Wholesale distributor Decco has been nominated as the logistics partner for the Greenfingers charity’s ‘Turn Old into Gold’ scheme.

The scheme encourages garden centres, nurseries and suppliers to donate old and unwanted stock to the charity for resale at auction.

Plants, hardware, tools, furniture and garden equipment will be sold by auctioneers W&H Peacocks, with all proceeds going directly to Greenfingers.  Decco will collect the donated stock from a broad area of the UK and take it to W&H Peacocks in Bedford.

Greenfingers chairman John Ashley said: “Without their expert logistical help, free of charge, we simply could not make this scheme viable.  Now we have this vital transport element in place we are really hoping to encourage anyone with unwanted stock to think of Greenfingers before they get rid of it.”

John Findlay, Decco’s chief operating officer, added: ‘’We are delighted to be working with Greenfingers on this initiative and hope that garden centres and suppliers will take advantage of this opportunity to help our industry charity achieve the target set for the ‘A Million Moments’appeal.’’

Garden centres and suppliers who have unwanted stock should call Greenfingers to arrange transportation.

Linda Petrons, head of fundraising for Greenfingers, said: “Your trash really is our treasure!  With little effort on the part of the garden centre or supplier we can take your stock off your hands and turn it into much needed funds for more gardens for children in hospices.”

Contact Greenfingers on 01494 674749 or by email (info@greenfingerscharity.org.uk)

‘A Million Moments’, launched in July, aims to raise £1 million to help at least a further 5,000 children who spend time in hospices around the UK by giving them the gift of a garden and the chance to spend time outdoors enjoying the natural world.