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Planning your Christmas presents or thinking about how to decorate your home this festive season? Yankee Candle have realised their Christmas range and they have also created new festive scented candles.

Sophie Hinchcliffe (or also know by a lot of people as Mrs Hinch) has become an internet sensation for showing her immaculate home, her tips & tricks for cleaning and her favourite cleaning products on social media pages. She has changed cleaning from a chore to an enjoyable activity.

Here is our handy guide on how to create your very own buttonhole for a wedding, prom or any other formal occasion. 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.

We are offering you free delivery on three sizes of our most popular Artificial Christmas Tree from Tree Classics! Find out more info on our blog.

With the clocks going back and the shortening days of late autumn, now’s the time to prepare the garden for winter. After clearing leaves and tidying up beds and borders, now is a good time to think about any gaps you may want to fill with plants or garden features. Longacres has plenty to inspire you over the next month – trees, shrubs, bulbs and bedding plants for winter and early spring colour are still available.

Autumn is the perfect time to prepare the ground and plant a hedge. We have a range of hedging plants in store and online. Here’s a quick guide to our top 5 favourite plants and their best features.

Autumn/winter flowering houseplants: Here are our care guides for the most popular indoor flowering plants for this time of the year – both are top sellers for their long flowering and ease of care in cool conditions.

Amaryllis bulbs: (the correct name for this bulb is actually Hippeastrum) these large indoor bulbs with very showy flowers, are planted between October and January and flower around 6-8 weeks later.

Save 50% in our Halloween Sale in store right now! From ghosts and ghouls to pumpkins, you'll be sure to bag a frightfully good bargain. Don't miss out on these spooktactular savings!

Join us at one of our Christmas Make & Take events at Longacres Bybrook Barn! These classes are 2 hours long. Not only will you be guided through the whole process, but we will provide refreshments. Plus, you will get to take your very own creation home with you.

Take a look at our guide from Frank P Matthews on the best practice for your new Frank P Matthews ornamental or fruit tree. Find our full range of direct dispatch trees from Frank P Matthews online now!

Don’t think you can wait until our Christmas Charity Open Evening to come take a look at our 2018 Christmas ranges? Then we have some great news for you; we’re running a Christmas Launch Evening at Longacres Bagshot on Thursday 25th October 2018 with 10% off all purchases* between 17:30 & 20:00!