We are in south Essex, we`ve noticed a lot of Garden Centres since covid have become Restaurants and Entertainment centres, social media plays a big part in this shift, professional people seem to be drafted in to do this, lets face it if you are from a gardening background what do we know about running this kind of thing, on the face of it it`s bringing people in but do they spend anything on the garden products or walk past them ? Do the ladies with young families that come in to stroke a donkey and have a chat and a coffee while the kids enjoy this free entertainment provided contribute much towards the massive overheads that garden centres have nowadays ?....... just a passing thought