14-04-2003, 01:09 PM
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Cost of Garden Centres versus Nurseries
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from (jane) contains these words:
On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 01:06:24 +0100, "david"
wrote:
~A few years ago Wyevale took over 5 garden centres which they then
~refurbished at an average cost of £1.5 million.......
~And you ask why they are more expensive than your local nursery?
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I went to a Wyevale (Marlow) for the first time 2 weeks ago so see why
they are so popular.
I still have no idea.
Half the displays had no prices on at all, I went through a huge pile
of plastic watering cans with no luck, hardly any staff about to ask
and those that were looked like teenagers with a weekend job, the
prices were silly and they had a huge 2" diameter watering hose
trailing all over the plant area. OK so it was hot that day (Mother's
Day), but it was to my mind against health and safety to have this
trip hazard about, and the only reason it was there in my view is
because the staff wanted to water then and not after closing so they
could get home earlier!!!
I bought nothing. I will not be going back. I have not been to a worse
GC in a long time.
A Wyevale has opened on my route home from work and I thought it might
be tempting to call in every so often to reward myself after a
particularly gruelling week. The only period when this happened, though,
was when they had a very big range of Clematis - some quite unusual
varieties - for £2.99. They are small and will need growing on until the
autumn but I found them irresistible.
This was completely out of character for them though. I have seen
nothing else which remotely tempted me and the pots are often
distressingly unwatered. It's a good job for me that they're so
unappealing. I ended up buying seven or eight (I daren't count)
Clematis over a two week period. If they normally sold good plants, it
could have presented a serious problem!!
Janet G
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