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| 04.01.12 |
Farewell to Roundstone Garden Centre
Members who have attended the informal Roundstone Garden Centre café club over several decades were invited for free tea, coffee and snacks to commemorate the closing of the restaurant and original garden centre at Roundstone, near Worthing, on 6 January.
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| 05.12.11 |
Shoppers Warned to Protect their Presents
Christmas Shoppers at the Haskins Garden Centre at West End were reminded to protect their newly purchased gifts in both the car and at home.
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| 01.12.11 |
Strike Day Creates “Grandparents Day” Boost to Business
The major strike action on 30 November is known to have given a boost to some businesses in the region.
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| 30.11.11 |
Suppliers Preview New Garden Centre
Over 150 invited suppliers had the opportunity to view the new Haskins Garden Centre that is under construction next to the original Roundstone Garden Centre near Worthing.
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| 11.11.11 |
Award Winning Wellie Drying Product
Demonstrated at Garden Centres
An award winning innovative product that dries out wet wellies and other tall boots has been demonstrated at the Haskins Garden Centre at Ferndown, Snowhill near Crawley and West End, Southampton.
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| 04.11.11 |
New £2.3 Million Garden Centre Restaurant Opens
The Right Worshipful Mayor and Mayoress of Southampton Councillor Terry Matthews and Mrs Lesley Matthews officially open the new £2.3 million restaurant at the Haskins Garden Centre at West End...
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| 25.10.11 |
Snow Shovels Sell Fast for Christmas
The Haskins Garden Centre at Snowhill near Copthorne has had to request another delivery of snow shovels following unprecedented demand from customers.
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| 11.10.11 |
Team Promotes Good Mental Health
On World Mental Health Day (10 Oct) members of the Moorgreen Community Mental Health team were offered permission to promote good mental health at the Haskins Garden Centre at West End, Southampton.
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| 03.10.11 |
Ferndown In Bloom Presentation Evening
Honors Green Fingered Winners
The winners of the Ferndown In Bloom competition were presented their trophies, prizes and certificates at the award ceremony hosted by the committee Chairman Steve Lugg at the Haskins Garden Centre restaurant.
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| 29.09.11 |
50 Start Training for New Garden Centre Restaurant
With the new Haskins Garden Centre restaurant on target to open by November, the training of 50 additional catering staff is underway.
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| 21.09.11 |
GCA Awards for Garden Centre
The Haskins Garden Centre at Snowhill near Copthorne scooped 7 awards of merit from the annual Garden Centres Association awards.
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| 02.09.11 |
Key Buying Job for Nepalese Scholarship Winner
In 1984, Uri Rana-Bennett said goodbye to her family and friends in Kathmandu and left to study in England.
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| 02.09.11 |
Trolley Test for New Car Park
The first stage of the new 500 space car park at the Haskins Garden Centre at Roundstone near Worthing has been opened.
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| 22.08.11 |
Recruitment Starts for New £12 Million Garden Centre
With half of the steel structure for the new £12 million garden centre now standing, Haskins Garden Centres has started to recruit the additional 50 part time catering and 25 retail staff to start training from November.
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| 04.08.11 |
GCA Awards for Garden Centre
The Haskins Garden Centre at West End, Southampton scooped 11 awards of merit from the annual Garden Centres Association awards.
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| 02.08.11 |
Ferndown in Bloom Best Front Garden Winner Announced
A garden admired by many who travel along Ringwood Road has won the Ferndown In Bloom Best Front Garden category.
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| 26.07.11 |
Garden Centre Customers Thanked for Rifles Care
for Casualties £1160 Donation
Thanks to the generosity of customers over the last 9 months at a Dorset garden centre, a cheque for £1160 has been presented to the Rifles Regiment’s Care For Casualties Appeal.
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| 14.07.11 |
Garden Centre Helps School Launch Eco Project
Tanners Brook Junior School in Southampton has launched a new eco project that will involve all the 325 pupils.
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| 11.07.11 |
New Assistant Manager for Expanding Garden Centre
The Haskins Garden Centre at West End, Southampton has appointed a new Assistant Manager.
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| 21.06.11 |
Yellow Day Supports Melanoma Fundraising
Staff at the Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre at Copthorne wore sunflower yellow during the awareness week organised Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research Fund.
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| 11.06.11 |
Best Dressed Gardening Granny Competition Launched
The challenge to find the best dressed gardening grandparent in West Sussex has been launched by a garden centre near Copthorne.
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| 12.05.11 |
St John's First School Gains Plant Donation
The delivery team from the Haskins Garden Centre joined a small army of volunteers from the local community who donated plants and also their time to prepare a garden area at St John’s First School in Wimborne.
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| 10.05.11 |
Ferndown in Bloom 2011 Contest Launch
This year’s Ferndown In Bloom competition to find the homes and commercial properties with the most flower power in Ferndown has been officially launched by committee members.
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| 05.05.11 |
NEW £2.3M Garden Centre Restaurant Takes Shape
A specialist Dutch construction firm has moved onto the site of the new £2.3m restaurant extension at the Haskins Garden Centre, West End in Southampton.
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| 21.04.11 |
Rosemary Reaches £4000 Sponsorship
for Macmillan Cancer Peru Hike
Generous customers at the Haskins Garden Centre at West End, donated over £335 in just 2 days when they met Rosemary McKenna who is to participate in a hike across the mountains of Peru to fundraise for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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| 18.04.11 |
Glass Recycling as Roundstone Green Houses
Demolished for New Garden Centre
Contractors have demolished almost all of the 5 acres of commercial greenhouses next to the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre near Worthing.
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| 06.04.11 |
Donation for Wimborne Hospitial Patient’s Garden
Haskins Garden Centres has donated a sun parasol to be used in the patients’ garden following a request from Friends of Victoria Wimborne Hospital.
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| 24.03.11 |
New £12 Million Garden Centre Development Unveiled
Despite the difficult trading conditions faced by many retail groups, the privately owned Haskins Garden Centres Ltd will unveil to the public the design for a new £12 million garden centre development.
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| 22.03.11 |
Top Hotel Pastry Chef Appointed at Garden Centre Restaurant
Former Chewton Glen Hotel Chef De Partie Tuleen Pattinson has been appointed as an additional Pastry Chef at the Haskins Garden Centre restaurant at Longham, Ferndown.
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| 16.03.11 |
Kier Appointed for £2.3M Garden Centre Restaurant Construction
Haskins Garden Centres Ltd has appointed Kier Southern as main contractor to build the new £2.3 million restaurant at their West End centre in Southampton.
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| 16.03.11 |
Civic Day Garden Centre Tour
The Haskins Garden Centre at Longham was the first venue for a Civic Day arranged by East Dorset District Council.
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| 03.02.11 |
Garden Centre Team Gains Management Qualification
The first personnel from the four Haskins Garden Centres in Southern England and the head office have gained their Institute of Leadership and Management qualification.
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| 25.01.11 |
New Manager Appointed for Garden Centre Restaurant
The Haskins Garden Centre, Longham has appointed Roger Tate as the new General Manager of the 450 cover restaurant after 9 years with the company as Customer Services Supervisor.
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| 28.12.10 |
Remember to Recycle your Christmas Tree
Throughout January, the Haskins Garden Centre at West End, Southampton, is to be a collection point where any unwanted Christmas trees can be left for recycling.
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| 21.12.10 |
460 Cover Restaurant Announced for Hampshire Garden Centre
Haskins Garden Centres Ltd has announced that the existing restaurant at their £7m million turnover garden centre at West End, Southampton, is to be extended as part of a £3 million investment to enhance the centre built in 1996.
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| 09.12.10 |
Kids Xmas Evening Raises £1,470 for
Rifles Care for Casualties Charity
A Kids Christmas evening held by the Haskins Garden Centre at Longham, has raised £1,470 for the Rifles Care For Casualties charity.
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| 03.12.10 |
Special Christmas Evening Raises £240 for Children’s Hospice
A special fundraising evening held by the Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre near Copthorne has raised over £240 for the Chestnut Tree House, Children’s Hospice.
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| 23.11.10 |
Bulbs Planted by Ferndown In Bloom Volunteers
Ferndown In Bloom committee members were joined by other volunteers from the town to help plant over 4000 Daffodil and Hyacinth bulbs as part of a project to enhance the environment.
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| 16.11.10 |
Garden Wear Challenge for Fashion Student
A special Ladies Evening hosted by the Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown presented a special challenge for a Bournemouth and Poole College fashion design student from Merley.
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22.10.10
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Awards for Southampton in Bloom Competition Winners
Over 100 people attended the Southampton In Bloom competition awards ceremony hosted by the Haskins Garden Centre at West End.
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22.10.10
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Team Gains Garden Care Certification
For one day each week over the last 6 months, nine members of staff at the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre near Worthing have attended training and studied for their Garden Care Certificate Of Competence.
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14.10.10
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GCA Awards for Garden Centre
The Haskins Garden Centre at Longham has scooped 19 awards from the annual Garden Centres Association awards held at Savill Gardens in Windsor.
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07.10.10
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Rotary Club and Garden Centre Support Hospice Bulb Planting
The Haskins Garden Centre at West End and the Hamble Valley Rotary Club have supported the team of volunteer gardeners at the Countess Mountbatten Hospice by delivering and helping to plant over 2000 spring bulbs.
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05.10.10
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First Time Entrant Wins Ferndown In Bloom Competition
First time entrants Douglas and Valerie Briggs from Dorset Avenue in Ferndown gained the Overall Winner award, and top of the best front garden category, at the annual Ferndown In Bloom award ceremony hosted by the Haskins Garden Centre.
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01.10.10
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Horticultural Teams Win at Otterbourne
Thirteen teams from across the county competed in the annual Inter-Society Quiz held by the Hampshire Federation of Horticultural Societies.
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07.09.10
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Garden Centre Joins Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning
Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre near Copthorne will be joining the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning fundraising event for Macmillan Cancer on Friday 24 September.
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17.08.10
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Grow Your Own
Xmas Potatoes Planting Time
Visitors to the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre stopped to look with curiosity as the company’s Operation Manager Dean Ridley, aided by equally bemused staff, decorated a Christmas tree not only with traditional baubles, but with potatoes!
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02.08.10
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Wishing Well Dedicated to Rotary Club Fundraising
The charity wishing well at Haskins Garden Centre at West End, Southampton has been made available to the Hamble Valley Rotary Club for the remainder of 2010.
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29.
07. 10
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Southampton in Bloom Judges Start Inspections
Judges and Southampton In Bloom committee members gathered at the Haskins Garden Centre, one of the sponsors of the competition, to compare notes after a busy day of inspecting some of the 186 entries received from home owners, businesses and schools in the area.
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27.
07. 10
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£11,500 Presented to Help the Heroes
A cheque for £11,500 has been presented to Help The Heroes, the charity that supports wounded service men and women from the army, navy and royal air force on behalf of the customers and staff of the Haskins Garden Centres.
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20.
07. 10
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£50 Voucher Win for New Allotment Holders
Wendy Feltham from Ferndown is the winner of the Haskins Garden Centre vouchers worth £50.
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13.
07. 10
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School Plants Butterfly Garden
Pupils in the weekly gardening club at Parley First School, Ferndown have planted a new Butterfly Garden within the school grounds.
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08.
07. 10
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Britney Designs Winning Melanoma Cancer Warning Poster
A Pupil from Burstow Primary School has won a competition to design a poster warning of the danger of melanoma cancer.
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06.
07. 10
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Blooming Kern Appeal Judges Prepare
While waiting to judge the Ferndown In Bloom competition entries from the 19 July, Tim and Sue Hamlett have been encouraging residential and commercial property owners in the area to enter one of the 4 main categories.
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28.
06. 10
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Customers Praised for Green Finger Appeal Fundraising
Customers of the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre near Worthing have been praised for their generosity during the recent Greenfingers Appeal.
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14.
06. 10
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Square Foot Garden Presentation For Melanoma Awareness Week
A presentation that demonstrates what vegetables can be grown and nurtured in just a square foot of garden will be hosted by the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre near Worthing to support the Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research Fund.
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07.
06. 10
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Perfect Pastry Job for Kirsty
Former Avonbourne School pupil Kirsty Webster has been appointed Baker at the recently expanded cake and pastry counter at the Haskins Garden Centre Restaurant at Ferndown.
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25.
05. 10
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Sunflower Growing Competition Launched
for Melanoma Cancer Research
A Sunflower growing competition has been launched by the Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre at Copthorne to support the Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research Fund.
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07.
05. 10
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Customers Approve of New Easy Spot Uniform
Customers at the Haskins Garden Centres at Snowhill and Roundstone have praised the introduction of a new staff uniform.
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04.
05. 10
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Kathryn Returns as Garden Centre Team Leader
A former staff member at the Haskins Garden Centre at West End, Southampton has returned after a 3 years to take up a managerial role.
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26.
04. 10
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Ferndown In Bloom 2010 Contest Launch
This year’s Ferndown In Bloom competition was officially launched by committee members by one of the town’s welcome signs.
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20.
04. 10
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Spring Fundraising Event for British Heart Foundation
An fundraising event held by the Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre near Copthorne has raised over £200 for the regional branch of the British Heart Foundation.
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19.
04. 10
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Garden Centre Offers St.George’s Day Delights
The restaurant at the Haskins Garden Centre at Ferndown will be offering customers a wide variety of tasty treats especially made to celebrate the patron saint of England on St. George’s Day (Friday 23 April.)
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6.
04. 10
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Charity Easter Draw Winner Announced
An Easter draw held by the Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre near Copthorne has raised over £100 for the Greenfingers Appeal, which creates magical gardens for children’s hospices across the UK
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6.
04. 10
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Zach Wins Easter Bunny Hunt!
Two year old Zach Winn from Southampton has won the Haskins Garden Centre Bunny Hunt held on Easter Saturday.
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30.
03. 10
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Easter Bunny Hunt Launched by Garden Centre
The Haskins Garden Centre at West End, Southampton is to host an Easter Bunny Hunt on Saturday (3rd April). Children of all ages will be encouraged to find the location of 6 named Easter rabbits hidden throughout the indoor and outdoor areas of the centre.
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25.
03. 10
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Easter Colouring Competition Launched by Garden Centre
The Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre near Worthing has launched a kids colouring competition for Easter. Any child between the ages of 3-7 and 8-11 can enter and receive a free Lindt miniature chocolate rabbit and a pack of Thompson & Morgan seeds.
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22.
03. 10
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Garden Centre Gains Regional Awards
The Haskins Garden Centre at Ferndown has gained 2 prestigious regional awards announced at the national Garden Centre Association Annual Conference in Warwickshire. The annual awards are based on audits conducted by GCA appointed inspectors.
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08.
02. 10
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LET THEM EAT CAKE
Tasting launches Haskins new cake and patisserie display
Just 16 months since the Haskins Garden Centre at Longham opened its new £2.5m restaurant, a further £80,000 has been invested to create a 12m long cakes, traybakes and patisserie on display.
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22.
01. 10
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Kirsty appointed new Manager
for Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre
The 70 horticultural and catering staff at the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre have a new boss. Kirsty Goble from Fareham, is appointed General Manager of the popular garden centre following a series of promotions that created the vacancy.
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16.
12. 09
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Christmas
Evening Fundraises for Naomi House Children’s
Hospice
Over 500 children attended a special Christmas evening organised by the
Haskins Garden Centre at West End, Southampton to fundraise for Naomi House,
the children’s hospice. Father Christmas and his band of helpers
offered children activities including story telling, glitter tattoos, a
raffle and donations.
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09.
12. 09
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Christmas Fundraising Success for Worthing MENCAP
Thanks to the generosity of Christmas shoppers, the helpers and members
of the Worthing MENCAP society raised £445 in just one day (Sunday
6 December) of collecting at the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre. The
money will contribute to the running costs of Buddys, the information centre
and café operated by the charity on South Farm Road, Worthing, which
opened 3 years ago.
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24.
11. 09
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Haskins
Director Chairs Horticulture Trade Association
Group
Philip
Evason, Buying Director at Haskins Garden
Centres, has
been voted by the Horticultural Trade Association,
as chairman on the Retail Management Group.
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23.
11. 09
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Roundabout
Flows for Garden Centre Xmas Evening
A special Christmas Shopping Evening held by
the Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre at Copthorne
to help boost sales after months of low sales
due to
construction work of the new roundabout outside the centre was successful.
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20.
11. 09
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Vegetables Presentation Fundraises
for Jubilee Sailing Trust
A presentation entitled Bring Your Vegetables
To Life by Rosie Yeomans, a regular contributor
to
BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners Question Time, has
raised funds to enable more people with a range
of disabilities to participate on the tall ships
owned by the Jubilee Sailing Trust.
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13.
11. 09
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Garden
Centres Support BBC Tree O’Clock Free Tree Distribution
All of the Haskins Garden Centres are expecting
a large consignment of tree saplings that will
be made available free to the public and schools
taking part in the BBC Tree O'Clock Guinness World
Record Attempt that will take place across the
UK.
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11.
11. 09
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Xmas
Sales Give 20% Boost to Garden Centre Group
Whilst some people complain about retailers opening their Christmas departments
as early as September each year, Julian Winfield, Chief Executive of the Haskins
Garden Centre group that owns 4 centres in the south located at Ferndown, Dorset,
West End near Southampton, Roundstone near Worthing and Snowhill at East Grinstead,
believes that the 20% increase in Xmas product sales so far compared to last
year proves that shoppers are happy to make purchases early.
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22.
10. 09
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Awards
for Southampton in Bloom Competition Winners
The Sheriff of Southampton, Cllr. Carol Cunio, presented the winners of
the Southampton In Bloom competition their awards at a ceremony attended
by over
100 people held at the Haskins Garden Centre at West End.
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09.
10. 09
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From
Papers to Plants
The 89 full and part time staff
at the Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre have a
new boss. Nick Joad has been appointed as General
Manager to oversee the centre at Copthorne.
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01.
10. 09
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Ferndown
in Bloom Winners Praised by Organiser
In the presence of the Town Mayor Cllr Queenie Comfort, the winners of
the 2009 Ferndown In Bloom competition were presented their awards by committee
members District Councillor Lesley Dedman and Town Councillor Steven Lugg.
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15.
09. 09
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Hospital
Memorial Garden Opened
A memorial garden at the Queen Victoria Hospital at East Grinstead has
been opened thanks to the support of the Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research
Fund.
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02.
09. 09
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Time to Plant your Christmas Dinner Potatoes
More homeowners are turning parts of their
garden or patio to Grow Your Own areas and
enjoying the
tradition of planting, cultivating and nurturing
a wide range of fruit and veg to supplement a
healthier diet.
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03.
08. 09
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Ferndown in Bloom Winners Announced
The winners of the 2009 Ferndown In Bloom competition
have been announced. Three Judges took over five
hours to inspect the forty eight entries from
residential and business properties that
have participated
in the revived competition that did not happen
in 2008 following low entry numbers the previous
year.
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24.
07. 09
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Garden
Centre Gains Merit Awards (West End)
Staff at the Haskins Garden Centre at West End,
Southampton have been celebrating their success
following an award ceremony hosted at Biggin Hill
by the South Thames division of the Garden Centres
Association.
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24.
07. 09
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Garden
Centre Gains Merit Awards (Roundstone)
Staff at the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre
near Worthing have been celebrating their
success following
an award ceremony hosted at Biggin Hill by the
South Thames division of the Garden Centres Association
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24.
07. 09
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Garden
Centre Gains Merit Awards (Snowhill)
Staff at the Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre near
Copthorne have been celebrating their success following
an award ceremony hosted at Biggin Hill by the
South Thames division of the Garden Centres Association.
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22.
07. 09
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Garden Centre Scoops Top Regional Awards
Staff at the Haskins Garden Centre at Longham,
Dorset have been celebrating their success following
an award ceremony hosted at Biggin Hill by the
South Thames division of the Garden Centres Association.
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16.
07. 09
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New Head of Retail Operations Promoted at Haskins
Garden Centres
The £30 million turnover Haskins Garden
Centres group that owns garden centres near Bournemouth,
Southampton, Crawley and Worthing, has promoted
Dean Ridley as Head of Retail Operations.
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01.
07. 09
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Don’t Leave Dogs in Cars Warns Garden Centre Boss
Julian Winfield, the Managing Director of the Haskins
Garden Centres group that owns garden centres near
Bournemouth, Crawley, Southampton and Worthing,
has instructed managers to send regular patrols
into car parks checking that cars do not contain
dogs during the heatwave.
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02.
07. 09
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Garden Centre Rose Celebrates 60 and 20 Years Service
Colleagues and customers at the Haskins Snowhill
Garden Centre helped Retail Assistant Rose Dower
celebrate her 60th birthday (on 29 June).
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29.
06. 09
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“Sybil” Sue
Celebrates 60!
Colleagues and customers at the Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre helped
Sybil Fawlty sound-a-like Sue Ross celebrate her 60th birthday (on 28 June).
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