British Garden Centres held a Press Preview afternoon at Rugby Garden centre last week.  See GTN Xtra's photos from the preview below.

Christmas Stats from BGC Christmas 2025

• 32,265 poinsettias sold
• 35,211 cut trees sold
• 9,776 pot grown trees sold
• TOTAL trees sold: 44,987 (both cut and pot grown)
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• 1,139,597m lit length worth of string lights. This is long enough to wrap around the entire circumference of London's M25 motorway nearly 6 times.
• 225,330 single baubles
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• Crackers: 45,000 equivalent to 8.39 miles
• Dog Gifts: 635
• Christmas Puddings: 9,324
• Turkey (kg): 17,574
• Pigs in Blankets: 126,364 equivalent to 6.28 miles
• Mince Pies: 14,616
• Christmas dinner served- 22,792
• Festive afternoon tea served- 7,071

• Total number of children who visited Santa at a British Garden Centre 2025: 29,626 

• Not to forget- the 432 dogs who came to meet Santa too!