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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…

Each month we produce a dedicated page of free gardening hints and tips. Leaves are falling rapidly now we have arrived in November and wind and rain are on the increase. T ender plants will need protecting from frost, gales and freezing rains. Move plants into the greenhouse, or into a sheltered spot, but if you can't, it is worth wrapping plants or pots. Remember winter can be a tough time for…

Autumn has arrived in full force, and as the days grow shorter and the temperatures fall many of you will be looking for ways to help your local wildlife during the tough colder months. 87% of UK households have a garden, that’s over 10 million acres! So, our charity partner, Soil Assoication have a FREE digital Autumn Nature-Friendly Gardening Guide to help you create a haven for wildlife in…

Blue Diamond Scholarship winner, Jessica Mears, shares an update on her career. Having the Blue Diamond Scholarship made finishing my college course simpler. I was able to focus on my work and my qualification, rather than the cost of tuition and tickets. Part of my scholarship was used to contribute towards the tuition fees for my college course. I finished my course at Sparsholt College…

Each month we produce a dedicated page of free gardening hints and tips. October can be a glorious month in the garden, with clear blue skies and crisp days.  Everywhere you look, the autumn leaves are a blaze of rich warm reds, oranges and yellows, a last extravagant explosion of colour before winter arrives. The days are getting shorter, so make the most of good gardening weather whenever…