Dobbies supports over 50 garden projects
Dobbies Garden Centres has announced its support for 53 local charities and community groups across the UK through its Dobbies Community Gardens initiative.
Dobbies Garden Centres has announced its support for 53 local charities and community groups across the UK through its Dobbies Community Gardens initiative. The programme received hundreds of applications from deserving causes, with each of Dobbies’ 53 stores selecting a local garden project to support.
Dobbies’ teams will help bring local projects to life by providing volunteer hours and product donations, including plants, compost, grow-your-own items and essential gardening tools. The successful groups include a wide range of organisations such as schools, nurseries, care homes and community gardens, all working to create or enhance green spaces within their communities.
‘Helping communities to get growing’
Nigel Lawton, plant buyer for Dobbies Garden Centres, said: “Selecting the final projects has been incredibly difficult, but we’re proud to support 53 groups nationwide, one for every Dobbies store. Through this initiative, we’re helping communities to get growing while creating and enhancing green spaces for local people to enjoy. We’re looking forward to seeing how these projects develop and the positive difference they will make.”
Sandra Gillett from Age UK Folkestone added: “Thank you to Dobbies for supporting our visitors' centre where we run a small garden club to grow vegetables and flowers. We are looking for some help to add some flowering plants and shrubs to our raised beds to help add colour and brighten the day of everyone who visits."
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