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With Christmas and New Year’s suddenly seeming like a distant memory, it’s time to start looking ahead for the year to come! Why not start 2018 the right way with some stunning new interior furniture or even just a houseplant to fill that gap in your home that the Christmas tree has left.

Save 70% off our Christmas trees, Christmas lights & Christmas decorations in stores now! You can also save 50% off our diaries & calendars and 25% off our Christmas food & Christmas Yankee Candles!

Christmas day and Boxing day can be a stressful time when trying to pull out all the stops for the Christmas food. But do not worry, Bevan’s Butchers has your back! They have a large assortment of high-quality food for the festive essentials that will make it a Christmas to remember.

On Friday 14th December, people around the UK put on a Christmas jumper to raise money for an amazing charity called Save the Children. By supporting this charity, we will help children in the UK and around the world make their mark. A donation of £2 to this important charity will pay for antibiotics for five children who are suffering from pneumonia which is one of the biggest killers of children.

Some of you might have heard Steve Murray our plant buyer on Radio Woking this morning talking about real cut, potted and pot grown Christmas trees! If you missed it then you can catch up with everything on the Radio Woking Mixcloud page.

It has come to the time of year where homes are starting to feel festive with Christmas decorations. As well as Christmas trees, festive floral arrangements are a popular decoration to have in your home to add an extra touch of festivity.

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.