Less than a week after it was destroyed by a massive blaze, Ansell Garden Centre re-opened for business. Customers were allowed in from 10.30am and 3pm on Friday and afterwards managing director Paresh Raithatha spoke to GTN Xtra about the amazing response they’d had from both the garden industry and customers.
Pictured above: The height of the blaze. Right: Ansell Garden Centre tweeted this image under the caption "a symbol of hope from the ashes."
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Less than a week after it was destroyed by a massive blaze, Ansell Garden Centre re-opened for business. Customers were allowed in from 10.30am and 3pm on Friday and afterwards managing director Paresh Raithatha spoke to GTN Xtra about the amazing response they’d had from both the garden industry and customers.
Garden centres throughout the UK are already impressing judges of the GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards as inspections for this prestigious event started this week...
