Easter at The Barn Garden Centre

The long Easter Weekend is usually the start of brand new season in the Garden Centre.

The longer, lighter evenings and hopefully some warmer weather kickstarts nature into waking up after the cold dark months of winter. Whether you are an expert gardener or a novice new to all things green fingered, the sunshine suddenly calls us to venture out into our gardens ofter neglected over the colder winter.

Fresh New Stock

This time of year sees lots of new plant deliveries, with new stock arriving almost daily. Arriving in time for the Easter Weekend are the first of our basket plants. Petunias, lobelia, geraniums, verbena to name a few that can be planted into hanging baskets, window boxes or containers of any sort. We have a wonderful choice in stock already, but these tender young plants will need to be protected from frost that can still strike at this time of year.

In the edible garden, we have the whole alphabet of baby vegetable plants too right through from Beetroot to Turnips. Easter is also traditionally the perfect time to plant seed potatoes. We also have a huge choice of seeds that can started on a windowsill at home or in a plastic mini greenhouse if you do not have a greenhouse of your own at home.

Spring flowering bulbs are blooming everywhere at the moment! These bulbs are planted in autumn ready to bloom the following spring, but do not worry if you forgot. We have daffodils, tulips, grape hyacinth and  hyacinths to name a few growing already ‘in the green’ that you can plant straight out! The bonus is, once they die back, they will grow again year after year going forwards.

Kids to entertain?

We have some great things to help entertain the children these Easter Holidays. Planting and growing seeds always fascinates children and also helps them to understand where their food comes from. A quick germinating and growing seed is the classic cress. Our own children have grown their own pizzas before! Well toppings and herbs to go on a pizza. Tumbling tomatoes are very easy to grow and care. We loved watching the grow and ripen before picking them ready to eat. Oregano and basil are perfect herbs to grow to add to your pizza. We have a range of smaller sized gardening tools and equipment too to help our smallest of gardeners.

Aside from gardening activities, we have sets of eggs with paints included ready to decorate and plain Easter Bonnets to let your creativeness loose on. We have a great choice of hardback Easter story books too to ready with younger children or to give as a little present.

Easter Treats for and your Home

We have some wonderful sweet Easter Treats to tempt you this season. From stunning boxes of chocolates, to ornately iced biscuits to carrots shaped boxes stuffed with goodies! Flicking through the pages of interior magazines, more and more people are marking the start of the new season by adding spring or Easter decorations to their home. We have some beautiful hanging decorations and some spring coloured items such as cushions, candlestick holders, mugs and vases to welcome in the sunshine.

Our Garden Furniture has arrived too. It is here in stock, so no waiting weeks for delivery or for items to come back into stock. See what you like in store and we can arrange free local delivery to Oundle or one of it’s surrounding villages.

Easter Opening Hours

Due to our size, trading laws mean that we have to close on Easter Sunday, along with lots of other shops across the country. As a family owned and run business, this not only gives us a precious day off with our family, but also our hard working staff too. We are open as usual across the rest of long Easter Weekend.

Garden Centre:

Good Friday 9-5
Saturday 9-5
Easter Sunday CLOSED
Easter Monday 9-5

 

The Boxwood Café

Good Friday 9-4:30
Saturday 9-4:30
Easter Sunday CLOSED
Easter Monday 9-4:30

(Kitchen closes 30 minutes earlier for food orders)

 

We would like to wish all our customers a wonderful Easter. Here’s hoping for for beautiful weather. We hope to see you over the weekend, but remember we will be closed on Easter Sunday!

Paul and Steph Wilson and everyone the The Barn and Boxwood.