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Fri, Sep 3, 2010 4:52 PM
Centres host ‘Biggest Coffee Morning’
Centres host ‘Biggest Coffee Morning’
89 garden centres in The Garden Centre Group nationwide are supporting Macmillan Cancer Support’s national ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ this September. The centres will be offering visitors free tea and coffee in return for a donation to the charity.

   
Recycled trolleys wheeled out
Environmentally conscious shoppers can this month load up their shopping trolleys guilt-free. As part of its ongoing green initiatives, Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre has recently sourced refurbished supermarket trolleys to add to its various recycling initiatives. 

Award-winning orchid advice at Glee
AN RHS gold medal-winning orchid expert with more than 30 years’ experience will be joining one of the UK’s leading suppliers of plant nutrients at GLEE. Chris Channon, a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gold medallist for orchid displays, will be at the horticultural industry exhibition in Birmingham.
Wyevale Hereford strikes 24 ‘carrot’ gold
Horse lovers from Herefordshire helped create a mountain of carrots for their equine friends. Visitors to Wyevale Hereford Garden Centre donated their spare carrots to Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled.

 
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Begonia show 'blooming' success
Keen gardeners from South Wales attended the National Begonia Society South Wales Area’s Welsh Championship Begonia Show at Wyevale Swansea Garden Centre on Sunday and Monday, with 26 classes for members to enter. Manager Steve Gallivan said: "the event was a great success."

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