Half term, County Durham

Now half-term’s here, I bet you’re already scratching your head wondering how to fill in the days! Why not call into Chesters Grove Garden Centre, on the A167 near Chester le Street and pick up a few packets of seeds to grow with the children. It’s easy and simple and a great way of adding new plants to your garden. A fun and rewarding activity which your children will enjoy. By sowing indoors, you’ll also be giving them a good start especially for bedding plants.

Another fun way to get the children involved is to try growing a seed such as a pea or a broad bean in a clear glass jar. Soak the dried seed, roll a piece of absorbent paper (such as kitchen paper) and place in the jar. Slide the seed between the glass and the paper so the seeds growth can be observed, remember to put enough water in the jar so that it reaches the paper. Now watch with your child over the week and see new life emerge while at the same time the seed begins to die. It’s a great way of bringing the spring into your home, and your children will enjoy the science showing how plants emerge from the smallest of seeds. Happy half-term.

Strawberry Plants Durham

The first signs of spring are already showing, with bright, ivy snowdrops flowering beneath our hedgerows and trees. Here at Chesters Grove Garden Centre in County Durham, we’re busy planning and stocking for the coming season. Strawberry plants are always first on our list and now’s a great time to give them a good start.

As usual, we have a wide variety in stock, something for everyone! Plus, in these difficult times, we’re always trying to make your money go that little but further, so for a limited period only, if you buy 4, you‘ll get the 5^th free.

Top offer, from Durham’s top Garden Centre, that’s Chesters Grove. Friendly, cosy, and just that little bit more affordable too!

Thanks for reading

Tony & Ken

County Durham Gardens

January is the perfect time to start planing for your summer garden at Chesters Grove Garden Centre. For gardeners in County Durham it’s also a great time to start stocking up on containers, canes and string. There are many essential jobs which can be carried during January and February that will benefit your garden when summers comes around.

Remove any lingering summer annuals that won’t make it through our colder northern months, should be one of the jobs on your list. Any herbaceous border plants will also need your attention with some cutting back. It’s also worth remembering many beetles and ladybirds will use the stems as a winter hideaways, so leave some of the stems intact!

Garden birds will also thank you for leaving a few seed heads in the borders.
and if you’re like me, you’ll have all of your bird feeders well stocked up. While the ground’s hard, gardens in County Durham will have tree and house sparrows, tits, robins and starlings all searching for food. Chesters Grove have a huge selection available, many of which are specially prepared on the premises. Happy gardening.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

Thanks for reading

Tony