Gloucester's new garden centre, formerly Dobbies, has revealed its official opening date and the celebrity guest who's opening the store.
The new garden centre is hosting a launch celebration on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 March 2025, where celebrity gardener David Domoney will be cutting the ribbon.
The star of ITV’s Love Your Garden will also be giving a free gardening talk, as well as answering visitors' gardening questions, during an in-store Q&A.
Gloucester Garden Centre promises an extensive range of outdoor plants; gardening essentials; garden furniture; barbecues; landscaping tools and machinery.
Ideal for families, it has an indoor soft play centre for little ones, as well as a restaurant and carvery offering breakfast, light bites, main meals, cakes and drinks.
The store has concessions from Mountain Warehouse, The Works, Cotton Traders and Julian Charles, as well as The Electric Bike Shop.
It also offers free parking and is both dog-friendly and wheelchair accessible.
As well as its celebrity guest, there are special offers available across the opening weekend, including three for £10 on Erin Compost and Tomorite for £3.
The former Dobbies site, which closed in 2024, is now being run by British Garden Centres — the largest family-owned garden centre group in the UK — which also has a site in Brockworth.
Gloucester Garden Centre on Bath Road officially opens on Saturday 8 March 2025 and its opening hours will be from 9am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 10.30am to 4pm Sunday.
