He does use a chainsaw - doh. In stock now: 6ft and 8ft bean poles, 4ft flower stakes and pea sticks.

Some pots. Made in Italy, NL, Portugal, Manchester, Norfolk.

The last, best description of Trump from British writer Nate White.

I’m hosting a series of environment-themed poetry events at Manchester Poetry Library this Spring. Poets discussing place, creatures, ecological peril and how to engage with these themes (+ more). Supported by the Poetry Research Group & @centreplacewriting.bsky.social www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...

Jason has been out coppicing so we have bean poles again - 8ft, 6ft + 4ft flower stakes and pea sticks. Note: he doesn’t use a chain saw for cutting hazel, but I like the photo and couldn’t find one of him dressing out with a billhook.

A new week: open Wed-Sat 10-5, Sunday 12-5. Plant treasure, the best peat free growing media, pots, Niwaki tools, gifts. Tat free zone, advice, chuckles.

Cat mad and plant mad Sue. If there was a ‘Best Garden Centre Customers’ competition, we’d win.

Great opening weekend, thanks Buddists! More of the same from Wednesday. Here’s ’our’ Robin, papped by the brilliant Tamzin Forster.

RHS Bridgewater; a limited colour palette but still worth it.

Kinder Scout on Saturday. You can read about the NT’s peat restoration work on Kinder: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-d...

Be more like Bents, they* said. *I moaned in November about a very quiet week, which the M.E.N ran a story on. Oh the comments by the trolls. Why isn’t this illegal?

Lovely to see the first of my pieces for @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social Make a Metre Matter environmental campaign in the March edition. Launch today at the Garden Press Event #MakeaMetreMatter

It’s cold and sunny in Manchester. Sunny! Things are happening at the garden centre; an awakening that builds week on week. However, I do feel listless and am struggling to write my monthly newsletter: this is Bud’s 15th year (😝) and I feel like I’m rehashing the same old stuff.

We’re reopening on Thursday 27th Feb. We always have a winter break because… it’s cold in winter in Manchester and I don’t want to attract people to my business by selling shite made in the far east or with the promise of coffee and cake. Bergs Potter pots, summer ‘24.

Ooo, bumbarrels! One of my favourite birds flitting through today's @theguardian.com country diary by Jim Perrin. #naturewriting #countrydiary

About Bud. Yeah, basically screenshotted an Instagram post. What’s a busy person to do? We’re reopening on Thursday 27th Feb at 10am. Boycott Amazon.

About Bud. Yeah, basically screenshotted an Instagram post. What’s a busy person to do? We’re reopening on Thursday 27th Feb at 10am. Boycott Amazon.

My pud, Phife Dawg: new, like me, to Bluesky.

Open Gardens Burnage & Levenshulme 1st June (and perhaps 31st May too). Here’s a fantastic tropical yard in Lev, open for the first time in 2023 and hopefully open again in 2025 🤞

A long shot, but I'm after some tech support (paid!). We've launched a new website. Issue is (roughly): "We are unable to use #Office365 to send custom emails via #laravel #php app. And/or O365 is not allowing us to create app password in Microsoft admin manager" Tried reddit/forums etc. Pse RT

Open Gardens Burnage & Levenshulme 1st June (and perhaps 31st May too). Here’s a fantastic tropical yard in Lev, open for the first time in 2023 and hopefully open again in 2025 🤞

Another stunning Hellebore, such a sumptuous red 💚

We have some cracking Hellebores.

If you're a Bee with a short tongue some flowers, like this big beautiful Comfrey, have their nectar too far down the flower for you to reach 🐝 Are you just going to watch while your long-tongued cousins tuck in? 🐝 No, you're going to go nectar robbing 😂 #MHHSBD Seeds available from our shop

A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 mins between feeding. These amazing pollinating insects are being hit hard by widespread habitat loss. So each nectar-rich flower you plant in a windowbox or in your garden or community green spaces could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝 #SaveTheBees #nature

I ‘commissioned’ Manchester Stained Glass to make this for me in 2020. I love it. Sharon also runs workshops and is a brilliant teacher. manchesterstainedglass.co.uk

A lovely morning and a lovely day. Open for the rest of the week til 4pm on Sunday, then that’s your lot ‘til Thursday 27th Feb.

Good people of Greater Manchester (and further afield) the lovely @budgardencentre.bsky.social is now on BlueSky 🦋. A fantastic indie and ethical garden centre. It’s hard starting again on a new platform, pls share & follow if it’s your thing & hopefully they find some more followers 😊🌱

Re-opening for 4 days only on Thursday 30th January! If you miss it we don’t open again til 27th Feb. We’ll be stocked up with Sylvagrow growing media, inc. refills.

Wall tiles designed and made for us by Lee Page Hanson at the craft centre in Manchester.

We close on Sunday 15th December for our winter break: better get a swerve on Buddists ❤️

A few of your decorated Xmas trees: 8ft premium Nordmann, 6ft premium Nordmann and 5ft premium Fraser. All beauts!