Lancasters Home & Garden

08/08/2025

Beginning of the Glow ☀️ -

Whilst seeking inspiration for this week’s newsletter, I came across a quote from American naturist Edwin Way Teale, whom I’ve mentioned before.

09/07/2025

Succulents and cacti 🌵 Happy little plants - easy to maintain ✨ If you are looking for easy care plants for children to learn about, these are the ones! 👌🏻 We have a variety to choose from at Lancasters 🧑‍🌾

Check the last slide for a tiny Senecio Serpens shedding its leaves 🐍

09/07/2025

25/04/2025

What’s all this then?

We’ve been collecting spent mushroom substrate from .farm in Stratford. They grow oyster and lions mane exclusively for restaurants.

The spoil is made up of straw, coffee grounds (non-organic), beetroot pellets and wood chips.

Great for bulking up compost, adding to hot bins or as a mulch for moisture retention.

Either £3.99 for 15L bags or custom prices if you come and fill up your old compost sacks. £6 for 40L etc.

We’ve found that it stops fruiting mushrooms when broken up, but you may have a few surprises.

Available now!

26/02/2025

Want that Jasmine smell but don’t have space for a climber?

The Sarcococca confusa could confuse the best of gardeners in a scent test.

It’s perfect for a shady spot, is evergreen and produces scented flowers in the winter when very little else does.

Great for a north facing border or even better on an annoying balcony that blocks out the sun, just remember to keep up with the watering.

In our shop now.

19/02/2025

We've been busy improving the shop, but now we're back and better than ever.

Unfortunately, we've had to change our delivery charge after finding that it wasn't economically viable to keep charging £4.99.

We now use a radius-based system that calculates the charge according to your postcode. The map provides a visual representation of the various zones in use.

Green: £5.99
Yellow: £6.99
Orange: £7.99
Blue: £8.99
Red: £9.99
Congestion Charge Zone: £24.99

We're still keeping our prices low for local customers and low compared to other garden centres.
Plenty of "2 for £X" deals are also now available in the shop and online.

So, if you've been confused when checking out our website recently, that's why!

07/02/2025

Hope This Bowles You Over 🪴 - https://mailchi.mp/lancastersonline/get-growing-13896956

31/01/2025

Enter February -

I know it’s still technically January, but you can almost taste the February air. We’re pushing our way through the bitter cold, pay day is here and if you did dry January, you’ll probably be breaking it tonight. There’s also plenty going on here at the garden center.

26/01/2025

You’ve left some lovely reviews on Google recently, so we thought we’d share them here as well.

5 star reviews really make a difference for independent businesses like ours, thank you to anyone who takes the time to leave them.

We’re open:
Monday - Saturday: 08:00 - 18:30
Sunday: 10:00 - 17:00

24/01/2025

Snowdrops of Hope 🌞 -

It’s difficult to avoid the British stereotype and not mention weather when you write a garden centre’s newsletter. Our activities are so dictated by the seasons and patterns, even in what we buy. There must always be enough firewood and coal if there’s a cold snap etc. Which is what we seem t...

20/01/2025

Everyone loves chips, right? They're even better when you grow the spuds yourself.

Whether you boil'em, mash'em, or stick'em in a stew: growing your own potatoes is easy. It's also cheap. Whether you have a balcony or a 3-acre forest, all you need is a bag of compost and a little bit of knowledge.

You can gain that knowledge by signing up for our weekly newsletter via the link in our bio.
You can gain the seed potatoes and equipment via our website or in our shop.

🌱Get growing!🌱

17/01/2025

Get Growing 🥔 -

Things are busy here at the moment, which is why we’ve been quiet over on social media. Mostly because we’ve had a lot of deliveries this week and we’re trying to get the garden centre looking luscious again post Christmas.