BGC Christmas Charity Night Raises Funds for Greenfingers

Alton Garden Centre and Tring Garden Centre have raised more than £5,700 for Greenfingers Charity following two successful festive fundraising events held to mark the start of the Christmas season.

Both garden centres opened their doors to local communities for dedicated evening events aimed at combining festive shopping with support for the national charity, which designs and creates therapeutic gardens for children in hospices across the UK.

At Alton Garden Centre, guests attended an exclusive Charity Preview Evening that officially launched the Christmas period. The doors opened to reveal the centre’s biggest Christmas department to date, following the store joining the British Garden Centres family this year. Ticket holders enjoyed live music, festive drinks, and nibbles as they explored the new Christmas themes and festive displays. Visitors were also treated to an exclusive 15% discount across the department, a meet-and-greet with Santa, and a special early Christmas gift to take home, with all ticket sales donated directly to the charity.

Meanwhile, Tring Garden Centre hosted a popular festive quiz night and late-night shopping evening. Alongside the trivia competition, visitors took part in a Christmas raffle featuring prizes donated by local supporters and businesses. Guests shopped at the newly unveiled festive department, enjoyed seasonal treats and got into the holiday spirit while raising funds for Greenfingers with a smile.

Through ticket sales, quiz entries, raffle tickets, and customer donations across both evenings, the total raised came to over £5,700.

 
Image: John Wallis, Regional Manager of British Garden Centres, with Linda Petrons of Greenfingers Charity

Libby Stubbs, Events Manager at British Garden Centres, said: “We are thrilled by the incredible turnouts at both Alton and Tring. Our team worked hard to create two memorable evenings for our customers, and seeing everyone come together to celebrate Christmas while supporting such a vital charity was fantastic. We want to thank every customer and team member who contributed to making these events such a success.”

Linda Petrons, Director of Fundraising and Communications at Greenfingers Charity, added: “We are incredibly grateful to the teams at Alton and Tring Garden Centres, as well as all who came along to support these festive events. This fantastic amount raised will go directly toward creating inspiring, therapeutic hospice gardens across the UK, offering life-limited children and their families, magical outdoor spaces to spend precious time together.”

British Garden Centres (BGC) is the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group with 80 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 1990 with the opening of Woodthorpe Garden Centre by brothers Charles and Robert Stubbs. Since 2018, it has expanded rapidly with the acquisition of garden centres, allowing it to grow from its heartland to the business it is now, with 80 garden centres spread from Carmarthen to Ramsgate, Wimborne to East Durham.

The group has a team of over 3,500 colleagues working across the garden centres, restaurants, growing nurseries, distribution centres, Woodthorpe Leisure Park, and Woody’s Restaurant & Bar.

Source : British Garden Centres

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