Halloween pumpkin carving & facepainting
To celebrate Halloween, we are giving the children the chance to create a pumpkin lantern, in our seasonal covered area from Saturday 25 th October until Friday 31 st October.
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West is best for our new restaurant build
We are aiming to keep the majority of our building work for our new restaurant with small to medium-sized businesses from the Westcountry rather than employing construction firms from further afield.
Autumn in the Plant Area
The nights are certainly drawing in and it’s getting darker much earlier these days. Plant expert, Andrew, gives us the latest from the plantaria and some advice for autumn gardening…
Perfect roast beef with our chef, Tom Elton
Hmmmm, delicious...here are a few of our Tom’s top tips on how to cook perfect roast beef...
Free Orchid Day
Want to get some advice on looking after your orchid from an expert? Manos Kanellos from Growth Technology will be hosting an Orchid Day at the garden centre on Tuesday 7th October.
Jobs in the garden
There’s plenty to be getting on with in the garden this month. Here are some of the tasks you could tackle this weekend.
Crochet classes for complete beginners
Want to learn a new skill ready for when the nights draw in? Come along to our six-week course: Crochet for Complete Beginners.
Plant Of The Month - October - Conifers
Conifers were very popular in the seventies where unfortunately it was almost overkill with conifers dominating many gardens, combining this with commonplace Leylandii monster hedges, they all got tarred with the same brush, “not suitable” or “old fashioned”.
Free advice on autumn planting
We’re inviting amateur gardeners to our Bulb and Autumn Open Week from September 22 until 28 to get free advice on autumn planting.