British Garden Centres chooses Greenfingers for its charity of the year
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John Wallis and Amy Stubbs of BGC present Linda Petrons with a cheque to Greenfingers for £30,000
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Wolseley Bridge Garden Centre on Garden ReLeaf Day 2024
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Brigg at Snowdon summit
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BGC Tring Walkers
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British Garden Centres has announced its main charity support for 2025 – Greenfingers Charity which celebrates its 25th birthday this year.
Following on from a record-breaking fundraising year that saw the UK’s largest family-run group raise £30,000 for the charity, this year will see team members and customers from across the UK come together to support the vital work of Greenfingers in creating beautiful, therapeutic outdoor spaces for seriously ill children and their families at hospices across the UK.
Planned events for 2025 include all centres doing an event or fundraising for Garden ReLeaf Day on 21st March. Tring Garden Centre will host the Garden Re-Leaf South Walk and a British Garden Centres squad will also take on the North.
Employees from the UK’s largest family-run garden centre group showed strong support for Greenfingers last year with many FUNdraising initiatives on Garden Re-Leaf Day. A special collaboration with Unwins saw the launch of Sweet Pea Butterfly Blue seeds, with a portion of proceeds donated to Greenfingers. Team members from Brigg and Wolseley Bridge Garden Centre also took on the challenge of climbing Snowdon, raising essential funds whilst taking on the challenging Welsh landscape, whilst a thrilling Dragonboat competition saw an exciting element of teamwork and competition, further underlining the commitment of employees to unite in support of Greenfingers' vital work.
James Ducker, Events Manager at British Garden Centres said: “Our team members across our company will be digging deep to find fun and creative ways to raise money for Greenfingers Charity this year. Greenfingers is a charity close to all our hearts as it aligns with British Garden Centres’ passion for gardening, improving wellbeing, and enhancing lives in local communities.”
Linda Petrons, Director of Fundraising & Communications at Greenfingers Charity added: “Greenfingers is delighted to have been chosen as British Garden Centres’ charity of the year. The continued support of such a well-loved name in garden retail adds huge weight to our 25th anniversary year and our Silver Appeal. With a waiting list of children’s hospices that need our help, the funds raised through this partnership will help to significantly impact the lives of many children and families."
British Garden Centres (BGC) is the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group with 69 centres around the country. The group is owned and led by The Stubbs family, who also own and operate Woodthorpe Leisure Park in Lincolnshire.
BGC was launched in 1987 with the opening of Woodthorpe Garden Centre by brothers Charles and Robert Stubbs. Since 2018 it has expanded rapidly with the acquisition of 50 garden centres allowing it to grow from its heartland to the business it is now with 69 garden centres spread from Carmarthen to Ramsgate, Wimborne to East Durham.
The group has a team of 2,700 colleagues working across the garden centres, restaurants, growing nurseries, distribution centres, Woodthorpe Leisure Park, and Woody’s Restaurant & Bar.
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