British Garden Centres is delighted to announce another addition to the family, acquiring the former Dobbies site in Havant. This takes the group up to 70 centres, an extremely exciting milestone for the family-run business.
Havant Garden Centre is expected to open in March as the team works to reset and stock the site. British Garden Centres will retain all the current centre team, and due to the expected growth of the site, there will be a recruitment drive. Extra roles will be posted on the British Garden Centres website, https://www.britishgardencentres.com/careers/ .
Charles Stubbs, Founder and Director of British Garden Centres said: “This acquisition marks another exciting step in our growth as a leading player in UK garden retail. We’re thrilled to welcome the Havant team to the British Garden Centres family and look forward to building on the strong foundations they already have in place.
To reach 70 centres is a huge achievement for our family-run business. This would not be possible without our amazing team and the passion they have for what we do. A huge thank you must go to our suppliers who have been so supportive as we have grown over the last few years, for which we will always be grateful.”
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.
