Otter Garden Centres has donated bulbs to dozens of primary schools across the region as part of its ‘60 Good Deeds’ campaign to celebrate the company’s sixtieth year in business.
The family-run business approached 32 schools to take part in the Little Daffodils promotion, offering a complete package to ensure each school will have a bright display in the Spring of 2025.
Otter Garden Centres has announced trials of a new style of plant pots that offer an eco-friendly alternative to plastic pots.
As the first garden centre in the country to introduce the eco-pots, this represents a major step in Otter’s ongoing commitment to reduce the use of plastic in its business.
The Bioplasmar eco-pots offer a sustainable alternative to traditional plastic...
Otter Garden Centres has made a massive leap in its journey to improving eco-credentials by switching from plastic to paper carrier bags.
What’s more, the family-run business, which has seven branches across the South of England, has donated the money raised from the sale of plastic bags over the past two years to Devon Environment Foundation, which funds a variety of grassroots...
Garden centre chefs volunteer to cook school dinners in restaurant kitchens
The empty kitchens at Otter Garden Centres have been put to good use to support schools in the region needing meals for children still attending.
All Otter garden centres and restaurants are now closed to the public in line with government guidance. But this didn’t stop two chefs volunteering to make...
Otter Garden Centres' Plymouth branch has announced the total raised during 2017 for local charity Jeremiah’s Journey.
The garden centre in Brixton raised more than £2,100 through a variety of activities.
These included raffles, collecting tins at till points and customer donations from a visit by wood turners. In December, the branch held a Christmas launch day for...
Otter Nurseries and Radio Plymouth have announced the winners of this year’s scarecrow design competition.
This was the second year that the two organisations have teamed up to challenge children from local primary schools to design scarecrows for the chance to win gardening items for their school. The entries could either be drawn or made designs.
A fun day held by Otter Nurseries in Brixton raised £545 for the garden centre’s charity of the year, Alzheimer’s Society.
Over 300 people attended the event, which included a car wash, tombola and the chance to get up close to some beautiful owls with ‘Hold an Owl’. The bouncy castle proved a popular attraction for children.
Otter Nurseries Manager, Phil Hewish said: “We had a...
Members of the public are in for a treat when they visit Otter Nurseries at the beginning of August.
The British Fuchsia Society’s Far South West Show is being held at the garden centre in Brixton, Plymouth on August 4, and visitors will get the opportunity to see hundreds of colourful fuchsias that have been grown in pots, baskets and hanging pots.
Staff from the furniture department at Otter Nurseries in Brixton were thrilled with the results of a raffle held in aid of the garden centre’s charity of the year, Alzheimer’s Society.
The team sold hundreds of tickets in a single week, raising £165. The winner of the Outback Omega 200 BBQ was Mr Soper.
Fundraising for the charity is happening throughout the year, with each...
