Longacres Blog

This year our Longacres Bybrook Barn and Longacres Shepperton opening evenings will be happening on Thursday 23rd November! Find out more on our blog.

Come and join the festive fun at Longacres with one or more of our festive workshops! These workshops are designed to allow you to use your imaginations, creativity and learn new skills.

Santa is returning to Longacres, and this year we are pleased to announce you can book your tickets online to help avoid the queues! Tickets are still £5 a child and include a gift and chat with the big man himself.

This year our Bagshot opening evening will be happening on Thursday 16th November between 5.30 and 8.30pm. As you've come to expect from our Christmas Open Evenings we have all of the usual festive fun including 10% off all purchases*

If you order or pre-order your artificial or real Christmas tree online with Longacres before the 23rd of November 2017 then you can save a massive 10% off!

Now the clocks have gone back and the evenings are drawing in, it’s a time of year that we want to get out in the garden as much as possible to clear leaves and tidy up, and prepare for winter. But there’s still plenty to plant in the garden and indoors, and Longacres has plenty to inspire you over the next month.

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.

Everyone’s talking about the benefits of growing houseplants to clean the air in our homes. Because the population is increasingly spending more time indoors, it is interesting to know the ability of plants to clean the air. Find out more here.

It’s less than a week till Halloween and that means only one thing! Time to get your Pumpkins and make some spooky, scary faces! Here are some simple steps to create your terrifying pumpkin.

December is rolling closer meaning that Christmas is on its way and Christmas trees will be appearing in homes very soon. Christmas trees are known for being a centrepiece around this festive time. This festive tradition brings the family together to put the tree up and to decorate it. Make this tree extra special by using a Christmas Tree Skirt.

At Longacres, one of the most common questions we hear about real Christmas trees is about how to care for them and how to make the trees last longer. We have some easy tips and they are:

Assembling an artificial Christmas tree can be confusing; however here at Longacres we have the answer. At Longacres, we supply two different styles of Christmas trees; the first type that we have is a hook-on type which is where the branches are not attached and must be hooked onto the trunk. The second type is a hinged type which has the branches already attached.