We’re delighted to announce that events for children are returning to Thorngrove this year, and our first will be this coming Easter half-term! Get creative and crafty with the guidance of our dedicated Crafts Leader who will be on hand to demonstrate how to make a range of fun Easter themed creations to take home … Continue reading Easter Crafts for Children at Thorngrove
Retail Assistant – Part-Time, Gillingham Join our vibrant team at Thorngrove Garden Centre and become part a unique garden centre with community at its heart. Job Role: Retail Assistant Department: Commercial Location: Thorngrove Garden Centre Working Hours: 16/week – to include weekend working on rota Contract Type: Permanent/Hourly Paid Contract Remuneration & Rewards Package £5.60-9.90 /hour 32 days annual … Continue reading Job – CLOSED: Retail Assistant
Well here we are again – the months are flying by here at Thorngrove and I’m back again with some gardening tips for March! Did you start chitting your potatoes last month? Now is the time to get your first earlies planted either in the garden or if you don’t have space grow some in … Continue reading March…in your garden
Even though it’s a time when most of us are ready for Spring, February is a reminder of the hardships of Winter. It can be a month of turmoil in the sky and many plants are happy to to stay hidden until the storms of February have passed, but there up pops the white flowers … Continue reading Plant of the Month – Snowdrops
Thorngrove glasshouse manager Chris is back with some more tips for February! “Here we are again, another month gone by but here at Thorngrove we have been very busy dividing and splitting herbaceous, and we’ve also had our first delivery of bare root herbaceous like Hostas, Iris’s, and Dicentras. We have new plug plants coming … Continue reading February in your garden
Customers may be aware that government guidelines in relation to face coverings has changed as of today. We kindly ask that all visitors to Thorngrove who are able to, please consider to continue wearing a face covering when in enclosed areas on site. Please be respectful of other visitors and staff. We welcome everyone through … Continue reading Face Coverings at Thorngrove – Jan 2022
Recent visitors to the shop will have seen we now have our very own Thorngrove greetings cards for sale! We’re so delighted to finally have these out there. Featuring beautiful original photography of plants from our site, the cards are printed right here in Dorset, using eco-friendly printing methods, all paper is from sustainable sources, … Continue reading Eco-Friendly Thorngrove Greetings Cards!
A huge congratulations to Thorngrove staff Chris, Diane, and Martin. They all received certificates of excellence from South & South East in Bloom for their work towards Shaftesbury in bloom. We couldn’t be more proud and happy for them!
Here’s the veg you can be sowing and harvesting this month! Indoor Sowing Aubergine Cabbage Cauliflower Leek Lettuce Onion Tomato Outdoor Sowing Broad Bean Pea Harvesting Artichoke (Jerusalem) Brussels Sprout Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower Chicory Kale Leek Lettuce Parsnip Swede
Camellias Camellias are a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in Eastern and Southern Asia. From the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. Camellias are evergreen and Hardy, they like Ericaceous soil so make very good container plants. They like Full Sun to Partial shade There leaves are glossy and … Continue reading Plant of the month – Camellias
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