Christmas Market Chester le Street

Don’t miss Chesters Grove’s festive Victorian Weekend at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, Chester Moor, Chester le Street from Saturday 27th 9.am-6.pm until Sunday 28th 10.am-4.pm (last weekend in November). It promises to be a great weekend for the whole family. Our outdoor Christmas Market will include 30 Christmas craft stalls inside the marquee.

Bring the children along to see Santa in his Grotto on Saturday from 11.am. We’re also holding a fabulous prize draw with 7 stunning gifts including a first prize: Meal for 2, bottle of wine and an overnight stay at Dunelem Ridge. 2nd prize is a £100 Voucher to spend in the garden centre, plus a Wine and Spirit Hamper, Meat Hamper from Cestria Dexter Beef, 6 bottles of home-made Ginger Wine, Cuddly Toy and a Box of Chocolates for the runners up!

To keep the family entertained we’re also holding a Fun-fair, with a Tombola, plus Carol Singers from Dryburn Theatrical Workshop. Donations gratefully received to Great North Air Ambulance.

Half term things to do for children in County Durham

Looking for something creative to do with the children this half term?

Why not visit Chesters Grove - Garden Centre on Chester Moor, and join in with some of the week long Halloween activities!

Beware spine tingling screams echoing from the coffee shop, as children take part in two special ghoulish events inside the garden centre coffee shop! From Monday 25th to Friday 29th, 10.00am - 3.00pm. Chesters Grove’s chief Debbie and her team will be helping children create their own Halloween scary cookies. Budding young master chiefs are invited to put their cookie decorating skills to the test, while having great fun getting all messy into the bargain. Winning cookies will receive a special prize! Tickets £5.00- No booking required, just turn up! The grand finale takes place on Friday 29th in the shape of the Pumpkin Carving and Scarecrow Making event. Join in with our own monsters, goblins and witches to make a prize winning scarecrow or pumpkin. Booking recommended. Tickets £5.00 10.00am - 3.00pm. It promises to be a scream!

Chesters Grove- Ginger Wine

Have you tried Chesters Grove homemade Ginger Wine? it’s delicious on it’s own, or even as a mix with whisky to produce a Whisky Mac. Simply pour 1 1/2 oz of Scotch whisky with 1oz of Chesters Grove ginger wine into a wine goblet with no ice!

We make it in our very own kitchen plus at £4.00 per bottle, it makes a lovely gift for Christmas. Why not call into Chesters Grove Garden Centre, Chester Moor, Chester le Street this weekend and try a sample.

Garden Centre Sale Durham

Chesters Grove are holding a 20% sale this weekend across the entire garden centre. So if you live in the North East, and you’re looking to save on shrubs, fruit trees, pots, containers, garden furniture and lots more too, why not visit us on the A167, south of Chester le Street, Chester Moor. Plus, if you haven’t visited our coffee shop, why not pop in and sample some real home cooking. We’re also part of the Taste Durham food awards. One more thing before I go!...remember to sample our home-made ginger wine. Buy 6 bottles for only £36.00 and we’ll deliver to your door!

Halloween in County Durham

Here at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, in County Durham we’ve created a spooky world all of our own, in the shape of a special ghoulish Halloween dungeon store. Packed with all kinds of ghouls, ghosts, witches, pumpkins, masks, costumes, monsters and goblins, you’ll find everything to make your own Halloween go a real scream! But beware, the Halloween shop in Chester Moor, Chester le Street promises to have the hair standing on the back of your neck when you hear some of the spine tingling screams echoing through the garden centre.

Plus, we’re holding our very own Pumpkin Carving and Scarecrow Making event on Friday 29th October between 10.00am - 3.00pm. Tickets £5.00. If you and the children fancy a bit of cookie decorating, why not pop along to Chesters Grove from Monday 25th to Friday 29th October where we’ll be getting all messy making scary cookies! Just turn up, no booking required! Tickets £5.00

Durham Garden Centre

Don’t miss Chesters Grove - Garden Centre’s fabulous ‘Bank Holiday Clearance Sale’ starting this weekend from 28th August and ending Monday 30th. We’ve discounted our entire range of garden, patio and conservatory furniture for this final weekend only. Plus we’ve also reduced our extensive range of Chimineas from £149 to only £99. If that wasn’t enough, our water features, have also been reduced saving you £££’s For the last of the summer sun, check out our Panseys and Violas, only £1.50 for a pack of six. With so many great bargains on offer, it promises to be a really busy weekend, so be sure to call in early. Don’t forget our coffee shop serves delicious home-cooked food including our famous scones, corned beef pie and quiche.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Tony

Summer Plant Sale Durham

It’s the last weekend of Chesters Grove's great Half-Price Summer Sale, which means there’s still time to to get your hands on some fabulous bargains. Not to be missed, is the huge selection of, half price, hand finished, frost resistant pots and containers. You’ll find every size, shape and colour, both glazed ceramic and terracotta. We’ve even reduced our wide range of Chimineas! perfect for those cosy Autumn evenings on the patio.

Why not get the most from your garden while summer lingers with some extra colour! All our flowers, bedding plants, shrubs and fruit bushes are now half price. Take the hardy, ‘Dianthus’, with its beautiful range of pink colours (ideal for our half price containers). There’s also, ‘Chic red Dahlias’, ‘Mistral Echinacea’ with its stunning cone flowers. Plus, lavenders, conifers, fruit trees, alpines, especially the gorgeous ‘Gentain Saxosa’. For the smaller garden we have a superb range of shrubs such as ‘Pyracantha Teton’. In fact, there’s still so many bargains on offer, we recommend you empty your car boot before arriving.

Don’t forget to visit our cosy coffee shop while your here. We have a wide range of home-cooked delicious food on offer, including our famous giant fruit scones, ideal for sharing!

We’re really looking forward to see you over the weekend, and would like to take this opportunity in thanking you for shopping at Chesters Grove.

Don’t forget, the sale must end Sunday 15th August at 4.30pm.

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Gateshead Summer Flower Show 2010

One of the region’s main horticultural highlights, recently took place in the shape of ‘Gateshead Summer Flower Show 2010’, and we're delighted to say Chesters Grove-Garden Centre took ‘Silver’ in what was a very competitive, ‘Best Horticultural Trade Display’ category. The three day event was a huge success attracting visitors from all over the region. With live music, theartre, thousands of flowers and vegetables in the 300,000 square feet of attractions.

We put a great deal of effort in planning this year’s theme, based around water and tranquility. The trade category’s always competitive and this year was no exception with some gorgeous entries. We ran a tight race for ‘Gold’ only just missing out, so next year’s theme is already in the planning.We’d like to thank everyone for visiting and to congratulate all the entries which helped make the show such a success.

County Durham Plant Sale

We’ve almost come to the end of week one, of Chesters Grove’s Summer Sale, and it was great to see so many of you with trollies overflowing! If you haven’t visited Chesters Grove Garden Centre, Chester Moor, Chester le Street, then don’t worry, there’s still time to get your hands on some amazing savings! With 50% off all plants, bedding plants, shrubs, fruit trees and much more. Plus we've also reduced our Chimineas, normally £150, now only £99. It’s County Durham’s biggest plant sale, but hurry, it must end soon. Plus, you can also visit us this weekend at the Gateshead Flower Show, a great day out for all the family with everything for your garden and more including live entertainment, children's activities, floral displays, Gateshead Council's 2010 Silver Medal winning Chelsea Flower Show exhibit, speciality foods, craft fair, demonstrations and much more. Bring the whole family!

There's a FREE park & ride every 15 minutes from Gateshead Civic Centre (excluding Friday) and Gateshead MetroCentre Coach Park.

North East Plant Sale

One of the north east’s biggest plant sales starts this weekend at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, in County Durham. Our Summer Sale offers a massive 50% off all plants, trees and shrubs which means there’s still a chance to get your garden blooming over the summer holidays, with a huge saving too!

Why not pop into our coffee shop while you’re here to make your visit complete and enjoy a light lunch, or a home-made cooked meal all produced in our very own kitchen. Plus you could even try a sample of delicious home-made, non alcoholic Ginger Wine at only £3.50 per bottle. So get your hanging baskets, fruit trees, shrubs, bedding plants and SAVE 50%, at Chesters Grove-but hurry!

Ginger Wine-County Durham

Here at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, we’re well known for our large selection of, shrubs, bedding plants, alpines, fruit trees and vegetables, not to mention a huge range of gardening accessories, including our green friendly, solar powered water features. But did you know we also have a cosy coffee shop selling home made scones, quiche, mince and dumplings, corned beef pie, plus a changing menu of sandwiches and other delights.

Keep reading and you also learn about our much famed ‘Ginger Wine’, made right here in the kitchen by our very own Barbara and her team (see pic). It’s not only delicious, but it’s also very good for you too! Ginger is a treasure chest of healing powers alleviating many ailments including digestion. It’s a plant which has received many clinical studies, but hey!, we just like it because it tastes so good. If you’ve never tried a bottle, why not pop in Chesters Grove Garden Centre and we’ll give you a free sample, it’s sure to hit the spot, and it’s for sale in the garden centre for just £3.50

Thanks for reading

Tony

Strawberry Fayre, County Durham

The recent Strawberry Fayre at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, Chester le Street, County Durham saw record numbers attend in what was a busy weekend all round. The team at Chesters Grove adopted ‘Help for Heroes’ as there chosen charity raising over £600 during the course of the weekend. We’re delighted to have raised so much money in such a short space of time. The Strawberry Fayre was another huge success requiring the use of adjacent fields as overflow parking. We thought the England - Germany game might have a bearing on this year’s numbers but it didn’t seem to make any noticeable difference. Tickets also sold well for the Ceilidh, Midsummer Music and Line Dancing. We had over 40 stalls at the fayre with some wonderful craft work and home baking on offer.
Myself and the team at Chesters Grove would like to thank everyone who helped make the weekend another triumph and also for all the kind donations for ‘Help for Heroes’.

Thanks for reading

Tony

Strawberry Fayre' Sat 26th - Sun 27th June.

Hi folks,

It's our famous 'Strawberry Fayre' this weekend Sat 26th - Sun 27th June. Tickets still available for the 'Monster Ceilidh Band' on Friday 25th, tickets £7.00 with a 7.30pm start. 'Midsummer Music' with Dryburn Theatrical Workshop, Saturday 26th, tickets £3.00 with a 7.30pm start. and a 'Line Dancing Evening', Sunday 27th, tickets £6.00 with a 7.30pm start.

Hope to see you all there.

Tony

Traditional Garden Centre County Durham

At Chesters Grove Garden Centre, Chester Moor, Chester le Street, County Durham, we’re one of the few traditional garden centers in County Durham, still to offer locally grown plants and shrubs. Our plant adviser ‘Liz’ is always on hand to offer friendly tips and advice on how to get the best from your garden and vegetable plot. She’s busy like a bee at the moment keeping our plant area neat and tidy, but always loves a chat. Ask about our soon to arrive Durham Cabbage, plant out now for next spring! Plus if you’re feeling hungry, why not rest your feet in our cosy coffee shop serving a great selection of hot and cold food! That’s all for now, see you in the garden centre!

Thanks for reading

Tony

Venus Flytrap in Chester le Street

Straight from the Little Shop of Horrors!

We now have the infamous Venus Flytrap in stock. This bogplant likes lots of light and water, always try to keep the plant wet, it also prefers rainwater! Here at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, we have our very own care sheet to help look after your little terror, plus a special fly capture bag allowing you to capture and feed your insects live to your Venus Flytrap. Our variety is called ‘Dionaea’ The children which just love them. Don’t forget, Dryburn Theatrical Workshop will be performing songs from The Little Shop of Horrors on Saturday 26th June, starts 7.30. Call 0191 389 0044 and ask for Tony.

Dwarf Clematis Bijou (Dwarf Variety) Chester le Street, County Durham

Clematis Bijou (Dwarf Variety)

Chesters Grove Garden Centre, is home to a wide range of Clematis plants, from rapid climbing Clematis to this new Dwarf Clematis variety. This unusual dwarf, mound forming clematis, offer large violet mauve rosette shaped flowers, with a slight pinkish tinge, from early to mid summer. Enjoys any position, except for north facing site. Remember to water well before planting in a hole 5cm (2in) larger all round. Back fill with soil mixed with multi purpose compost and gently firm. Ensure plants in containers are kept moist. Plants in the garden should only require watering in extreme droughts.

Alpine Rhodohypoxis plants for sale in County Durham

Here at Chesters Grove Garden Centre in County Durham, we have a fabulous selection of Alpines available. One of our best kept Apline secrets is ‘Rhodohypoxis’, locally grown here in the north east, the small, rootstock produce an abundance of beautiful flat pink flowers to 10cm high. Hardy outside in drier areas but need to be sheltered from excessive winter rainfall whilst they are dormant, in a free draining, rich lime free soil. They give a beautiful succession of flowers from early May throughout summer. In wet areas we would recommend growing in pots, protected through winter dormancy in a cold greenhouse. Here at Chesters Grove we just love em! those tiny pink flowers are so gorgeous! Small plants are only £3.00 each!

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Tony

Scaredy Cat plant now for sale in Chester le Street, County Durham

Is your garden suffering from the neighbourhood cat? Well now Chesters Grove Garden Centre in County Durham have the perfect solution in the shape of ‘Coleus Canina’ aka: ‘Scaredy Cat’ plant! Described as the “ultimate cat repellent” they also look great with attractive green foliage and pale blue flowers. Its unique scent is disliked by both cats and dogs and is a great way to keep your beds and borders clean. This perennial plant will give long lasting benefits helping to stop the neighbour’s cat from messing up your garden while at the same time bringing colour into your borders. They are now selling fast at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, Chester le Street at only £2.49

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Tony

Railway Sleepers for sale in County Durham

Are you thinking of creating a garden pond or perhaps a raised bed?

Old railway sleepers are ideal for borders, raised beds, paths and ponds.

Reclaimed railway sleepers from Chesters Grove - Garden Centre, also create an eye catching woodland feel to your garden, while at the same time offering a practical solution to a variety of garden needs. Single railway sleepers are priced £24.00 or buy 5 for only £22.99 each. If you’d like to learn more, please feel free to call Chesters Grove Garden Centre in Chester le Street on: 0191 3890044, or alternatively call into our garden centre. We’re open 7 days a week. We can be found approximately 1/2 mile south of Durham County Cricket Club on the A167.

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Tony

Geraniums for sale in County Durham

Another fantastic seller from our recent bank holiday weekend at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, was our special Geranium offer, with two plants for only £6.00! We have a great selection of Geraniums in stock and they look absolutely stunning on the patio or in the garden. Plus all the Geraniums from Chesters Grove Garden Centre in Chester le Street are for sale in prime condition. The offer is still available while they’re in stock. Plus we also have the Scented Leaf Geranium in stock too!

If you’d like to learn more about Chesters Grove Gaden Centre,why not visit our website at: www.chestersgrove.com

Thanks for reading

Tony

Solar Powered Water Features available in Durham

Following on from a really busy bank holiday weekend at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, Chester Moor, Chester le Street, County Durham, we were amazed at how many of you were interested in purchasing solar powered water features. Fortunately we’d taken delivery to compliment our existing range of electric water features and we were so please we did. With prices from only £124.99, we saw a steady stream of sales throughout the weekend.The solar powered water features require no wiring making them very simple and easy to install, creating a soothing atmosphere to the garden during these warm sunny days! We at Chesters Grove Garden Centre simply love them, and they’re just one of our many products to receive our ‘summer thumbs up’!

Don't forget to visit our website at: www.chestersgrove.com

Thanks for reading

Tony

Bank Holiday Weekend at Chesters Grove Garden Centre in County Durham

Bank Holiday Weekend Specials at Chesters Grove Garden Centre, Chester Moor, Chester le Street. We’re the number one independent garden centre in County Durham, offering a whole range of plants, pots, furniture and accessories!

Don’t miss some fabulous offers available this weekend at Chesters Grove Garden Centre. We’ve reduced our entire range of garden furniture for the whole bank holiday weekend! For example, our luxury Texteline 3-seater hammock was £149.99 NOW ONLY £129.99,  Homestead Gate leg teak table was £599 NOW ONLY £499, Springcrest aliminium table and 6 chair set was £369.99 NOW ONLY £299, or our Sunsuite aliminium table and 4 chair set was £249 NOW ONLY £199. Plus, we have some gorgeous hanging baskets from only £14.99 or green baskets 2 for £15.

If you’re looking for something a little different in your garden, why not check out our exclusive scented geraniums only £3.99. These plants actually have oily leaves and smell beautiful. Plus if you spend over £25 you’ll receive a FREE garden spray! We’re just off the A167 south of Durham Cricket Club. Have a great weekend and happy gardening!

Remember to visit our fantastic coffee shop serving delicious homemade scones, freshly made sandwiches cakes, hot and cold food, not to mention our famous ginger wine! 

Thanks for reading

Tony

“Not Just an ordinary garden centre”

We’ll be holding our annual Strawberry Fayre on the last weekend in June at Chesters Grove garden centre in Chester-le-street, County Durham.

The fayre on Saturday and Sunday has approximately 40 craft stalls, Kiddies Funfair, an old fashioned Italian Wurlitzer like Band- Wagon, not to mention Strawberry Teas and all the other garden centre plants and garden furniture etc.We’re also looking for any school bands or soloists that would like to play on our open stage in the marquee during the daytime.

This year on the Friday evening Chesters Grove will also be holding a Ceilidh night with local international band “Monster Ceilidh Band” who will lead you through the steps in the huge outdoor marquee.

On Saturday night local Theatre Group “Dryburn Theatricalworkshop” will be performing “Midsummer Music,” an evening of solos and group numbers including songs from “The Little Shop of Horrors“, which they will be performing at Park View Theatre complex from Wednesday 9th June.

On the Sunday night another Local man “Billy Bob” will be hosting a line dancing evening. Billy will lead you with music around the hay

bales , Bring along your cowboy hats and boots for the second of these enjoyable evenings.There will be a bar and food counter available throughout the weekend. Voluntary donations collected throughout the weekend will be donated to “St Cuthberts Hospice” for further info visit www.chestersgrove.co.uk

or call 0191 3890044 and ask for Tony.

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