Longacres Blog

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.

Join us in store at our Bagshot branch for our Unicorn & Bugs Summer flower container workshop for budding little florists.

We'd like to take this moment to say a huge thank you to everyone who entered our #LongacresRoses competition over the last month. We've had such an amazing selection of pictures come in and it is safe to say this was the most difficult competition we've ever had to judge! With that in mind, we are pleased to announce that our winners are...

Our Handy guide from Westland Horticulture on what to do and when to worry about your lawn in the drought and warm weather we are having. View our full article on our blog.

Well, what is there to say apart from wow?! Haven’t we had the best summer weather ever? It’s been tough on the garden, but don’t fret – your lawn will become lush once the rains come, and plants in beds and borders which have been drought-stressed, will bounce back.