My wife has already limited my pocket money each day. But there's nothing to stop me collecting my booty on my day off. Hmm, I'm gonna need a bigger van!
hi i have found garden centers very expensive for various products, plants and seeds. i am lucky that i have a number of allotment association garden shops where i can get the above far more cheaper than GC in general.
Seeds as an example are a third of the cost and seed potatoes £1 a kilo with a good range of choice. materials such as netting and ground cover also a lot less expensive.
i am sure that garden centers could reduce the costs of some products to enable the average gardener to buy products however the commercial greed of national companies can lean on ordinary folk with limited funds. i do not make a habit of buying much from GC as local stores such as Aldi, home bargains and other savings shops offer far greater value for the well earned pound, happy gardening
There are going to be quite a few plants at the garden centre that you'll never find at b&q, aldi etc, although Lidls have some real bargains, and they seem to be healthy enough (French lavender £1.75, cosmos 2 for a fiver), but b&q had jasmine and honeysuckle for £10.99 each, whereas my local garden centre had more choice of both plants, and much fuller, for just £7.99 each.
maybe the larger chains of garden centre don't always represent as good value though?
Hi Verdun. I bought Penstemon (Pinacolada), Lythrum, Gentiana, Anemone (Charlotte), Scabiosa, Iris (White Queen) Gaura Lind (dark Pink) and Lobelia Fan Pink. All perennials.
But yesterday evening I got a splendid idea. As it's raining again, the 5e day in a row, I'am gone change my lawn in a padi field. In fact the grass is already waving in the water and in august I can have the first harvest. The ducks are swimming in the garden and tick with their beak against the window for food. Just have to buy a waterbuffalo and a plow and I'am ready to go.
Our local independent GC has recently been bought by Wyevale. I was hoping such a large organisation might have the clout to be able to offer plants cheaper, but no way.
Wyevale can be a bit pricey, but they do have a Loyalty Card scheme so you earn vouchers.
We have a Notcutts just up the road and I'm a Cardholder there too so I get a discount - OH works next door at the Farm Shop so when I do my food shop I can visit the GC without using any more petrol - that saves me money ......... doesn't it..............???
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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My wife has already limited my pocket money each day. But there's nothing to stop me collecting my booty on my day off. Hmm, I'm gonna need a bigger van!
hi i have found garden centers very expensive for various products, plants and seeds. i am lucky that i have a number of allotment association garden shops where i can get the above far more cheaper than GC in general.
Seeds as an example are a third of the cost and seed potatoes £1 a kilo with a good range of choice. materials such as netting and ground cover also a lot less expensive.
i am sure that garden centers could reduce the costs of some products to enable the average gardener to buy products however the commercial greed of national companies can lean on ordinary folk with limited funds. i do not make a habit of buying much from GC as local stores such as Aldi, home bargains and other savings shops offer far greater value for the well earned pound, happy gardening
There are going to be quite a few plants at the garden centre that you'll never find at b&q, aldi etc, although Lidls have some real bargains, and they seem to be healthy enough (French lavender £1.75, cosmos 2 for a fiver), but b&q had jasmine and honeysuckle for £10.99 each, whereas my local garden centre had more choice of both plants, and much fuller, for just £7.99 each.
maybe the larger chains of garden centre don't always represent as good value though?
Hi Verdun. I bought Penstemon (Pinacolada), Lythrum, Gentiana, Anemone (Charlotte), Scabiosa, Iris (White Queen) Gaura Lind (dark Pink) and Lobelia Fan Pink. All perennials.
But yesterday evening I got a splendid idea. As it's raining again, the 5e day in a row, I'am gone change my lawn in a padi field. In fact the grass is already waving in the water and in august I can have the first harvest. The ducks are swimming in the garden and tick with their beak against the window for food. Just have to buy a waterbuffalo and a plow and I'am ready to go.
This weather make depressed
Our local independent GC has recently been bought by Wyevale. I was hoping such a large organisation might have the clout to be able to offer plants cheaper, but no way.
Wyevale can be a bit pricey, but they do have a Loyalty Card scheme so you earn vouchers.
We have a Notcutts just up the road and I'm a Cardholder there too so I get a discount - OH works next door at the Farm Shop so when I do my food shop I can visit the GC without using any more petrol - that saves me money ......... doesn't it..............???
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.