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Garden Centres

Dobbies have garden centres across Scotland, England and Northern Ireland and we’re available 24/7 at Dobbies.com. Find out what’s going on at your local garden centre.

Christmas tree lights switch on at Atherstone

by Dobbies Blog Team on November 25, 2011

Join us at Dobbies Atherstone on Sunday for the Christmas tree light switch on and festive fireworks display. Heart FM breakfast presenter Ed James will [...]

Christmas lights switch on at Dobbies Melville

by Dobbies Blog Team on November 25, 2011

Join in the festive fun at Dobbies Melville garden centre, this Sunday. Celebrity Amanda Hamilton will be there to switch on the Christmas lights, and [...]

Surprise singalong at Dobbies Ashford

by Dobbies Blog Team on November 9, 2011

Dobbies Ashford was recently the scene of an impromptu ‘flashmob’ performance by a choir of eighty, raising awareness of Ashford-based children’s charity, The Caldecott Foundation. [...]

Halloween pumpkins from Dobbies Little Seedlings

by Dobbies Blog Team on October 31, 2011

There’s only one thing more exciting than carving a pumpkin on Halloween – carving a pumpkin you have grown from seed on Halloween. Children from [...]

Reminder: biggest coffee morning tomorrow

by Dobbies Blog Team on September 29, 2011

Dobbies staff are busy preparing for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning at Dobbies garden centres across the UK. The annual event takes place tomorrow as [...]

Flowery loos cause a stir at New Dobbies in Liverpool

by Dobbies Blog Team on September 23, 2011

Dobbies opened its doors for the first time in Speke, Liverpool today but access to the Gents’ was strictly open to women only. Men were [...]

Dobbies hosts World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

by Andrew Norton on September 21, 2011

As Dobbies Garden Centres makes final arrangements to host the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on 30th September, a 10 month old Dobbies customer with a [...]

Eco-living at Dobbies Peterborough

by Dobbies Blog Team on August 22, 2011

Dobbies Garden World in Peterborough is launching the UK’s first large-scale eco department, where customers can reduce their carbon footprint through simple changes to their [...]

Dobbies Peterborough – Now open

by admin on August 19, 2011

The new Dobbies Garden World at Serpentine Green in Peterborough opened its doors for the first time today. There to cut the opening ribbon was [...]

New Dobbies garden centre opening in Peterborough

by Andrew Norton on August 8, 2011

A new Dobbies store with a solar-powered car port will be opening in Peterborough, on Friday August 19th. The £8 million environmentally friendly development boasts [...]

Free cuppa at Dobbies

by Andrew Norton on July 28, 2011

Relax and enjoy a free cup of filter coffee or standard pot of tea in a Dobbies Restaurant, between 22nd July and 21st August 2011. [...]

New Dobbies Garden Centre Carlisle now open

by Andrew Norton on July 22, 2011

Dobbies Garden Centres welcomed its first customers to the £8m Garden World at Carlisle today (Friday 22nd July 2011) – marking the launch of the [...]

Dobbies Liverpool recruiting now

by admin on June 23, 2011

Dobbies is conducting a recruitment fair tomorrow for its new Dobbies Garden World in Speke, Liverpool. Due to open in autumn this year, the new [...]

Dobbies Big Garden Party

by Joel Rendle on June 14, 2011

Come along to Dobbies and join in a FREE weekend of summer fun! At Dobbies garden centres across the U.K. there will be lots of [...]

New Dobbies store opening in Carlisle

by Joel Rendle on June 9, 2011

A new eco-friendly Dobbies Garden World in Carlisle is on course for opening on July 22nd 2011. Construction work is proceeding as planned on the [...]

NEW Dobbies Garden Centre opens in Livingston

by Joel Rendle on March 18, 2011

Dobbies Garden Centres welcomed its first customers to the multi-million pound Garden World at Livingston, West Lothian today (Friday 18th March 2011). Dobbies Garden World [...]

Nature calls at new garden centre in Livingston

by Joel Rendle on March 17, 2011

Men will be banned from the gents’ at a the new Dobbies Garden Centre in Livingston for today only, to allow flocks of female customers [...]

New Dobbies Garden Centre opening in Ashford

by Dobbies Blog Team on March 1, 2011

A brand new Dobbies Garden World is opening in Ashford, Kent. Bringing 120 new jobs and a massive selection of plants, furniture and specialist aquatic [...]

Dobbies helps Pilgrims Hospice gardens grow

by Joel Rendle on February 28, 2011

Dobbies Garden World, Ashford, recently launched ‘Here We Grow’, a community campaign which offers free equipment, support and expertise to the local community to get [...]

Dobbies donate funds to Help for Heroes

by Andrew Norton on February 25, 2011

Dobbies Garden World Southport has donated a cheque to the value of £2836 to Help for Heroes. The funds were raised by Dobbies customers who [...]