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Lighting up your garden after dark transforms it into an outdoor living room, so you don&#39;t have to go in just&nbsp;because the sun has. Once night falls, use clever garden lighting to turn your outdoor space into a theatrical&nbsp;stage set full of drama and intrigue.

In our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;you&#39;ll find a wide range of different lights to make your night-time garden whatever you&nbsp;want it to be. Here are just a few ideas to get you started:

Spotlight trees: you&#39;ll find many lovely architectural trees in our garden centre, beautiful enough to take&nbsp;centre stage: pick them out with an upward-pointing spotlight after dark and they&#39;ll leap from the shadows.

Pick out statues: works of art such as sculptures and statues come to life at night with lighting throwing&nbsp;them into sharp relief.

Light a little romance: torches and flares or lanterns hung over a table throw a gentle, flickering light which&nbsp;sets the perfect tone for an evening &agrave; deux.

Floating lights: turn swimming pools and ponds into oases of light with floating orbs and bowls full of&nbsp;candles from the range in our garden centre.

Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about lighting your garden.

Garden lighting

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Outdoor Living

Healthy and supremely tasty, fresh-picked fruit from the garden is one of the real luxuries of growing your&nbsp;own. A British climate is perfect for growing so many different types from tart rhubarb in early spring to sweet&nbsp;summer strawberries and crunchy autumn apples.

We stock a huge fruit range in our garden centre in %locations%: look out for container-grown bushes and trees to buy all&nbsp;year round, or in winter bare-root plants which establish in double-quick time.

Fruit trees to enjoy in your garden include traditional apples, pears and plums &ndash; we stock many traditional&nbsp;heritage varieties with outstanding flavour and fascinating histories. Look out for unusual fruits, too, like&nbsp;mulberries, quinces and medlars in our garden centre.

Berries and currants are superb value, producing years of plentiful harvests from just a few plants.&nbsp;Gooseberries are first, fruiting from May, while currants (black, white and red) take over in summer.

Bare-root stock gives you a great choice of varieties. In our garden centre from November onwards, you&#39;ll&nbsp;find bundles of raspberry canes, fruit trees and strawberry crowns sold this way to plant as soon as you get&nbsp;them home.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information and advice about growing fruit.

Fruit

Every garden should have a tree: they&#39;re not only beautiful plants in their own right, they also cast soothing&nbsp;shade, provide valuable privacy and often give you flowers, fruit and spectacular autumn leaf colour too.

Choose trees and shrubs from the range in our garden centre to build the architectural backbone of your&nbsp;garden. In summer when other plants are showing off, trees and shrubs melt into the background, but they&nbsp;all have a moment when it&#39;s their turn to shine &ndash; often in the depths of winter when there&#39;s little else around.

Start your garden&#39;s design off on the right foot with specimen trees from the range in our garden&nbsp;centre. In small gardens, trees with year-round interest like the autumn-flowering cherry (Prunus x&nbsp;subhirtella &#39;Autumnalis&#39;) really earn their keep, and evergreen conifers are a sturdy, reliable presence&nbsp;throughout the seasons.

Shrubs provide a framework for your garden: evergreen shrubs in particular are a constant backdrop to&nbsp;other plants, giving weight and depth to your design. Extend the season with winter-flowering witch hazels or&nbsp;Christmas box, and add explosions of summer flowers with roses, hydrangeas or flowering quince.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information and advice about choosing and growing trees&nbsp;and shrubs.

Trees and shrubs

A rose in full bloom stops you in your tracks. It steals your heart with its paper-delicate petals and lures you&nbsp;in with its heady, romantic scent. Once you&#39;re truly captivated it&#39;s hard to resist filling your garden with the&nbsp;sumptuous butter yellows, sugar-spun pink, graceful white and blood red petals of this queen of flowers.

We&#39;re in love with roses too, so we&#39;ve got a variety in our garden centre to grace every spot in your garden.

Climbers and ramblers like &#39;New Dawn&#39; and cream &#39;Alberic Barbier&#39; scramble boisterously up trellises and&nbsp;wire supports to clothe walls in swathes of colour.

Shrub roses make striking centrepieces to a border: free-flowering and highly perfumed, they&#39;ll bloom from&nbsp;June till September. Apricot &#39;Buff Beauty&#39; or deep pink &#39;Comte de Chambord&#39; are good choices.

Patio roses like pale pink &#39;Gentle Touch&#39; or pure white &#39;Diamond&#39; are dainty, smaller shrubs bred for their&nbsp;ability to thrive in containers. Smothered in blooms, they&#39;re long-flowering and brilliantly colourful.

Ground cover roses spread out in low, graceful arches to cover the ground in dense foliage and flowers.&nbsp;The &#39;Flower Carpet&#39; series come in gold, pink, white and scarlet.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information and advice about growing roses.

Roses

Annual plants are here-today, gone-tomorrow party girls. They may have just one season in the sun, but what a season: they flower for an incredibly long time and are invariably so spectacularly beautiful you&#39;ll lose your heart to them.

We stock two kinds of annual in our garden centre in %locations%: hardy annuals to sow direct from March onwards, and half-hardies to sow under cover as they don&#39;t like frost. Here are just some you&#39;ll find in our garden centre.

Hardy annuals: 
Ammi majus: lacy white flowers over feathery foliage 
Poached egg plant (Limnanthes douglasii): cheery yellow-and-white flowers 
Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena): starry blue or white flowers followed by architectural seedpods 
Ladybird poppies (Papaver communtatum &#39;Ladybird&#39;): scarlet papery petals each with a black blotch 
Nasturtiums: abundant red, orange or creamy flowers over rounded leaves

Half-hardy annuals: 
Cosmos &#39;Purity&#39;: clear white daisies with yellow centres on long stems 
Zinnias: pompom flowers in brilliant scarlets, yellows and purples 
Swan river daisy: profuse mauve daisies tumbling over pots and baskets 
Nemesia: another perfect container plant with pretty, delicate blooms 
Tobacco plant (Nicotiana): charming open flowers in pink, cream and green over big leafy rosettes

Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information and advice about choosing and growing annuals.

Annuals

Growing your plants in containers opens up a whole new world in which you can experiment with different&nbsp;combinations, ring the changes or totally overhaul your planting at the drop of a hat. A huge variety of plants&nbsp;from our garden centre grow happily in containers, giving you potted colour from January to December.

Spring: Tulips arrive in our garden centre from autumn: pack shoulder-to-shoulder into large containers for a&nbsp;cracking display. Other spring bulbs to try in pots include crocuses, daffodils and snowdrops.

Summer: Fill your containers to overflowing with dazzling bedding plants - in our garden centre from spring&nbsp;onwards. Container-grown veg are a great option when space is limited: we stock plug plants to make&nbsp;planting even more straightforward.

Autumn: Many shrubs look beautiful framed in a large container and many have spectacular autumn&nbsp;displays. In our garden centre look out for graceful deep purple acers, brilliantly berried skimmia and pretty&nbsp;variegated hollies.

Winter: Combine heathers chosen from the range in our garden centre with white-berried gaultherias or red-twigged dogwood and the large, leathery evergreen leaves of bergenia for winter cheer just outside your&nbsp;door.

Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about plants for containers.

Container plants

The real heart-stopping, breathtaking beauty of a garden comes from that most easy-going of all the plant&nbsp;groups: the perennials, generous, free-flowering plants which die down each winter only to bubble up again&nbsp;from spring, peaking in midsummer with a fireworks display of flowers.

Pack your garden in %locations%&nbsp;with perennials from the huge selection in our garden centre and you&#39;ll have something in&nbsp;flower for every week of the year. Here are a few tips to help you choose:

Visit the garden centre often as we have different perennials in stock according to the season. Choose whatever takes your fancy each month for really long-lasting display.

Cut perennials back after flowering and they&#39;ll often give you a second flush of flowers. You&#39;ll find&nbsp;secateurs for the job in our garden centre.

Plant the right plant in the right place: there are perennials for every spot in your garden, whether it&#39;s&nbsp;shady, sunny, dry or damp. Ask our garden centre staff for help if you&#39;re not sure which to choose.

Plant in threes or fives for greatest impact: drifts or groups of the same plant really catch your eye and&nbsp;demand to be noticed.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information and advice about growing perennials.

Perennials

When you&#39;ve crammed every inch of space on the ground with plants, the only way is up. Clothe your walls&nbsp;in greenery and smother your sheds in flowers to double your planting space and turn your garden into a&nbsp;green sanctuary from the outside world in sunny %locations%.

<div>Climbers are one of the most versatile groups of plants in our garden centre and we&#39;ve got a great selection&nbsp;for you to choose from. Here are our favourites:</div>

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<div>Clematis come in all shapes and sizes, from the tiny starry flowers of &#39;Pixie&#39; to big, blowsy &#39;Rouge Cardinal&#39;.&nbsp;Winter-flowering clematis have pretty seedheads while Clematis montana is a froth of flowers in April.</div>

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<div>Wisteria is the ultimate in show-off climbers with its head-turning racemes of headily scented flowers in early&nbsp;summer.</div>

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<div>Star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) covers the uprights of pergolas and arches with glossy&nbsp;evergreen leaves and scented white flowers and never outstays its welcome.</div>

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<div>Honeysuckles are the perfect backdrop to a cottage garden, smothered in tubular flowers all summer and&nbsp;filling the garden with scent and punch-drunk bumblebees.</div>

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<div>Passionflowers are far hardier than they look, especially the stop-you-in-your-tracks purple fringed&nbsp;whirligigs of Passiflora caerulea.</div>

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<div>Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information and advice about growing climbers.</div>

Climbers

Harvesting vegetables from your garden is hugely satisfying, and you&#39;ll revolutionise your tastebuds:&nbsp;food picked just minutes before it&#39;s on your plate has a colour, flavour and crunchiness that have to be&nbsp;experienced to be believed.

We have everything in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre to turn your garden into a haven of productivity: here&#39;s a selection&nbsp;to get you started.

Seeds: most veg are grown from seeds, from tomatoes to carrots and lettuces. Take your pick from the huge&nbsp;range in our garden centre; we&#39;ve also got ready-spaced seed tapes and delicious heritage vegetables for&nbsp;you to try.

Sets and seed potatoes: from early spring we stock seed potatoes, plus onions, shallots and garlic from&nbsp;sets &ndash; easy-to-handle baby bulbs to plant straight into the ground.

Plug plants: for the ultimate in convenience we also stock plug plants -baby veg plants ready to go straight&nbsp;into containers or out into the garden.

Perennial vegetables: great value for money, these include some real delicacies: in our garden centre you&#39;ll&nbsp;find asparagus crowns, able to crop for 20 years, and stately globe artichokes looking as good as they taste.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information and advice about growing vegetables.

Vegetables

Herbs have been grown in gardens for hundreds of years: most have a long history, handed down from&nbsp;generation to generation, with uses from medicine to cosmetics and beauty products to flavouring cooking.

They&#39;re easy-going plants which can be tucked into almost any corner of the garden, but to plunge yourself&nbsp;into their fascinating world dedicate a sunny spot to a herb garden. You&#39;ll find it&#39;s full of fragrance and flowers&nbsp;all summer: and best of all, it&#39;ll quickly become part of your daily routine to pick peppermint for your tea,&nbsp;marigolds to brew up some face cream, or a bay leaf or two for the evening meal.

To start you off, here are some essential herbs for your herb garden from the wide selection in our garden&nbsp;centre in&nbsp;%locations%:

Culinary: Mediterranean herbs to give your cooking flavour and colour, these include rosemary, bay, thyme,&nbsp;marjoram and parsley.

Medicinal: make teas and tisanes to boost your health and well-being with peppermint, chamomile,&nbsp;echinacea and lemon balm.

Cosmetic: moisturising cream, hair dye and face packs are all possible from herbs grown in your garden: try&nbsp;marigolds, soapwort (Saponaria), catmint and witch hazel.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information and advice about growing herbs.

Herbs

Watching a seed germinate and grow is a hugely exciting part of your gardening year: you hardly dare&nbsp;believe it&#39;s going to work, yet invariably that tiny kernel sends up a sturdy green sprout. The plants you raise&nbsp;from seed are always a bit special, so this year try raising something new from the hundreds of varieties from&nbsp;our garden centre.

Annuals: hardy annuals like love-in-a-mist, marigolds and nasturtiums are easiest of all and provide&nbsp;incredibly long seasons of colour from a few seeds scattered direct into the ground in spring.

Half-hardy annuals include all the bedding plants: in our garden centre you&#39;ll find seed to sow under cover&nbsp;in spring for colourful containers all summer long including pelargoniums, petunias, surfinias and nemesia.

Perennials: several perennials are very easy from seed, flowering in their first year and coming back again&nbsp;and again. Try echinacea, rudbeckia, grasses like deschampsia and hardy geraniums from our range.

Vegetable seeds: our largest selection of seeds is reserved for the grow-your-own enthusiast, with every&nbsp;veg from cucumbers to swede. Our heritage ranges boast superb flavour, or for something completely&nbsp;different try exotic veg like tamarilloes.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;for more information and advice about the seeds in our range.

Seeds

Bulbs aren&#39;t just for spring: you can have flowering bulbs in your garden all year round with a little planning.&nbsp;In our garden centre we stock bulbs seasonally, so you&#39;ll find spring and summer bulbs on sale in autumn,&nbsp;and late-season bulbs on our shelves in %locations%&nbsp;from spring. Choose bulbs for every season to enjoy colour from&nbsp;January till December:

Spring: bulbs are first on the scene with a splash of colour so don&#39;t stint on quantity: fill your garden with&nbsp;crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips from the fantastic range in our garden centre, and double your&nbsp;display by packing them into pots, too.

Summer: it&#39;s the turn of the real showstoppers in summer, and in our garden centre you&#39;ll find brilliantly-coloured dahlias, flamboyant lilies, sophisticated bearded irises and easy-going pompom allium bulbs.

Autumn: plant lipstick-pink nerines for a brilliant splash of colour in September: other autumn bulbs we stock&nbsp;include autumn-flowering saffron crocus, exotic-looking Gladiolus murielae and brilliant yellow Sternbergia.

Winter: tiny pink Cyclamen coum nod among the earliest snowdrops, while winter aconites and tiny, delicate&nbsp;winter-flowering irises like Iris danfordiae provide a cheery December splash of yellow.

Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about using bulbs in your garden.

Bulbs

Plants

Plants, Seeds & Bulbs

Pick the right tool for the right job, and you'll find things magically become easier. Specialist garden tools&nbsp;have been designed for every gardening task, and if you invest in the tool that's made for the activity you&nbsp;have planned, work becomes a pleasure.
Here are just some of the specialist gardening tools you can find in our garden centre:
Bulb planter: slice through the ground to remove a perfect cone of earth for planting your spring bulbs
Dibber: use the tip for making indentations in compost for seeds, or go deeper for transplanting seedlings
Edging knife: neaten up the tricky bits between flower border and lawn with an easy-to-use half moon edger
Draw hoe: pull up earth around potatoes to protect from frost and encourage lots of tasty tubers
Garden line: sowing in a straight line is a doddle when you mark out your drill with a simple garden line
Pruning knife: sharp, efficient, and small enough to slip into your back pocket: essential kit at cuttings time
Shears: specialist topiary shears clip tight corners, while general-purpose types keep hedges in good shape.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information about which gardening tools to choose.

Special tools for the specialist gardener

There's a huge range of gardening tools nowadays – you'll find most of them on display in our garden centre.&nbsp;Though they're all great to have, there are some you'll use every time you go in the garden. All these are&nbsp;available in our garden centre in %locations%.
Digging spade: makes heavy-duty soil turning jobs easy. Lightweight, easy-clean stainless steel blades are&nbsp;best.
Garden fork: great for digging stony soils, mixing in a layer of compost, or weeding larger areas.
Hand trowel: essential for transplanting seedlings and planting bulbs: blades marked with measurements&nbsp;make judging planting distances easy
Weeding fork: careful weeding among established plants needs an easy-to-manoeuvre hand fork.
Secateurs: back-pocket essentials for all gardeners at pruning time, but also for dead-heading and taking&nbsp;cuttings
Watering can: from one-litre seedling cans to 10-litre behemoths, a watering can makes sure plants never&nbsp;go short
Wheelbarrow: the garden workhorse, whether you're pruning roses, barrowing muck or clearing a patch of&nbsp;weeds
Dutch hoe: hoe off weed seedlings once a week and you'll always have a pristine plot
Rake: use for raking spring seedbeds, levelling soil in summer, or gathering autumn leaves to make leaf&nbsp;mould soil conditioner.
Please ask the staff in our garden centre for more information about choosing the tools which are right for&nbsp;you.

Must-have gardening tools

We're all different shapes and sizes as gardeners, so you wouldn't expect to feel comfortable using the same&nbsp;tools as your taller-than-average neighbour.
That's why it's important to choose tools that fit. It makes your gardening life more comfortable, and it's better&nbsp;for your health. If you work stooped over a fork that's too short, or struggle with a rake that's too tall, it's a&nbsp;recipe for a bad back and muscle problems. You should be able to work standing as straight and upright as&nbsp;possible, without straining your arms or shoulders.
Fortunately in our garden centre we have tools in a wide range of lengths and weights, so you can choose&nbsp;the one that suits you best.
Lift the tool as you would in the garden: is it the right weight, and not too heavy (or too light)? Grip the&nbsp;handle, too, to test it's a comfortable width.
Then stand it next to you. For an average height the length of handle is around 72cm, but we have longer&nbsp;and shorter in our garden centre.
We also have tools for gardeners with particular needs: left-handed secateurs, for example, or long-handled&nbsp;trowels for those who find it difficult to bend down.
Please ask the staff in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;for more information about how to make sure you choose tools&nbsp;which are right for you.

Choosing tools that fit

The centrepiece of every well-kept garden, an emerald green lawn sets off your plants to perfection and&nbsp;gives you a beautiful, soft space to sit and soak up the atmosphere.
Keeping your lawn in tip-top condition is easy when you've got the right tools, and luckily we've got just what&nbsp;you need right here in our garden centre. Here are a few essentials to get you started:
Lawnmower: the number one requirement for trim lawns, choose a mower to fit your garden. Push mowers&nbsp;are practical and environmentally friendly for tiny lawns: electric or petrol make short work of anything larger.
Half-moon edger: straightforward and comfortable to use, the half-moon blade slices those hairy, overgrown&nbsp;edges into a crisp, pleasing finish
Wire rake: rake up autumn leaves to make leafmould, then give your lawn (and yourself!) a workout by&nbsp;scarifying – raking out the old thatch to let the grass breathe
Garden fork: perfect for aerating lawns, punching drainage holes through the surface to let water flow away&nbsp;from the surface and down to the roots where it's needed.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information about which tools to choose and how to use&nbsp;them.

Look after your lawn

Pruning is one of the most enjoyable jobs in the garden, whether you're sorting out tangled climbing roses,&nbsp;thinning blackcurrants or removing damaged tree branches.
Using the right tools for each cut helps you work more efficiently and the plant stays healthy - ragged cuts&nbsp;invite infection to set in.
We have a wide range of pruning tools to choose from in our garden centre. Here's what you need to get&nbsp;started:
Secateurs: used for branches up to 2cm diameter. Bypass secateur blades cut like scissors and are handy&nbsp;in tight corners; anvil secateurs are useful for hard, woody stems.
Loppers: for thicker branches, up to 5cm across. They're like giant secateurs, some with extendable&nbsp;handles and ratchet actions for extra cutting power.
Pruning saws: for medium-sized branches. Folding saws have hinged blades which pack away into the&nbsp;handle; larger fixed-handle blades eat through major jobs.
Bow saws: for large tree work. Lightweight 'D' shaped saws with a hacksaw-type blade for tricky corners.
Overhead pruners: when a branch is out of reach, this telescopic handle with both a lopper blade and&nbsp;pruning saw on the end is perfect.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information about choosing pruning tools for the job you&nbsp;need them for.

Cutting edge tools

Tools are a gardener&#39;s best friend &ndash; and top of the list come your trusty hand tools, pressed into daily service&nbsp;for everything from pruning to digging to sowing to weeding.

In our garden centre you&#39;ll find the basic kit for starting out: border spades and forks to turn your soil, hand&nbsp;tools for close-up weeding and secateurs for pruning, trimming and dead-heading.

For trickier jobs there&#39;s a huge variety of more specialist tools in our garden centre. We have hoes to suit&nbsp;every purpose, whether it&#39;s earthing up potatoes or more delicate weeding; and our range of rakes make&nbsp;short work of levelling seedbeds, collecting autumn leaves or clearing up debris.

Pruning tools are an essential part of a gardener&#39;s armoury: in our garden centre you&#39;ll find loppers for&nbsp;thicker branches or if you&#39;re really getting stuck in, pruning saws and bowsaws for the big jobs. Plus we have&nbsp;specialist weeding tools for winkling weeds out of the toughest corners; garden knives for everything from&nbsp;cutting string to taking cuttings; and everything you could need by way of dibbers, brooms and bulb planters.

Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about the range of hand tools we&nbsp;have in stock.

Hand tools

A little protection for your plants in extreme weather or when pests and diseases threaten can be the&nbsp;difference between success and abject failure. There&#39;s a comprehensive armoury of defences against the&nbsp;main threats to your plants available in our garden centre.

Frosty weather: in our garden centre you&#39;ll find horticultural fleece both on the roll and in handy packets.&nbsp;Throwing a couple of layers over tender plants like potatoes when frost threatens can be enough to see them&nbsp;through. We also stock hessian sheets to tuck around thick straw for protecting tender palms, gingers and&nbsp;bananas.

Gales and rain: polythene cloches, available off the peg in our garden centre, prevent your plants from&nbsp;getting waterlogged or shredded by wind. Our easy-to-construct cold frames also keep the weather off&nbsp;vulnerable young plants and seedlings.

Pests: stretch fine-gauge netting, also available in our garden centre, over a framework to keep birds from&nbsp;stealing your berries. Netting cloches over cabbages and sprouts also keep pigeons at bay. There are a&nbsp;range of other options for warding off all sorts of pests in our garden centre, from biological controls to slug&nbsp;barriers and insecticidal sprays.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;&nbsp;for more information and advice about protecting your crops.

Protection

The soil beneath your feet is your most precious resource in the garden: look after it, and your plants thrive.&nbsp;There&#39;s a huge range of bagged composts, soil improvers and fertilisers in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;to keep&nbsp;container plants happy and your soil in tip-top health.

Multipurpose compost is perfect for container-grown bedding, cuttings and potting on. In our garden centre&nbsp;you&#39;ll find environmentally-friendly peat-free and peat-reduced composts, and composts with added fertiliser&nbsp;and water-retaining gels - great for thirsty hanging baskets.

Specialist composts are tailor-made for the needs of plants from citrus to roses. You&#39;ll also find soil-based&nbsp;composts in our garden centre for permanent container planting, ericaceous composts for lime-hating plants&nbsp;and fine-grade seed composts for sowing.

Soil improvers like farmyard manure and composted bark beef up poorer soils to keep plants growing&nbsp;strongly. Mix with your soil when planting and use to mulch the surface to suppress weeds and hold in&nbsp;moisture.

Fertilisers include liquid feeds such as liquid seaweed and tomato feed to encourage flowering and fruiting.&nbsp;Add slow-release fertilisers such as bonemeal to planting holes and mix granular feeds into potting composts&nbsp;for feed-and-go convenience.

Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about composts and fertilisers.

Soil and fertilisers

In these days of unpredictable weather a drought is never far away, so kit yourself out to keep your plants&nbsp;going through even the driest summer from the wide range of watering equipment in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre.&nbsp;Here&#39;s what you&#39;ll need to make sure your plants need never go thirsty again.

Watering cans are useful all year, but especially if you&#39;re in an area subject to a hosepipe ban. Larger 10-&nbsp;litre and 5-litre cans keep the garden going, while small 1-litre cans are ideal for seedlings and houseplants.

Water butts store rainwater so you don&#39;t have to use up precious tap water. These days they come in a wide&nbsp;range of designs: connect them together to double your storage capacity.

Hoses and attachments make watering easy, with everything from spray guns to sprinklers in our range.&nbsp;Leaky hoses conserve water, too: lay them alongside your plants to deliver water where it&#39;s needed.

Automated watering systems free you from watering chores to enjoy your garden. Connect dripper&nbsp;systems via a hose to a timer, set to water whenever you want without you having to lift a finger.

Please ask the staff in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;for more information and advice about your watering needs.

Watering

There&#39;s no such thing as bad weather &ndash; only the wrong clothes. So goes the old gardener&#39;s saying, and&nbsp;it&#39;s certainly true that if you&#39;re not properly dressed you quickly get uncomfortable, making gardening a&nbsp;miserable experience.

You&#39;ll find a fantastic range of gardener&#39;s clothing in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;to kit yourself out whatever the&nbsp;weather.

Feet: boots are an essential part of the gardener&#39;s armour: choose from practical, easy-to-use wellies, sturdy&nbsp;lace-up gardening boots or classy leather calf-length boots, all available in our garden centre.

We also stock a full range of children&#39;s size wellies, perfect for your budding gardners.

Hands: good gardening gloves take the sting out of pruning roses and keep your hands clean and dry. In our&nbsp;garden centre you&#39;ll find second-skin lighter use gloves to thick gauntlets for those really prickly jobs.

Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about clothing for gardeners.

Wellies & Gloves

In the battle against all the creepy crawlies which would like to enjoy your plants as much as you do, it&#39;s a&nbsp;good idea to be well-armed. You&#39;ll find everything you need to fight the good fight in our garden centre in %locations%: keep&nbsp;these essentials in the garden shed and you&#39;ll be prepared at all times.

Sprays: insecticidal soap takes care of sap-sucking aphids on everything from roses to cabbages: you&#39;ll find&nbsp;handy spray guns in our garden centre. We also stock tree washes for getting rid of overwintering larvae and&nbsp;eggs on fruit trees and bushes.

Barriers: keep pests at bay without having to kill them: a screen of horticultural fleece around carrots keeps&nbsp;carrot fly away, while garlic granules, grit and copper rings deter slugs. Insect-proof mesh available off the&nbsp;roll or as a ready-to-use cloche keeps caterpillars and other pests off crops.

Organic deterrents: in our garden centre you&#39;ll find a range of organic methods for tackling pests, from&nbsp;super-effective wildlife friendly slug pellets to biological controls. We also stock a range of pheromone traps&nbsp;to hang among your plants for catching codling moth and other flying pests.

Please ask the staff in our %locations% garden centre for more information and advice about dealing with garden pests.

Garden pests

gardening accessories

Gardening Accessories

Wicker baskets from the range available in our garden centre make a wonderfully natural setting for bulbs, pansies and primulas. But for a display as productive as it is beautiful, plant your basket with a selection of herbs. It makes a charming gift – and it's perfect for spoiling yourself, too.
Pick out a style and colour that catches your eye, in the largest size you can afford: larger baskets hold more&nbsp;compost, so don't need watering as often, and you can include a wider range of herbs.
If the basket doesn't already have a liner, cut polythene to fit and punch holes in it for drainage. This holds in&nbsp;moisture, and also protects the wicker. Then add a layer of gravel for drainage.
Fill your basket with multipurpose compost mixed with a handful or two of horticultural grit - both are&nbsp;available in our garden centre. Then get planting!
Shrubby herbs like rosemary and thyme are fragrant and last years. But leave space for some annuals, too,&nbsp;like spicy basil or French tarragon. You'll find all these herbs and more to choose from in our garden centre.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about choosing baskets and herbs&nbsp;for your display.
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Herb baskets

There's a huge choice of containers available in our garden centre in %locations%, but two types remain most popular: clay&nbsp;terracotta, or versatile plastic. So which is best for you?
Terracotta has the look of a richly organic traditional material, yet you'll find angular modern designs among&nbsp;the traditional clay in our garden centre.
Terracotta pots are heavier, and also have porous sides, allowing air and water to pass through and letting&nbsp;plants' roots 'breathe'. This means you'll need to water more often: lining the inside with plastic (punched with&nbsp;drainage holes) helps. You'll find pots in our garden centre are labelled 'frost resistant' so they won't flake or&nbsp;crack in the cold: putting them up on pot 'feet' also helps prevent frost damage.
Plastic is light and lasts ages, and there's a dazzling range in our garden centre. Modern plastic finishes can&nbsp;look almost identical to terracotta, so you can still get the traditional look.
They hold on to water more easily, needing less watering and a perfect environment for plants like&nbsp;blueberries which like to sit in damper compost. Drought-lovers like Mediterranean herbs, though, prefer&nbsp;terracotta.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about choosing between plastic or&nbsp;terracotta containers for your garden.

Plastic vs terracotta

Containers are brilliantly versatile, and you can use them to create whatever mood you want in your garden in %locations%&nbsp;– whether it's lushly tropical, or funky and stylish. Here's how:
Container colour: Paint raised garden boxes or wooden containers – both available in our garden centre –&nbsp;to create quirky colour-themed container gardens. Oil-based stains are low-key and tasteful; or try waterproof&nbsp;marine paints in vibrant colours. Echo stem or flower colours for a really striking effect.
Plant style: For the jungly look, pick big plants with lush-looking leaves: phormiums, hardy gingers and&nbsp;bamboos all thrive in large containers. For container cottage gardens, plant small-flowered geraniums at the&nbsp;feet of container-grown apple trees. Architectural palms, bamboos and echeverias create a minimalist, clean&nbsp;look. All are available, plus many more, in our garden centre.
Mood management: Clashing colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel such as purple and yellow&nbsp;create vibrant, exciting moods, as do hot colours: red salvias, yellow chrysanthemums and orange daylilies,&nbsp;for example. Harmonious colours – blues, purples, reds – are soothing and calming: pastel shades and white&nbsp;also turn the pressure right down.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about creating containers for&nbsp;special effects in your garden.

Container moods

Whatever size your garden, containers are likely to feature. Tulips packed into big oak barrels look fabulous&nbsp;even among rolling acres: and if all you have is a handkerchief-sized yard, pots are your garden in %locations%.
Choose with care from the extensive range in our garden centre so the right pot is in the right place. Here&nbsp;are a few tips:
A few larger pots are better than lots of little ones: large pots make a great statement and have a greater&nbsp;volume of compost so need less watering.
Choose the pot to suit your situation: lightweight plastic is more sensible than weighty terracotta on roof&nbsp;gardens; and match pots to their environment. Modernist planters sit uncomfortably in a rural idyll.
Theme your containers: decide your style from the start: modernist metal, or traditional terracotta? Painted&nbsp;ceramic or warm wood? If all your containers follow a single theme it pulls your display together.
Choose the container to fit your plants: Shallow-rooted salads, herbs and flowers thrive in as little as&nbsp;15cm of soil, so are happy in trays, windowboxes and troughs. Save big, roomy pots for hefty bananas or&nbsp;container-grown fruit trees.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about choosing containers for your&nbsp;garden.

Right pot, right place

Most plants will grow quite happily in containers and you can make just as fabulous a display using plants in&nbsp;containers as you can in the garden - great news if you&#39;re short on outdoor space. In our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;you&#39;ll&nbsp;find a container for every plant: just match your plants to the pot that suits it best for instant success.

Pots come in a huge range of styles and materials from ceramic to terracotta, stainless steel and stone. Let&nbsp;your imagination run riot creating mixed displays of perennials and shrubs in larger pots for instant impact.

Troughs and grow spaces work brilliantly for growing vegetables on the patio. Place troughs against a wall&nbsp;to grow climbing beans, or divide a grow space as small as 1m x 1m into squares for planting a surprisingly&nbsp;wide variety of fruit and veg.

Hanging baskets brighten up the dingiest of entrance ways with brilliant scarlet pelargoniums or, for&nbsp;something different, tumbling tomatoes or chillies. In our garden centre you&#39;ll find not only the baskets but&nbsp;also liners and water-retaining gel to mix into the compost to hold on to moisture for longer.

Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about choosing containers.

Containers

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<h2>A handy guide to help enjoy your&nbsp;Yankee Candle&reg; for longer!</h2>

<h2>Trim the Wick</h2>

Keep your wick trimmed to 3-5mm at all times, even the ﬁrst time! Yankee Candle wick trimmers are recommended. If any smoking should occur when burning, extinguish the ﬂame, trim the wick, remove the trimmings,and relight the candle.

<h2>Let the Wax Pool</h2>

Each time you burn your candle, allow the entire top layer to become a fragrant pool of liquid wax and you&rsquo;ll get the biggest, boldest scent possible. This will also help prevent tunnelling.

<h2>Burn it Safely</h2>

Always burn your candle on a heat resistant surface, keep it out of drafts, away from children and pets, and never leave unattended while lit.

<h2>Know When to say Goodbye</h2>

When only 1.5cm of wax remains, it&rsquo;s time to let your candle go. A candle snuffer is recommended to extinguish candles with care.

<h2>Accessorise!</h2>

Illuma-lids and jar shades are great candle tools that help prevent tunnelling and promote a clean, even burn and can enhance the look of any room.

<h2>Votive Candles</h2>

Votives are made to liquefy, so must be used onlyin appropriate holders; never burn freestanding.

<h2>Wax Melts</h2>

Place a melt in a suitable non-electric meltwarmer, and light an unscented tea light candle beneath (Yankee Candle&reg; Unscented Tea Lights,are recommended).

<h2>Candle Burn Times</h2>

Classic Jar Candle (Lrg): 110 &ndash; 150 hours

Classic Jar Candle (Med): 65 &ndash; 90 hours

Classic Jar Candle (Sml): 25 - 40 hours

Large Pillar Candle: Up to 150 hours

Medium Pillar Candle: Up to 95 hours

Small Pillar Candle:&nbsp;Up to 45 hours

Votive Candle: Up to 15 hours

Scented Tea Light: 4 &ndash; 6 hours

Unscented Tea Light: 4 &ndash; 6 hours

Wax Melt: Approx. 8 hours of fragrance each

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Today, with over 150 fragrances, Yankee Candle offer the world&#39;s largest and most compelling selection of candle and home fragrance scents. In addition to thier renowned Housewarmer&reg; line of scented candles, they also provide a wide range of seasonal and specialty scented candles, home fragrance products, car fresheners and candle accessories.

Yankee Candle

Cacti are gorgeous, low-maintenance plants for the indoor gardener, so show them off to the max grouped in&nbsp;attractive displays to enhance your home in %locations%.
A cactus garden makes the most of smaller specimens. Choose a selection of different shapes,sizes and&nbsp;colours from the wide range available in our garden centre, looking for contrasts: purple-tinged Euphorbia&nbsp;trigona 'Rubra' sets off green columns of Haageocereus beautifully, while tall cacti have more impact when&nbsp;set against squat, sculptural barrel cacti. Broad leaved succulents like Aeoniums also look fabulous paired&nbsp;with spidery stems like those of the pencil cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli).
Wide, shallow bowls or boxes give most scope for letting loose your creativity. Paint trays in bright colours,&nbsp;Mexican style, and create natural-looking scenes by setting your groups of cacti among rocks, grit and sand&nbsp;to mimic a natural landscape.
Place your cactus garden where you can see it, on a windowsill or shelf at least a metre off the ground.&nbsp;You could even place it against a fabulous backdrop of a spectacular Arizona desert, or colourful abstract&nbsp;materials or textiles.
Please ask the staff in our %locations% garden centre for more information and advice about how to collect and display&nbsp;cacti so they look at their best.

Colourful cacti

Growing your houseplants in something as beautiful as they are is the perfect finishing touch to your display&nbsp;and shows them off at their very best.
Containers are often an afterthought but they can make or break a good display, and you'll find pots to set off&nbsp;colourful foliage or emphasise an architectural shape in our garden centre in %locations%.
Themed or matching containers right through the house give a sense of continuity. Warm textured terracotta&nbsp;gives a rustic look, while coloured ceramic tones in easily with your home decor. Metallic finishes lend&nbsp;modernist style while bamboo or wooden containers are suitably jungly for ferns, palms and bananas. If it's&nbsp;shabby-chic you like, paint wooden containers or salvage items from bric-a-brac stores.
The shape of your container should also complement the plant growing in it. Low growing, trailing plants like&nbsp;ivy look lovely cascading over a tall container; fountain-shaped plants are complemented by vase-shaped&nbsp;pots. For real wow factor pick out the colours of a plant's leaves or flowers in the colours of the container or&nbsp;choose complementary colours: white, for example, sets off darker greens and purples beautifully.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about choosing the right containers&nbsp;for your plants.

Cracking good containers

There's nothing that gladdens the heart in the chilly depths of January quite as much as cheery spring bulbs,&nbsp;forced to flower ahead of time. Super-early hyacinths on a kitchen windowsill fill the house with winter scent,&nbsp;while paperwhite daffodils bring a delicate beauty to a Christmas scene.
Pots of forced bulbs make wonderful Christmas presents - you can buy prepared pre-chilled bulbs in our&nbsp;garden centre from autumn. Don't forget to treat yourself too!
Start in September, planting into bowls of bulb fibre or multipurpose compost, available in our garden centre in %locations%.&nbsp;Place the bulbs on compost in the bottom of the bowl so they're close, but not touching. Fill with more&nbsp;compost so that the tops of the bulbs are just showing.
Place your pot of bulbs in a dark, cool place - ideally, about 9°C. Keep watered, and when shoots reach&nbsp;5cm long bring them out into a cool room to let the leaves green up. Finally, move to a warm windowsill&nbsp;to continue growing. Then all you have to do is clear a space among your Christmas decorations for their&nbsp;moment in the festive spotlight.
Please ask the staff in our %locations% garden centre for more information about forcing bulbs for early spring colour.

Forcing the issue

Green, leafy houseplants bring the outdoors indoors - and that means healthy living, too. The palms,&nbsp;dracaenas and ferns you'll find in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;are proven to reduce stress, remove pollutants from the&nbsp;air and increase oxygen levels.
Help them carry on the good work by creating the conditions they need to thrive. Most green houseplants&nbsp;prefer somewhere bright but out of direct sunlight, with steady temperatures and humid air.
Avoid putting houseplants by radiators or on windowsills where temperatures fall sharply on frosty nights. Try&nbsp;standing them on tables or stands, available in our garden centre, in a bright spot near a window.
Water sparingly, letting compost dry out between times, and mist leaves with a hand spray or stand plants in&nbsp;trays of damp gravel to raise humidity.
Add liquid feed every couple of weeks and wipe leaves with cotton wool soaked in tepid water to keep dust&nbsp;from blocking their pores. While you're at it, check for pests: fuzzy white tufts are a sign of mealybug, while&nbsp;red spider mite cause yellow mottling and fine webs. Spray with insecticidal soap to put things right again.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about looking after your green&nbsp;houseplants.

Indoor greenery

Despite their exotic appearance, orchids are easy-going houseplants. They are quite happy in indoor&nbsp;conditions and require little care for their spectacular displays.
You'll find popular moth orchids (Phalaenopsis) as well as Cymbidium and showy Odontoglossum in our&nbsp;garden centre in %locations%. All have beautiful, long-lasting flowers in colours from white to butterscotch to magenta.
That first flush of flowers isn't the end of the story: given good conditions a second flowering should follow&nbsp;hot on the heels of the first.
In the wild, orchids grow halfway up rainforest trees, so reproduce their ideal warm, humid conditions in&nbsp;bright but not direct light. Too dry, or too hot, and they'll refuse to flower.
Water weekly, letting it drain completely and adding specialist orchid fertiliser, also available in our garden&nbsp;centre, once a fortnight.
Phalaenopsis reflower from nodes on the flowering stem, so once the first flowers fade cut back to the&nbsp;topmost node, and keep doing this until you reach the bottom node when you can remove it altogether. Cut&nbsp;out Cymbidium and Odontoglossum flower spikes completely as soon as the flower dies back to encourage&nbsp;more flower spikes.
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information about how to grow orchids and keep them at&nbsp;their best.

Year-round orchids

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Create a jungle in your home

Come and explore our ever changing selection of indoor plants, with old favourites alongside new and exciting varieties. Apart from looking beautiful, studies have shown that bringing plants indoors improves air quality, improves concentration and reduces stress and anxiety.

If you&rsquo;re unsure if your new green friend is right for you, we have a great team of enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff who are always happy to help you. Whether it&rsquo;s choosing the right plant for the right place or helpful hints ant tips to keep your plants looking happy and healthy.

Alongside our fantastic range of plants, we also have a great selection of ceramic pot covers to compliment both your plant and your home.&nbsp;

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Houseplants

Bomb Cosmetics was established over 17 years ago &amp; started life on the South coast of England. Beginning with just a few bath blasters at UK trade shows, their unique brand now brings beautifully handcrafted products to over 70 countries around the world!

They create fun &amp; affordable bath, body, face and shower products as well as their constantly growing home fragrance range.

Why not make Bomb Cosmetics part of your beauty regime? They&nbsp;pride themselves on making their&nbsp;products not only smell and feel wonderful on your skin, but also look beautiful too!

They carefully source the best ingredients, natural butters and pure essential oils, and minimise their packaging as much as possible to ensure their little luxuries don&rsquo;t hurt the planet, and only nourish and care for your skin. And don&rsquo;t forget, all of their products come with free extra love!

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Gift Shop

Gifts for people who love their garden are everywhere in our garden centre and you&#39;re sure to find inspiration&nbsp;from our range of products to enhance your home and garden.

Garden ornaments you&#39;ll find in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;include sundials and clocks, statues and sculptures,&nbsp;windchimes, wall art and topiary.

Keen veg growers will enjoy our windowsill kits and beautifully presented pre-packed sets of seeds and&nbsp;pots. We&#39;ve also got a range of seed boxes, ornamental plant labels and planters to get them growing fresh&nbsp;fruit and veg year-round.

Practical presents are always useful when you&#39;re out in the garden come rain or shine. There&#39;s a selection&nbsp;of sturdy garden clothing in our garden centre, as well as tool belts, welly-boot pulls, and useful gadgets like&nbsp;pot makers using recycled newspaper.

Plants are always a delight to gardeners. You&#39;ll find seasonal plants including pots of forced hyacinths and&nbsp;spring bulbs, fragrant winter shrubs or poinsettias for Christmas in our garden centre: another great gift idea&nbsp;is a rose named for an anniversary.

For gardeners who like to choose for themselves we have gift vouchers in attractive presentation cards,&nbsp;suitable for every occasion.

Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about gifts for gardeners.

Gifts & Home

There&#39;s nothing to put you in the mood for Christmas quite like going to the garden centre on a wintery day to pick out a living Christmas tree, then bringing it home to fill the house with the scent of pinewoods in December. 
 
There are lots of trees to choose from in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre, so make sure you get the one that&#39;s right for you. Here are some of the varieties to look out for: 
 
Norway spruce: the traditional Christmas tree: lovely perfume and good conical shape 
 
Nordmann Fir: one of the best for holding onto its soft, rounded needles 
 
Potted living trees:&nbsp;A small, living, rooted Christmas tree in a pot.&nbsp; 
 
Please ask the staff in our garden centre in %locations%&nbsp;for more information and advice about choosing your Christmas tree.

Christmas trees

Christmas wouldn&#39;t be Christmas without the magic of sparkling lights. Hang them on the tree, festoon the living room with them, or fling them in great ropes over the house or trees in the garden to twinkle merrily at passers-by. 
 
As a rule of thumb, buy 100 lights for every 45cm of tree &ndash; so a string of 400 lights is perfect for an average 1.8m tree. Here are some of your options: 
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LED lights: coloured or brilliant white, they&#39;re very energy-efficient so even though they cost a little more to start with, you&#39;ll save it in the electricity bills. 
 
Novelty lights: special covers come in all sorts of shapes from lanterns to snowflakes. You can also get flashing lights which you can programme to do a variety of sequences 
 
Outdoor lights: choose from battery-powered, solar-powered and mains powered lights 
 
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about choosing your Christmas lights.

Christmas Lights

Your choice of decorations is the finishing touch that makes Christmas absolutely perfect. 
 
We&#39;ve got the decorations for you in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre, from baubles and tinsel to candles and ornaments. Think carefully about the look you&#39;re trying to create, though: are you a pared-down, minimalist type? Or a throw-it-on, anything goes kind of person? 
 
We have something for eveyone in our huge Christmas department.. 
 
Please ask the staff in our in %locations% garden centre for more information and advice about choosing the Christmas decorations right for you.

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Christmas Decorations

Imagine a Christmas without agonising over which tree to buy. A Christmas when you don&#39;t have to hoover up a single needle, and at the end, you just pack up your tree in the cupboard till next year. 
 
These days some artificial Christmas trees are so good it&#39;s hard to tell the difference between an artificial tree and the real thing. Here are some of the great features to look out for: 
 
Pre-lit trees: It&#39;s no longer necessary to wrestle with Christmas lights every year: many of our trees come pre-lit, with up to 400 lightbulbs already installed. 
 
Pre decorated trees: Great value as the decorations are included with the tree. Takes seconds to put up so it&#39;s a great timesaver too! 
 
Flocked: the ultimate tree to finish off your snowy festive scene, the whole tree is covered in permenantly attached powdery snow. 
 
Collapsible trees: makes putting away the tree quick and easy, and it doesn&#39;t take up much room in storage, either. 
 
Please ask the staff in our %locations%&nbsp;garden centre for more information and advice about choosing your artificial Christmas tree.

Artificial Christmas trees

Christmas in the garden centre 
 
We&#39;ve got a magical Christmas planned for you this year, so drop by to enjoy the fantastic festive displays and events we&#39;re planning in the run-up to the big day. 
 
We&#39;re a one-stop shop&nbsp;for all you need, whether you&#39;re decorating your home or buying gifts for friends and family. You&#39;ll find tasty delicacies for the festive table, living Christmas trees, crackers, Christmas ornaments, silk&nbsp;flowers or ribbons &ndash; in fact everything to make your Christmas magical. 
 
Here are just a few highlights among the wonderful things you can expect to find in our winter wonderland: 
 
Christmas lights: stock up on glittering lights to decorate trees and hang outdoors in the garden, too 
 
Stylish decorations: our breath taking range of ribbons, baubles and tinsel perfects your festive display 
 
Novelties: toys, chocolates and beautifully-made figurines to hang in your tree 
 
Gift ideas: from books to gardening tools, handmade craft items and pretty candles, there&#39;s something for everyone on your list. 
 
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