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Votes pour in for The Greatest Garden Centre Food & Drink Team Awards - Meadowcroft and Old Railway Line lead the on-line voting
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Whitehall Woodborough sold to new owners following the sale of Whitehall Whitchurch to Otter last month
From Lincolnshire fields to the nation’s gardens – British Garden Centres turns 35
Squire's raises over £24,000 for local community charities
Glee confirms latest exhibitors as anticipation builds for the biggest show in almost 20 years
GCA BoT figures reveal garden centres sales in July had a ‘bounce back’ after June’s hot weather
Supremo Leisure announces leadership transition to drive continued growth and innovation
Dobbies Dunfermline store to host National Vegetable Society Championships
Brand new to Bents this Christmas
LOFA launches new website
Intrepid team set to conquer Kilimanjaro for the Greenfingers Charity
Charity Car Wash Pushes Tiny’s Fundraiser Past £10,000 for Prostate Cancer Research
Autumn Fair supercharges visitor experience
EGO Multi-Tools Go PRO
Arbor Forest Products launches Wood & Slumber
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Helen Cottrill Joins Figured’Art as Business Development Director
RICL partnership offers cities new benefits from the AIPH World Green City Awards 2026
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Busy Bee on the Isle of Wight to become a Blue Diamond centre
Hot July leads to sales heating up at UK Garden Centres
Glee 2025: Even more value for visitors with new perks programme
Hillier Garden Centres Appoints Carl Milton as New Retail Director
The Great Summer Sale
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Brand new to Bents this Christmas

 

Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice and embark on a fantastical light trail at Bents Garden & Home this Christmas. This brand new experience will take visitors on a magical journey telling the story of Alice’s adventures and the curious creatures she meets along the way. 

 

Located in Bents’ Hidden Gardens, this is a light trail with a difference.  Greeted by the white rabbit himself, visitors will follow a series of theatrical sets, light projections and enchanting sounds all of which depict the twists, turns and questioning conundrums of this magical story.

 

Having fallen down the hole into the white rabbit’s magical world visitors will come across famous characters from this much loved children’s tale such as the curious caterpillar on top of his giant toadstool, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Queen of Hearts who’s lost her tarts and the maddest tea party of all! 

 

 

Bents’ Hidden Gardens are just as the name suggests…extensive gardens, hidden behind the Centre’s outdoor plant area.  Over the past 12 years Bents has been carefully tending to this beautiful piece of land, creating their Hidden Gardens which can now be enjoyed by Bents’ customers, starting with Alice’s Winter Light Adventure. 

 

In addition to the many light features that will greet visitors throughout the story, there will also be refreshment stops offering a range of hot and cold drinks as well as delicious festive treats, all delivered with a Bents’ twist. 

 

Visitors will embark on their journey in timed group sessions to ensure they can enjoy their experience to the full.  Free parking is available at Bents, with entry to the light show through the Centre, starting around the Lake before entering the Hidden Gardens for the culmination of the show.  The trail ends with a group ‘selfie spot’, before arriving back in Bents’ popular Winter Food Market.

 

Tickets are now online and can be booked at bents.co.uk

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