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Dobbies Garden Centres, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, today (Thursday 8 July) opens its first London-based little dobbies.

Environment Minister Rebecca Pow visits Dobbies Garden Centre in London to hear how they are creating jobs and planting for our planet

Dobbies, the UK’s largest garden centre retailer, confirms that it will be peat-free in six months, in relation to bagged compost, bringing forward the original target of 2022.  

Waste-aware gardeners will now be able to recycle compost packaging thanks to a trial scheme from the country’s biggest garden retailer. 

Dobbies Garden Centres has launched a new peat-free compost containing John Innes standard material. It will be the first own-brand product of its type in the UK. 

Dobbies has announced the relaunch of its landmark community support initiative, Helping Your Community Grow.

Dobbies has announced the online relaunch of its much-loved Little Seedlings Club, to support and celebrate National Children’s Gardening Week.  

Dobbies Garden Centres has announced that it is stocking Bloomin Amazing™, an organic and environmentally friendly soil enricher.

Dobbies Garden Centres welcomes the announcements from DEFRA and the HTA identifying proposed deadlines for retailers to be peat-free. 

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, announces plans for a second store in Northern Ireland, located at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park.

Dobbies Garden Centres, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, today (Wednesday 12 May) announces the next two little dobbies stores that will open this year: Chiswick High Road and Westbourne Grove.

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, today (Friday 30 April) opens its 71st store, located in Boston Lincolnshire.

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has launched the latest episode of its popular podcast, this time in collaboration with Butterfly Conservation to hear more about its ‘Nurture for Nature’ campaign.

The UK’s leading garden centre retailer, Dobbies Garden Centres, demonstrates its support for the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) National Gardening Week (26 April – 2 May) with the launch of new sustainable products and the start of its #sustainabledobbies campaign.

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has announced the acquisition of Johnsons Garden Centre (Johnsons) located in Boston, Lincolnshire. This takes the total number of Dobbies stores to 71.

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has teamed up with UK wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, as the official partner for their Nurture for Nature campaign, in a bid to encourage people to look after themselves by looking after the natural world this spring.

Dobbies has announced the launch of its first-ever ‘Not Your Average Gardener’ awards, to find the UK’s best and most dedicated gardeners.

Dobbies Garden Centres, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has opened a brand new format store in Bristol – little dobbies.

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has announced a programme of exclusive virtual events this Spring, to help gardeners of all ages and abilities take their green spaces to the next level.

Following updated guidance from the Welsh Government that garden centres may open, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, Dobbies Garden Centres, has reopened.

Dobbies Garden Centres has teamed up with the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, the RSPB, to release its latest podcast episode.

Dobbies Garden Centres Group Limited (the “Group”) has filed the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Group and its subsidiaries. These accounts are for the 53 weeks to 1 March 2020.

The UK’s leading garden centre retailer, Dobbies, has partnered with surplus food app, Too Good To Go, in a bid to combat food waste across its stores.

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has teamed up with Teenage Cancer Trust to give local heroes across the UK a Christmas to remember.

Dobbies Gardren Centres has hit a major fundraising milestone, raising £1million for UK-wide charity, Teenage Cancer Trust.

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer announces the development of its first small format store – Little Dobbies.

Dobbies has announced its support for the Stroke Association; a charity which provides specialist support and funds critical research for people affected by stroke.

Dobbies Garden Centres announces an exclusive wholesale partnership with Sainsbury’s to bring a range of high quality food and grocery products to its centres.