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Discover your greener side at the Bracknell Garden Centre Event

12/05/06

Whether you’re a gardening enthusiast, simply want to buy a pretty patio pot or need to know how the hosepipe ban will affect your garden, then visit the Bracknell Garden Centre event on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 May.

Celebrating the onset of Summer and helping local residents gear up for Bracknell’s entry into the Britain in Bloom competition, the event brings into the town centre the Oaktree Nursery and Moss End Garden Centre as well as a host of garden related retailers and associations.

In addition to live demonstrations, there will be bedding plants, shrubs, trees, compost, lawnmowers and all types of gardening sundries on sale from retailers including Marks & Spencer, Inside ‘n’ Out, Pouncett’s Family Florist, Bracknell Gardening Club for the Able & Disabled and the New Cut Price Warehouse. Gardening experts from Bracknell Gardening Club for the Able & Disabled and Bracknell Forest Borough Council’s environment team will be also be on hand to offer advice on how to keep gardens looking luscious despite the hosepipe ban.

As well as garden products to buy, visitors to the event will be entertain by a live steel band, ‘daffodil’ stilt walker, they can buy refreshments at the barbecue stand and children can enter a treasure hunt competition to win a family pass worth 30 to the Children’s Action Farm in Newbury!

And if that isn’t enough, there’s also a free prize draw for the chance to win 500 worth of garden furniture from Bentalls – simply pick up an entry form at the event or see the Princess Square Information Desk for details.

Helen Barnett from the Bracknell Regeneration Partnership comments, “We’re delighted to be holding another Garden Centre event as we realise that not everyone is able to get out to the garden centres at this time of year, when they’re thinking about sprucing up their gardens and replanting their pots and borders. We’ve got a great mix of stalls for people to explore – and loads of useful advice for those wanting to get behind Bracknell’s entry into Britain in Bloom.”

There’s so much more to discover in Bracknell; indulge your green fingers, catch up with friends for an al fresco drink in Charles Square or shop for a new Summer outfit. There’s Bentalls, your favourite high street stores, over 40 independent retailers and plenty of car parking which is free on Sundays.

The Bracknell Garden Centre event will take place on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 May from 10am to 4pm. It will be located on Bracknell High Street, Crossway and Charles Square. For more information, visit the town centre information desk situated in Princess Square or log onto www.changebracknell.com.