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Welcome to the Dobbies media centre where you will find the latest news from the UK’s leading garden centre retailer. We hope you find what you’re looking for by exploring the site - please get in touch if there is anything else we can help you with: pressoffice@dobbies.com or laura@lauraquickpr.co.uk

Important update

Some of our 69 stores are currently open across the UK with social distancing measures in place. We offer online shopping at dobbies.com as well as Click and Collect. 

If you have any questions, including how this will affect any upcoming features or product placement, please email us and we will help. For details on what stores are open visit: https://www.dobbies.com/content/updates.html

Our story

- It all started in 1865 with James Dobbie who created a business selling seeds. He named it Dobbie & Co. Over the next 150 years the company built up a customer base and started opening garden centres that fast became a go-to destination.

- We are now proud to offer 69 stores across the UK.

- Dobbies is not your average garden centre; we exist to enrich people’s lives and nurture connections between people, the community and the environment. We do this by offering carefully considered ranges in-store and online, high quality services, great restaurants as well as engaging experiences.

- Our smallest store is little dobbies Stockbridge and the largest is Morpeth at 18,973sqm.

- Dobbies is proud to be part of the #TerraCarta from HRH Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative.

Did you know?

• We want customers to receive the best service, which is why we offer a Horticultural Training Programme to all our staff
• Our stores run a FREE kids club on the first Sunday of every month (we currently offer Little Seedlings at home, rather than in store)
• Well-behaved dogs are welcome in our stores
• We fully guarantee all our hardy garden plants for your lifetime
• We offer a free plastic plant pot and tray return service
• We make it easy to buy ready-to-go potted plants. Simply choose your pot and your plant and we will do the rest
• We will price match the published price of identical products in the Garden Centre and Foodhall (excluding promotions)
• At Dobbies, we are committed to give back to the community on a national and local basis. We are proud to support our National Charity Partner, Teenage Cancer Trust, with fundraising taking place in our stores
• We are also dedicated to helping the local communities surrounding each of our stores engaging with them through various programmes which contribute to the economic and social well-being within these communities

For the A - Z list of stores in Scotland, England, Wales and N.Ireland, please visit www.dobbies.com

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