The Garden Centre Group
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| Founded | 1960 |
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| Headquarters |  Slough, England, United Kingdom |
| Industry | Gardening |
| Products | Garden centres |
| Website | http://www.wyevale.co.uk |
The Garden Centre Group is a chain of 121 garden centres in the United Kingdom and is majority owned by Bank of Scotland [1]. The company was previously named Wyevale and owned by Sir Tom Hunter.
Voted ‘Best Garden Centre 2009’ in an online poll by Gardeners' World Magazine.[2]
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[edit] Company Name Change
In 2009 the decision was made to change the company name to The Garden Centre Group.
This change reflects the fact that the group owns a large number of historic and important garden centre brands, which the company wishes to preserve and enhance in the future.
The Group encompasses Blooms, Bridgemere, Heighley Gate, Jacks Patch, Old Barn, Peter Barratts, Sanders, Woodlands and Wyevale as well as many smaller centres like Syon Park, one of the very first ‘gardening centres’.
Wyevale is a very important brand, which was originally a nursery started by the Williamson family in the 1930’s in Hereford and later became a garden centre in 1967. It is not the intention to diminish the brand in any way but rather work to re-establish it as a great name in horticulture.
The group is in the process of changing the external signage on all the garden centres. This will give all centres their own unique identity and enable them to work closer with their local community.
[edit] History
The first Wyevale Garden Centre was opened in the 1960s on Kings Acre Road in Hereford where a local nursery had been selling plants by mail-order since the 1930's.
In 1987 it became a PLC and was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The chain expanded rapidly in the 1990s and also acquired Country Gardens in 2000.
Since 2006, the chain have also bought Bridgemere Garden World, Heighley Gate Nursery and Garden World, Blooms Garden Centres (10 Centres), Sanders Garden Centre and Peter Barratt's Garden Centres (3 Centres).
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