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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.

Elf on the shelf is back again at Longacres! The Elf on the Shelf has been a Christmas tradition in households around the world for many years now; it a great fun way to keep children on their best behaviour (and from what we’ve seen on various social media websites, it’s a great way for the parents to have a bit of fun as well!).

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!