Longacres Blog

Now we’re really on the countdown to Christmas and everyone is in a rush to decorate the house and garden for the holiday season, plus all those gifts to buy for friends and family of course! Come to Longacres where you can find everything in one place – from decorations to food, giftware to garden ornaments. There’s so much to choose from you won’t know where to start! Here are our horticultural highlights from our Bagshot store.

Longacres has partnered up with Springfree to offer you the chance to win an 8ft Springfree Trampoline this Christmas! Find out more details on how to enter on our blog.

Everyone loves giving or receiving a flowering houseplant during the festive season. Here are our top five best loved plants, plus care guidelines to share so that we all get the best from our plants.

Fancy winning yourself a £100 Longacres voucher to use in stores? To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is take a photo of your Christmas Tree on your favourite social media site using the hashtag #ChristmasAtLongacres

Take a look at our blog for a list of all the days around the last week of 2018 of when Longacres Bagshot, Longacres Bybrook Barn, Longacres Chobham and Longacres Shepperton will be open.

Here is our handy guide on how to create your very own fresh wreath for this festive season. Don't forget, you can buy all the essential materials at Longacres Garden Centre or speak to a member of floristry staff who can create a stunning buttonhole for you.

Whether you’ve bought a pot grown, potted or cut Christmas tree – here are our top tips for keeping your Christmas tree looking its best over the festive season.

We would like to invite you all to the Longacres Bybrook Barn Charity Christmas Open Evening on Thursday 22nd November 2018 between 5.30pm & 8.00pm! Find out more on our blog.

We would like to invite you all to the Longacres Shepperton Charity Christmas Open Day on Thursday 22nd November 2018 between 12.00pm & 8.00pm! Find out more info on our blog!

We would like to invite you all to the Longacres Bagshot Charity Christmas Open Evening on Thursday 15th November 2018 between 5.30pm & 8.30pm! Find out more info about the evening on our blog!

Impress your friends and family this festive season with these customisable App Controlled Christmas Tree Lights. These lights have an unlimited number of patterns and colours to choose from and you can even create your very own effect from your tablet or mobile. This intelligent technology will recognise the positions of each LED!

With only a few weeks until we all start thinking about putting up our Christmas trees, now is a great time to get your hands on a Christmas tree skirt! A Christmas tree skirt is a fantastic way to hide away any unsightly tree bases, pots or even Christmas light cables you might have at the base of your tree.