Tag Archives: Squire’s Garden Centres

Charlie Dimmock revisits Squire’s Garden Centres

Hundreds of children from schools across the south-east have been visiting Squire’s Garden Centres to find out the results of the retailer’s ‘Grow Your Own Chips’ competition. The pupils originally visited Squire’s back in March, when the contest was launched by celebrity gardener Charlie Dimmock, She showed local schoolchildren at …

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Squire’s managers go ‘back to the floor’

Four members of Squire’s Garden Centres’ group office management team have been ‘back to the floor’ experiencing various roles across the business. Called ‘Feet On The Floor’, the programme gave managers the opportunity to work in an area of the company that they hadn’t necessarily experienced before. The project came …

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Squire’s reopens Woking garden centre

Squire’s reopened the doors to its Woking garden centre in Surrey yesterday (Friday February 23). Following a significant extension, the garden centre on Littlewick Road now has an ‘inspirational’ plant area, complete with an outdoor canopy, and a much bigger shop (pictured) offering a wider choice of gardening products, gifts …

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Squire’s garden centre in Windsor to close this autumn

Squire’s garden centre at Windsor in Berkshire will shut its doors in the autumn. The retailer blamed a limited ability to grow the Maidenhead Road centre and planning restraints as reasons for the decision. Squire’s said: ‘Over the years the garden centre has had limited ability to maximise its potential, …

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Charlie Dimmock to open Squire’s new garden centre

Gardening expert Charlie Dimmock will officially open Squire’s new garden centre at Woking in Surrey on Saturday March 17. Charlie, who rose to fame as a co-host of BBC One garden makeover series ‘Ground Force’ and now presents BBC One’s ‘Garden Rescue’ series, will be at the garden centre all …

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‘Stunning’ new café bar planned for Squire’s in Shepperton

Squire’s Garden Centre at Shepperton in Middlesex has unveiled plans to open a ‘stunning’ new café bar in early October. The area will have a new décor, flooring, seating and lighting. There will be distinct seating sections including the main café bar (an afternoon tea area with a piano), a …

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New finance director for Squire’s Garden Centres

Squire’s Garden Centres has appointed Mark Wilson as finance director. He succeeds Steven Palmer who retired at the end of April after eight years of service. Mark worked for Unilever for nearly 25 years in a variety of finance, buying and corporate strategy roles, and was employed for 10 years …

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