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Get Your Hands Dirty and Spring into Gardening!
Spring is just around the corner, and for many of us, that means one thing: gardening season! The days are getting longer, the sun is (hopefully!) starting to peek through the clouds, and there’s a palpable sense of new beginnings. Now’s the perfect time to start planning your dream garden, whether it’s a sprawling vegetable…
Read MoreFall in Love with Jellycat this Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and what better way to express your love than with an adorable Jellycat companion? This year’s Valentine’s range is bursting with cuddly cuties, each with their own unique charm. But with so many lovable options, how do you choose the perfect partner? For the hopeless romantic Bashful Red…
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Prepare your garden for the new year
Prepare your garden for the new year with expert advice from Haskins’ Alasdair Urquhart. The turn of the new year is the time to plan, prepare, and plant your garden so it can flourish in the warmer months. Alasdair Urquhart, Haskins Garden Centre’s in-house plant expert, has shared his top tips for tending to your…
Read MoreHaskins welcomes Love Soul Choir for a sold-out charity performance
Haskins Ferndown has hosted a series of festive events in aid of Dorset-based service SPRING. The Christmas programme raised over £1000 for the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity. On Wednesday evening, the Bournemouth-based Love Soul Choir provided contemporary arrangements of recognisable pop and soul hits for an audience of customers and staff. Haskins Ferndown also…
Read MoreBrand-new Lakeland store
Haskins Garden Centres’ Roundstone destination welcomes a brand-new Lakeland store. A brand-new Lakeland store opens at Haskins Roundstone in November, enhancing the Angmering centre’s offering to the local area. Lakeland, taking its name from its founding home in Windermere in the Lake District, offers a variety of high-quality cooking, baking, cleaning, and laundry products. The…
Read MorePreparing Your Garden for Winter
With the UK’s unpredictable climate potentially presenting difficult conditions for gardeners this winter, Alasdair Urquhart, Haskins Garden Centre’s in-house plant expert, has shared his top tips to ready your garden for the challenging season ahead. Garden preparation “Winter can be a tough season for gardens, but a proactive approach will help maintain a haven…
Read MoreHaskins Garden Centres celebrates the success of Barista of the Year
Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre, Crawley, is celebrating the success of restaurant supervisor, Adam Kelly, who recently won the regional heats of Costa Coffee UK’s Barista of the Year competition to progress to the UK and Ireland final. Adam initially came top of Haskins internal competition, before also emerging victorious in the fiercely competitive Costa…
Read MoreHaskins Ferndown celebrates team leader’s 40 years of service
Kevin Holmes has been a cornerstone of Haskins Garden Centre’s Ferndown site for four decades. Haskins Garden Centres is celebrating the longstanding service of outdoor team leader Kevin Holmes, 56, who has been part of the Ferndown team for over four decades. Kevin is currently the business’s longest-serving member of staff after the Chairman…
Read MoreHaskins team leader presents her sustainable composting initiative to Garden Centre Association
Shelley Harrison from Haskins Snowhill will present her hot bin composting engagement scheme as part of national GCA competition. A team leader from Haskins Garden Centre, Snowhill, is encouraging change in the industry by presenting a compelling scheme to encourage increased hot bin composting, to the Garden Centre Association (GCA). Shelley is calling for increased…
Read MoreElevate your garden with the introduction of Pantone’s colour of the year, Peach Fuzz
Haskins Garden Centre’s in-house plant expert, Alasdair Urquhart, has shared his top plant choices to add vivid Peach Fuzz and create an abundantly coloured garden. Pantone has announced ‘Peach Fuzz’ as its colour of the year for 2024 – a gently elegant peach hue set to be a popular choice in the gardening and design…
Read MoreHaskins Garden Centre’s Snowhill destination welcomes brand-new Lakeland store
Haskins Garden Centre’s Snowhill branch welcomed a brand-new Lakeland store to the site, enhancing the Copthorne centres offering to the local area. Lakeland, taking its name from its founding home in Windermere in the Lake District, offers a variety of high-quality cooking, baking, cleaning, and laundry products. The new store opened its doors on 10th…
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