Work has begun on converting the old Tesco store at Fosse Lane into a Dobbies Garden Centre. The 2,605m2 building will be transformed during the work into a modern garden centre. Due to open in summer 2009 the store will create 80-100 jobs in the area.
Dobbies, one of the UK’s favourite garden centres, won the prestigious Garden Retail Award for ‘Best Business Development: New build, Refit or Launch’ at the Garden Retail Awards which were held in London on 12th November.
Mendip District Council’s Planning Board has granted planning permission for a new Dobbies Garden World at Fosse Lane. Shepton Mallet.
Dobbies Garden Centres has applied to Midlothian Council for planning permission to double the size of its head office building at Melville Nursery, Lasswade.
Dobbies, which has been inspiring gardeners since 1865, is hoping to create a major new eco garden centre - ‘Dobbies Garden World’ - in a multi-million pound investment in its first store in York.
After many years of local competition, Dobbies Garden Centres and James Cocker & Sons are working together to create a state of the art garden centre in Aberdeen. The proposal is to locate a new sustainably designed garden centre, which will trade under the Dobbies name, on a ten acre site in north Aberdeen at New Park in Lang Stracht.
Planning application has now been submitted to Carlisle City Council for a new £10m state of the art Dobbies Garden World at Orton Grange, in Dalston, Carlisle.
Dobbies Ponteland has launched a new Garden Room. Boasting a huge range of gardening tools, equipment, lawn care products and accessories, the new room is bursting with inspiration.
Dobbies Garden World in Shrewsbury is gearing up for summer. Over £200,000 has been invested in the store to create a spacious modern shopping environment and customers are set to reap the benefits.
Dobbies Garden World in Dundee has had a make-over with a range of store and stock improvements. Over £200,000 has been invested in enhancing the look and feel of the store and local customers are set to reap the benefits.
This week sees the launch of a new 750 seat restaurant at Dobbies Garden World in Edinburgh. One of the largest of its kind in Scotland, the new restaurant has an in-house bakery, pizza oven, creperie and rotisserie.
27th February 2008
Dobbies Garden Centres is currently in the process of preparing a planning application to Mendip Council for a £6.5m Garden World at Fosse Lane, Shepton Mallet.
End February 2008
A planning application has now been submitted to South Lanarkshire Council for a new Dobbies Garden World at Peel Park, East Kilbride.
January 2008
Dobbies Garden Centres is currently in the process of preparing a planning application to South Lanarkshire Council for a £14m Garden World at Peel Park, East Kilbride.
March 2007
A planning application has been submitted to the City of York Council for an £8 million new Dobbies Garden World at Fulford in York.
