Haskins Garden Centre staff conquer 5k challenge in aid of Faithworks Wessex
Twelve team members from Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown conquered the Bournemouth Marathon Festival Supernova 5K on Saturday October 6. The team from Haskins ran in aid of Faithworks Wessex, the centre’s chosen charity of the year for 2019. Faithworks Wessex is a local independent Christian charity that helps people get out of crisis and…
Haskins Garden Centres unveils Christmas department for festive early birds
Haskins Garden Centres has launched its Christmas shop at all four of its centres across the south. Customers can browse a huge variety of festive gifts for the home, plus inspired ideas for gardeners of all ages and abilities. There is also the chance to purchase decorations for the home, with a wide range…
Three is the magic number for Haskins Garden Centre in Cultivation Street’s Ambassador competition
Three customer services assistants from Haskins Garden Centres across the south have been announced as runners-up in Cultivation Street’s National Ambassador of the Year competition. Sophie Menjou, a Cultivation Street Ambassador for Haskins in West End (Hampshire), Diane Mackintosh and Toni Middleton, Ambassadors for Haskins in Snowhill (Sussex), have each received a highly-commended recognition…
Leading garden centre group announces the return of popular Bulb Festival
With it’s popular Bulb Festival now in full swing, Haskins wants to encourage gardeners to celebrate and showcase the fanfare of colours which can be achieved through bulb planting. Haskins’ Bulb Festival continues across all four garden centres until Sunday November 17. There are more than 250 bulb varieties on sale, with a focus…
Leading garden centre offers hints and tips on how to enjoy blackberries in peak season
The leading garden centre group, Haskins Garden Centres, wants to encourage gardeners to make the most of peak blackberry season with an easy and delicious blackberry crumble. Blackberries are extremely versatile and can be used in numerous recipes as they have a rich taste. Best harvested at the beginning of September, blackberries can be…
Haskins provides 600 reusable water bottles to staff to reduce its environmental footprint
Leading garden centre group, Haskins Garden Centres, has allocated all 600 team members with a reusable water bottle to help reduce single-use plastic in the overall business. Head office has been looking further into the company’s recycling and waste policy in order to make small steps along the way to reduce its environmental footprint.…
Successful Staff Promotions
Haskins Garden Centre celebrates successful staff and makes promotions. In 2018, Haskins were proud to promote 31 employees working at its centres across Dorset, Hampshire and West Sussex. The staff, totalling more than five per cent of the company’s workforce, range from back of house employees to garden centre support. Staff were recognised at our…
Institute of Learning Management Graduates
Haskins was proud to celebrate with the Institute of Learning Management, Level 2 graduates for 2017/18. Six members of staff studied the course in 2017/18 from our centres and Head Office. The ILM course is a recognised leadership and management training programme designed to enable staff to reach their leadership potential within the business. The…
GCA Catering Rising Star
Ben Ryding, Assistant Restaurant Manager at Ferndown was successful in getting through to the final of the GCA Catering Rising Star competition. Ben was recognised at our Celebration Day in March 2019.
Pride of Haskins Champion 2018
We would like to congratulate Cheryl Halsey, Assistant Team Leader at our Roundstone Garden Centre, on achieving Pride of Haskins Champion 2018. Cheryl was chosen from 190 nominations for over 100 members of staff to receive the award.