Longacres Blog

We are offering you the chance to join us on a special 3 hour long barbecue class, involving a range of Weber barbecues, some amazing food and instruction from a Weber Certified Grill Master! Find out more on our blog.

Now the weather has turned cooler and the nights are drawing in, it’s an ideal time to continue planting trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs, whilst the soil is still warm and we’ve had some rain. We have plenty of inspiration in store and online to help you get your garden in shape before winter! Here are some hints and tips for what to do in your garden in October.

Join us at Longacres Bagshot any day between the 22nd of October and the 26th of October for our Free Pumpkin Patch Event! Find out more details on our blog.

We are pleased to announce that Santa will be back again this year and taking up residency in his hand built grotto at Longacres Bagshot and Longacres Bybrook Barn for 2018!

On Sunday 28th of October 2018, we are inviting you to join us and Longacres Bybrook Barn to get up close and personal with a selection of snakes and lizards, including a massive Burmese python at a whopping 12ft long!

Want to get creative this year for Christmas? Come to our four Card Workshop hosted by Caroline Jaynes! She will teach you how to create different Christmas/winter cards and decorations.

As summer mellows into autumn, September is a time to reflect on what has done well in your garden this year (make notes of your favourite bedding plants for next year!). Many gardeners will have lost some plants due to the exceptionally dry weather conditions this summer – have a think about replacing plants, or revamp beds and borders with different plants, for a new look. We have plenty to inspire you and revive your garden at Longacres.

NEW DATE ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! Join us in store at our Bagshot branch for our Unicorn & Bugs Summer flower container workshop for budding little florists.

For all you early birds out there, we have an excellent offer running on Monday 27th August 2018; you can save a massive 10% off* in store at our Bagshot, Bybrook Barn and Shepperton branches!

On receiving your Perennial Plant Order, remove them from the packaging immediately and if the compost has dried out, then place in a tray of water straight away. This will aid their recovery from being in transit and will allow them to recover with the natural light.

Bedding plants are annual or biennial plants which flower for one season and produce an array of bright colours and stunning continuous blooms throughout the growing period.

We are extremely pleased to launch our Auto Shine of Ashford Hand Car Wash at Longacres Garden Centre Bybrook Barn. We have been in the industry for over ten years, with sites in Hampshire, Dorset and the south coast and we are excited to be providing this service to the Ashford community.