Monkton Elm News, Events and Tips Blog

Children from Somerset can get up close to some furry friends and some slimy ones too during our Pet Centre’s Cuddle Club on Saturday, April 15 from 10am until 4pm.

Animal lovers looking for expert nutritional advice for the festive season are invited to meet representatives from James Wellbeloved pet food here on Saturday, November 19 during our normal garden centre opening hours.

We’re inviting children to our wildlife weekend being held with Exmoor Zoo on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24.

We’re calling on rabbit lovers to lend their support to Rabbit Awareness Week, which runs from June 18 until 26.

If you’re a fan of all creatures great and small then we’re inviting you to come along to our Wildlife Weekend on 25th & 26th July from 10am until 4pm.

Are you an animal lover? If so, we’re inviting you to come and get your pets professionally photographed by Don Davis in our Pet Centre on May 9 from 10am until 5pm and May 10 from 10.30am until 4pm.

We’re really looking forward to having representatives from James Wellbeloved visit on December 20th and 21st to chat to visitors about their animals’ nutritional needs.

Animal lovers who would like to feed their cat or dog with a natural, additive and preservative free food can try a new range we are stocking in our pet centre.

Join us on Saturday 7th June when we will have the wonderful reptile experts from “Reprobates South West” in store to show off their snakes and lizards.

Rosa’s Animal Roadshow allows children and adults alike to get up close and personal with some of the most common pets as well as some less common ones. Rosa will be going through all the pros and cons of owning animals to help people answer the question “is this animal right for me?” 

We’re looking forward to having representatives from James Wellbeloved visit on Saturday, December 21 to chat to visitors about their animals’ nutritional needs. They will be giving people tips and advice on how to keep their cat or dog as healthy as possible this yuletide.

We’re looking forward to having representatives from James Wellbeloved visit on Saturday, December 21 to chat to visitors about their animals’ nutritional needs. They will be giving people tips and advice on how to keep their cat or dog as healthy as possible this yuletide.

We’re inviting dog lovers to take their canine friends to meet Father Christmas in our festive grotto this year.

(From left to right)   Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre volunteers, Janet Vinnicombe, Trudi Howell and John Vinnicombe, with a selection of birds the charity has rescued. Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre will be here on Sunday, October 27th during our normal opening hours.

We will have a variety of animals here, including guinea pigs, rabbits, lizards and spiders for people to meet and learn about the proper methods of care on Saturday, October 26th.

Our Pet & Reptile Centre is now stocking Natural Instinct, a brand of raw dog food using top quality meat.  

Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre will be here on Saturday, September 28 during our normal opening hours.

Simon Anderson from the charity Support Dogs will be here on Saturday, September 21 and Saturday, October 12 from 11am until 3pm with his dogs, Miele and Olga.

(From left to right) Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre volunteers, Janet Vinnicombe, Trudi Howell and John Vinnicombe, with a selection of birds the charity has rescued. Representatives from Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre will be here on Saturday, September 28th during normal garden centre opening hours.

Our Pet Advisor, Rosa Nation, raised £500 for two rabbit welfare charities recently (August 24th, 2013) by penning herself into an indoor dog crate.