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Appetite for gardens and gardening remains strong despite a cold February according to March HTA Market Update
Positive start to March for garden centre sales
More events confirmed for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021
Reaction to Welsh garden centres being allowed to reopen
Mothers and daughters unite to 'Brave the Shave' for Greenfingers
LifestyleGarden parent company wins sustainability award
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British Garden Centres announce 58th centre, in Harrogate, will open in April
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The big NHS seed giveaway
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Another record high for garden products
Christmas & Gift 2021 cancelled
Five weeks of increases for Wild Bird Care sales
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The GIMA Awards are back!
Garden centre set to reopen in Northern Ireland
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Scottish businesses and key personalities unite in call for garden centres to be re-opened
Heaven Sends welcomes buyers to showroom to view new Christmas Collection
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Mothers and daughters unite to 'Brave the Shave' for Greenfingers
 

Millbrook’s founder, Sue Allen, and Managing Director, Tammy Woodhouse – Sue’s daughter, have bravely volunteered to have their heads shaved in a bid to raise £10,000 for Greenfingers Charity, who build magical gardens for children’s hospices. Joining them in their hair-erasing challenge are another mother and daughter team, Jo and Danielle Nichols, who both work at Millbrook Garden Centre, Gravesend.

 

On Friday, 19th March at 11am, to mark the 10th anniversary of Garden Re-leaf Day (Greenfingers’ annual fundraiser), the foursome will say goodbye to their lockdown locks at Millbrook’s Gravesend centre. All money raised will be used by Greenfingers Charity to help fund a new garden planned for local hospice, Demelza, in Sittingbourne, Kent.

 

Speaking about their head shave, Sue said: “As Chairman of Greenfingers, I’m conscious of the fact that so many of the events we would normally rely on to help raise huge sums didn’t take place last year and may not happen in 2021… So, in an effort to make a big difference by raising at least £10,000 on the 10th Garden Re-leaf Day, we have made a huge and somewhat crazy commitment to have our heads shaved.

 

“It has taken a lot of soul-searching and self-questioning before deciding to go for it.  However, in part, it is a salute not only to some of those children and families in the hospices we help, but also to friends near and far who have experienced hair loss in their battle against cancers. 

 

“If we can raise lots of money to compensate for the income streams, we know we have lost this year, then it will be worth the cold heads, strange looks and the agonising wait 

for our hair to grow again.”

 

Greenfingers Charity, the charity of the horticulture industry, is dedicated to supporting children who spend time in hospices around the UK, along with their families, by creating inspiring gardens for them to relax in and benefit from.

They create beautiful, well-designed outdoor spaces for children to enjoy with their family, friends and siblings, whether through play and fun, or therapeutic rest and relaxation. To date, the charity has created over 60 hospice gardens around the country and have a further waiting list of hospices that need their help now.

 

Every donation, however small, will help ensure life-limited children and their families can benefit from magical and inspiring outside spaces in 2021 and beyond. Thank you!

 

If you’d like to support Sue, Tammy, Jo and Danielle and make a donation, please visit their JustGiving pages:

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/millbrook-garden-company-ltd

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sueandtambraveshave

 

All donations will go together to help support the new Greenfingers garden at Demelza. 

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