Blue Diamond Garden Centres

The results are in….. We were overwhelmed with entries, and while every participant deserves support, only five can be chosen. We are excited to announce the winners are •Newton Abbot Centre Association •Kingshurst Community Garden •Friends of Holbrook Charity •Transition Town Wellington •Step Together Volunteering - Get Growing Project Well done to our winners and thank you to everyone that made a submission. For more on each winner, keep an eye out for updates visit : https://lnkd.in/ebtuxxfG

Our new look fashion department has been launched at Beckworth Emporium. On Tuesday night we opened the department with an exclusive VIP invite preview evening where the new fashion team and customers celebrated the department with canapes and champagne. What is different about this shop fit is our new ‘Boutique’ concept! The introduction of our Cerulean branded cash desk and new carry bags, it’s a shop within a shop. The new fashion department features our very own fashion label ‘Cerulean,’ designed in-house. While not new to our centres, it is making its debut at Beckworth.

We are thrilled to have been awarded a GOLD Medal at this years Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court flower show. Blue Diamond’s ‘Fryer’s Roses’ part of the group, is exhibiting in The Festival of Roses marquee this week. The design is inspired by a Mediterranean courtyard and aims to encourage creative gardening in small settings. Well done to the design and build team! Follow our social media accounts for more content throughout the week. For more information on Fryers Roses visit our website https://lnkd.in/eYxgm2jr

We are excited to be back at RHS Hampton Flower Show with two stands this year. We have one stand in the Floral Marquee in collaboration with the National Trust , and an exhibit in the Festival of Roses featuring our own brand, Fryer’s Roses. We are proud to introduce our brand new and exclusive rose, rosa ‘Believe in Yourself’, on behalf of the Stroke Association. Every year, over 88,000 people survive a stroke in the UK. However, surviving a stroke is just the beginning of a long and difficult recovery journey. The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK that provides lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. Rosa ‘Believe in Yourself’ is a unique rose, bred by Rosen Tantau. It is a compact shrub rose, reaching a height of approximately 50-80cm when fully grown. This rose features open, pollinator-friendly, highly fragrant blooms and is purple-pink in color. As part of our group, Fryer’s Roses will donate £1 from the sale of every 'Believe in Yourself' rose to TheStroke Association, a charity registered in England and Wales (charity no. 211015) and Scotland (charity no. SC037789), which operates as a charity across the UK. Breeder synonym: Tan15641

Inspired by our RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden, we are offering financial support to five community garden projects in the UK We will provide funding to support local groups in creating new community gardens or revitalizing existing ones. We aim to bring the beauty of the outdoors to the heart of communities across the UK, aligned to the beliefs of Octavia Hill, whose philosophy inspired our award-winning Chelsea Garden, that gardens & green spaces should be and can be for all. It is alarming that around 1 in 3 people in the UK lack access to nature-rich outdoor spaces near their homes, and in some deprived areas, there is no access to green spaces at all. To address this issue, we are offering a total of £10,000 worth of plants and garden care products to be distributed equally across five community gardens. Additionally, we will provide six hours of expert help and advice to ensure that these projects get off to a great start. Our support will continue over a year, with the hope that these gardens will bring the gift of fresh air and the joy of plants and flowers to the surrounding communities. To apply follow the application online (link in our bio). Entries close midnight 30th June Tag a community garden near you that might like to apply.

After a public consultation revealed strong support for the development of a new state-of-the-art garden centre in Alnwick, Northumberland Estates and Blue Diamond Garden Centres have submitted a planning application. #planning #commercialdevelopment #Northumberland #infrastructure #sustainabledevelopment

We are thrilled to announce that we have won the 'People's Choice' Award! We are over the moon that so many of you were able to connect with our Garden, whether through the BBC coverage on television, social media, or in person. It means a lot to all involved and completes this journey for us at RHS Chelsea 2024 as the event draws to a close tomorrow for another year. A sincere THANK YOU to all of you who voted 'The Octavia Hill Garden' as their favourite.

We are delighted to announce that we were awarded a Silver Gilt medal and won the Children’s Choice award for our Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond Garden Centres with the National Trust Designed by Ann-Marie Powell - FSGD Built by @tlc.uk Our MD Alan Roper said, “This is a garden to be immensely proud of and its a gardeners garden, with a rich variety of plants and a wonderful colour palette” We would like to congratulate all parties involved and thank the hard work and dedication to bring this project to life. The ‘People’s Choice Award’ opens tomorrow evening, we would love your vote!

RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2024 The show opens today live from our garden with Monty Don & Joe Swift THE OCTAVIA HILL GARDEN By Blue Diamond Garden Centre Centres with the National Trust

We are proudly supporting young people in horticulture with our continued partnership with The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation