We're finding that quite a few of the supermarkets here have closed their cafes over the last year or so, probably because they couldn't get the staff?
One or two of the GC's we visit don't have cafes but they are in the minority.
@Lizzie27 I think you are probably correct about the problems of getting staff for the restaurants and cafes in supermarkets and GCs. Several of our supermarkets have closed their cafe/restaurants and most of those ing GCs seem to be horribly understaffed.
I'm sure it's a culture. Very few GCs with cafés in Belgium either tho the one I did know, near Aarschot, was really good and became a destination for cyclist and walking groups as wel as gardeners. It does seem to me to be a good way to mximise floor space and profits.
Every plant fair I've ever neen to here and in Belgium has refreshment stand so they know gardeners eat and drink. he one where I have he voucher does have a coin operated doggy shampoo and dry facility - canine launderette - so it's not like they don't think about other ways to attract business.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Last year a couple of smaller GCs near me, which didn't previously have cafes, had portable cafes which were basically converted horse box trailers, appear. They had them set up in less used areas of their sites with covered seating area and they seemed to do a great trade.
I was stood in the greenhouse this morning sipping my coffee and planning and overhaul of my potted succulents. I was working along the shelf like Henry Viii. Divide, behead, died, divide, behead, oh hey that one actually survived
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I was stood in the greenhouse this morning sipping my coffee and planning and overhaul of my potted succulents. I was working along the shelf like Henry Viii. Divide, behead, died, divide, behead, oh hey that one actually survived
Hi you beat me to it. I’ve lost some plants already and others are hanging on in my unheated greenhouse. I’m in the NE and we have heavier frosts forecast for tonight, I want to rescue some “ just hanging on” succulents and put them in the garage but it’s the compost heap for others. unfortunalely my cedar wood octagonal greenhouse which is 25-30 years old is on its last legs. The wood is ok but the ground has slipped and it’s starting to lean. I really am goingto have to be a Henry VIII or is it the Queen of Hearts ( Red Queen?) and off with their heads.
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One or two of the GC's we visit don't have cafes but they are in the minority.
Every plant fair I've ever neen to here and in Belgium has refreshment stand so they know gardeners eat and drink. he one where I have he voucher does have a coin operated doggy shampoo and dry facility - canine launderette - so it's not like they don't think about other ways to attract business.
greenhouse. I’m in the NE and we have heavier frosts forecast for tonight, I want to rescue some “ just hanging on” succulents and put them in the garage but it’s the compost heap for others.
unfortunalely my cedar wood octagonal greenhouse which is 25-30 years old is on its last legs. The wood is ok but the ground has slipped and it’s starting to lean. I really am goingto have to be a Henry VIII or is it the Queen of Hearts ( Red Queen?) and off with their heads.