Death of former Country Gardens director David Good
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News has only just reached us of the death at the end of January of former Country Gardens garden centre group director David Good. He was 83. A familiar figure in garden centre retailing in the 1990s, he was a director of Country Gardens, later sold to Wyevale, between 1991 and 1999 and had previously worked with his brother Dudley at Beacon Garden Centres. Earlier he had worked for the family dairy firm. He was also a shareholder at Country Homes and Gardens, also now part of Wyevale. Country Gardens could be said to have pioneered concessions in garden centres. The group’s Brighton centre was one of the first to sign up Pets Corner in 1991. Despite being born with only one forearm, David Good became a skilled and highly successful amateur motor racing driver and in 1961 won the British Hill Climb Championship. He was a keen tree climber and cricketer before discovering motorsport. He died in hospital in Swindon, following treatment for cancer. A funeral service was held at St Michael’s Church in Bray, Berkshire. Mr Good is survived by his wife Camilla, children Melissa, Jeremy and James, and three grandchildren.
Pictured: David Good, with son James, in his Championship-winning Cooper-JAP at the 60th Cooper Anniversary meeting at Prescott in 2006. [Picture courtesy of the Hillclimb and Sprint Association].
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