Garden Centre, Derbyshire Matlock Garden Centre, Derbyshire Nailsworth Garden Centre, Gloucestershire Cadbury Garden Centre, nr Bristol Percy Thrower's, Shrewsbury Also, opening from Thursday 16th July…