…and you are invited to our party. Here is what we have planned for our birthday celebration weekend, which is being held right here in the Garden Centre all weekend. 150th Birthday Party- what’s on – Saturday 2nd August 10 am Official Opening of the party 11- 4pm Blackpool Donkeys Top Car Park (£2, tickets Available in the Garden…
Blackpool Donkeys visit confirmed Birthday Party on 2nd and 3rd August We are delighted to be able to confirm that Mark Inison & his donkeys will swap the golden sands of Blackpool for the green grass of Brighouse to help Kershaw’s Garden Centre celebrate their 150th birthday and raise money for Overgate Hospice. Mark’s donkeys are no strangers to fame…
What a terrible name for such a lovely plant! The Stokesia par tot the plant name is in tribute to Dr Jonathan Stokes, an 18-19th Century English physician. It has the most amazing, huge fluffy cornflower like flowers which grow up to 4″ across. It flowers throughout the summer and the flowers appear over neat…
Have you seen the new Bees Needs website, which is being hosted by the Wildlife Trusts for DEFRA. It contains some very useful information including a straight forward five things we can do to help pollinators as gardeners. There is also an excellent video to explain the problem. Click on the image below to visit…
This very pretty Dianthus is one of a series called Super Parfait. This bee friendly plant is perfect for growing in borders and on containers. Often grown as an annual, it can overwinter and regrow a second or third year, (even with our Brighouse climate) it has the prettiest pink flowers with dark red eyes…
Willow Vale is one of the best French Lavenders, which look wonderful with their exotic flowers, which have a little tuft of colour at the ends. These are easy to grow, they love a sunny spot and can be very lightly pruned after flowering. They make wonderful informal hedges…
As we were pottering on the internet today we came across this very thorough list of plants which bees adore on Newcastle City Councils website. To access the list, just click on the bumblebee, and then, well, you know where to come for great plants at sensible prices…
Just look at these bright golden yellow flowers, which are held up above the green mound of foliage. They will continue to flower right the way through until the autumn when they will fall asleep for the winter and then wake up when the spring sunshine starts. An advantage at the moment is that they…
We have just taken delivery of some stunning herbaceous perennials including the rather lovely Gaura Pink. Gaura is a superb plant with its delicate flowers which add colour and movement to the herbaceous border. It also looks stunning on a pot with other perennials…
The Shasta Daisy, or Leucanthemum x superbum “Real Galaxy” is the perfect addition to any sunny garden border. White petals surround a golden centre in the flowers which just keep coming. They are great for use in the house as a cut flower, and continue flowering for as long as the summer lasts and of…