Northampton Garden Centre reopened over the weekend after being acquired by British Garden Centres only 6 weeks ago. TV and radio presenter Nicki Chapman performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony as hundreds of visitors waited to see the new store in Newport Pagnell Rd, Wootton.

Amy Stubbs told GTN Xtra: “We are super pleased with the results from Northampton. The numbers came in a lot better than we were expecting with a very high basket spend!”

The newly revamped store offers a range of plants, gardening supplies, garden accessories, homewares, gifts, and an exclusive collection of outdoor furniture from Fern Living, perfect for enjoying the summer outdoors. Staff numbers have more than doubled across the garden centre and The Gardener’s Retreat Restaurant which has undergone an expansion, now featuring a new carvery along with an updated menu of freshly prepared meals, light bites, and desserts.

Opening week offers and Best Buy deals included 3 for £10 Erin Compost, discounts on bulbs, bedding plants, plant food, bird care items, and aggregates.

Northampton Garden Centre also has concessions including Teddy’s, Klass, Maidenhead Aquatics, Weird Fish, Pets Corner, Mountain Warehouse, Voyage Luggage and Pavers.

Next door to the garden centre is a Waitrose store, with the car park shared between the garden centre and the supermarket.

The opening weekend also saw hundreds of gardening enthusiasts sign up for the Family Card, which sees benefits including exclusive offers and invites to events throughout the year.

The centre is fully accessible to wheelchair users, has plenty of free parking, and even offers a home delivery service for larger items. Northampton Garden Centre is also dog-friendly, with many customers bringing their four-legged friends along, too.

Amy Stubbs added: “We are delighted to become part of the Northampton community and were overwhelmed by the incredible turnout at the reopening of the centre. Our vision is to reignite this much-loved site, and we hope you'll all love the new look and feel of our store.”

British Garden Centres (BGC) is the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group with 72 centres around the country. The group is owned and led by The Stubbs family, who also own and operate Woodthorpe Leisure Park in Lincolnshire.

BGC was launched in 1987 with the opening of Woodthorpe Garden Centre by brothers Charles and Robert Stubbs. Since 2018 it has expanded rapidly with the acquisition of 50 garden centres allowing it to grow from its heartland to the business it is now with 72 garden centres spread from Carmarthen to Ramsgate, Wimborne to East Durham.

The group has a team of 3000 colleagues working across the garden centres, restaurants, growing nurseries, distribution centres, Woodthorpe Leisure Park, and Woody’s Restaurant & Bar.

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