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Home-Grown Plants from Nursery to Customer
Blue Diamond is the UK’s largest Garden Centre Group, with 50 centres across the UK and Channel Islands. In 2023 the Group expanded its nursery production portfolio. From one 56-acre nursery at Bridgemere, in Cheshire, Blue Diamond now owns an additional 5 nurseries, which grow and supply plants exclusively to its garden centres.
The six nursery sites are Bridgemere (in Cheshire), Badsey, Broome, Offenham, Westmancote and Worfield.
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Our Nurseries
The Nurseries have 100 plus acres of production dedicated to supplying Blue Diamond Garden Centre customers with 11 million home-grown, high-quality plants, which are garden ready.
That’s 10 million seasonal plants and 1 million perennials, shrubs trees and roses. With an emphasis on plant health, provenance and decreasing the environmental impact of production.
Bridgemere Nursery
Established in 1962, 60 years ago, by John Ravenscroft, Bridgemere Nursery has grown from 6 acres to over 40 acers (the size of 20 football pitches). Roses were the first crop and it was known as the Bridgemere Rose and Shrub Nursery.
Today the nursery forms part of Blue Diamond’s group of production nurseries growing plants for, not only Bridgemere Garden Centre but for now over 50 plant areas which form the Blue Diamond Group of Garden Centres.
The Nurseries include Bridgemere in Cheshire, Worfield Nursery near Bridgenorth and three sites in Worcestershire; Offenham, Badsey and Broom.
The nurseries grow 11 million plants annually, over 4,000 varieties and form one of the largest group of production nurseries in the UK.
When shopping at Blue Diamond Garden Centres you can be certain that many of the plants, not only are British grown but are grown by the Blue Diamond nurseries, whether it’s Shrubs, Perennials, Bedding, Vegetables, herb plants and many more.
….and our compost is peat free and our pots are fully recyclable!
"We are growers, gardeners and horticulturists. We don’t just buy and sell plants, we grow plants. We are hands on and deeply invested in providing the right care for our plants so they reach our customers in perfect condition. Our garden centres are built on strong horticultural foundations”
Jim Teague - Head of Blue Diamond Nurseries
Worfield Nursery
Worfield Nursery has grown high-quality plants in the heart of Shropshire for over 70 years. In 2023 the nursery joined the Blue Diamond family. The 7.5-acre nursery will supply the Blue Diamond Group with hardy perennials.
It grows:
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200,000 Heathers, Alpines and Rockery plants
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Seasonal Nurseries
The Blue Diamond Group acquired 4 nurseries, from the Glendale group, in summer 2023. The nurseries grow high-quality, seasonal plants.
"The acquisition was part of our strategy to secure our plant supply chain. Glendale has been supplying us with quality veg and bedding plants for years so it’s a perfect fit alongside our hardy plant nurseries at Bridgemere and Worfield"
Alan Roper, Managing Director, Blue Diamond Garden Centres
Badsey Nursery
In the vale of Evesham, the 8.5-acre nursery supplies the group with pack and pot seasonal and summer bedding including autumn primrose, polyanthus, fuchsia and cyclamen.
Broome Nursery
This 10-acre nursery near Alcester supplies the group with perennials, primarily for spot promotions, plants such as alstroemeria, dahlia, and cosmos.
Offenham Nursery
The 6-acre nursery near Evesham supplies pack and pot seasonal summer bedding, such as viola and primrose. It is the central despatch site for all 4 seasonal nurseries.
