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Our History
Family Business - Established in 1936
1936
D.J. Squire incorporated his landscaping and gardening business having been made redundant from the Police Orphanage in Twickenham.
1939
Squire’s nurseries were turned over to war time food production.
1945
Towards the end of World War II prisoners of war and land girls worked in the nurseries.
1950
D.J. Squire build up the landscaping business and by the end of the 1950’s had a full fleet of vans and a large team of skilled craftsmen.
1964
Colin Squire opened our first garden centre at Twickenham, which was one of only a handful across the country at the time.
1975
A rose nursery at Shepperton was acquired and we opened a garden centre on the site.
1984
Hersham was added to the growing list of centres and built around old farm buildings
1989
Chertsey was the next centre to join the Squire’s group.
1990
A site in Woking was acquired.
1993
Our Twickenham garden centre was rebuilt.
1996
Moving into Berkshire, the Windsor centre joined Squire’s, together with West Horsley near Leatherhead with a Herbaceous & Bedding Plant Nursery.
1998
A devastating fire badly damaged Hersham which had to be largely rebuilt.
2000
Charlie Dimmock officially opened the new Hersham centre. Centres at Reigate and Crawley joined the group.
2003
We built a new state of the art garden centre at a site in Long Ditton near Kingston that was officially opened by Kim Wild.
2005
The site at Crawley was redeveloped and a brand new centre emerged, opened by Bob Flowerdew.
2006
A large garden centre at Badshot Lea near Farnham joined the group, to become a flagship store.
2010
Old buildings were knocked down at Shepperton to make way for a stunning new centre.
2011
Squire’s acquired 3 additional sites from the Shoots Group, extending operations to Washington, Stanmore and Cobham.
2013
The latest addition to the group is Milford, previously ‘Secretts
2015
Squire’s celebrated exhibiting every year for 25 years at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. Our show garden ‘Urban Oasis’ won a Silver Gilt Medal.
2015
Colin Squire was awarded one of the highest honours in the gardening industry – the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Pearson Memorial Medal.
2016
Twickenham won GCA Ruxley Rose Award for the best plant department in the UK.
2016
Squire’s won a Gold Medal at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show for ‘Squire’s Anniversary Garden’.
2017
We opened our Chertsey centre in March, following a 1.3m rebuild.
2017
Refurbished and extended our Hersham centre, including a stylish new Café Bar.
2017
Squire’s was awarded the ‘Best Garden centre’ accolade at the Express Home and Living Awards 2017.
2018
Charlie Dimmock officially re-opened our Woking centre following a rebuild.
2018
A site in Frensham was acquired.
2019
After 30 years as Chairman and more than five decades in the business, Colin Squire OBE takes on the role of Chairman Emeritus and Sarah Squire is appointed Chairman.
2019
A site in Wokingham, Berkshire, was acquired.
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Let’s make it a Feel Good Friday!
We are giving one lucky person the chance to win £50 worth of beautiful plants to brighten up both your garden and your day!
To enter:
1) Like or love this post
2) Answer the following question: Which small common garden bird grows a red breast after its first moult, and is also Britain’s National Bird?
3) Use the following hashtags in your comment #happygardening #feelgoodfriday
You must answer the above in full to be entered. Closing date is Tuesday 7 April at 4pm.
The winner will receive a £50 gift card that can be redeemed over the phone. Alternatively, pop into one of our centres when we reopen. Our gift cards do not have an expiry date.
Full Terms & Conditions are on our website: bit.ly/3dHTIQR
#happygardening #feelgoodfriday #ilovegardening #LoveSquires
Robin, and there is one breeding in a flowerpot on my patio right now. Not kidding. Look closely! #happygardening #feelgoodfriday
The beautiful Robin redbreast this one I feed every day love them ❤ #happygardening #feelgoodfriday
#happygardening #feelgoodfriday ROBINS Love them so much I even have a tattoo of them 🙂
My favourite the robin, had a baby one last year help me out with my gardening for nearly an hour before an adult came and made it leave hehe #happygardening #feelgoodfriday
Robin #feelgoodfriday#Lovesquire’s
The robin a very cheery bird, if I won I would like the plants to go to Whitley village #happy gardening #feelgoodfriday
Robin #happy Gardening# feelgoodfriday. Stay safe
A Robin! With all this social distancing im really missing plant supply. #needperrenials #happygardening #feelgoodfriday
It’s my favourite bird the robin #happygardening #feelgoodfriday# #lovesquires What a wonderful prize something to cheer us all up
Answer: Robin Would love to win this as we missed out on your sale of bedding plants the other day and hate to think of all the plants going to waste. With the weather getting nicer and a little bit of extra time on our hands....such a fabulous prize. #feelgoodfriday #happygardening #lovesquires #welovegardening
A pretty little Robin!!1 of my favourite birds, love seeing them in the garden #happygardening #feelgoodfriday
Robin with his red breast #happygardening #feelgoodfriday so disappointed you r shut as I need to make my garden beautiful for summer after this awful virus has disappeared winning this would make it beautiful once again xxx
Robin, we have 2 visiting our garden! #Happy Gardening # Feel Good Friday!!
It is the Robin always in my garden, missing not being able to come and buy my plants from you. #Love shopping at Squires.
A robin. #happygardening #feelgoodfriday After spending time chopping back the perennials, it would be lovely to put some colour back in x
A Robin always me feel my dad is near when I see one a lovely completion to cheer people up #happygardening #feelgoodfriday# lovesquires#
A robin #happygardening #feelgoodfriday I would love to give this to my 80 year old mum who loves gardening it would make her day especially in these times at the moment 🌺🌼❤️
Robin redbreast a beautiful bird which makes me feel loved ones are near 💖💖💖 #happygardening #feelgoodfriday
The robin! This would be brilliant for the new planters my husband has made me since he has been furloughed. Here’s just one other. Isn’t it brilliant?! #happygardening #feelgoodfriday
Robin #feelgoodfriday #happygardening My 2 & 6 year olds are doing the gardening and our garden needs some colour. Some colourful plants would make us all very happy!
The lovely little Robin! #feelgoodfriday #happygardening
Robin #feelgoodfriday #happygardening my kids would absolutely love to help plant some flowers
A Robin. We have had a few in our garden this year. #happy Gardening #feelgoodfriday Thank you and take care. X
Robin red breast singing away while digging garden #happy gardening #,feelgoodfriday
The Red Robin. Im currently making a little memory garden for my Dad who past away on the 2nd of February this year, so this would be perfect for my Dad's memory garden. Thank you so much for the chance to win something that I would love and appreciate very much and something I know my Dad would have loved #happygardening #feelgoodfriday Liked and shared 💐🌸💮🏵🌹
Make music in your garden! Blades of grass make an amusing trumpet, while a few plant pots and twigs make for fantastic drums.
Why not get all your household involved and see what sounds you can create together?
#music #improvisation #creativity
Are you guys able to deliver plants? I read a lot of stock will go to waste which is heartbreaking thanks
Use to do this when we were kids.
In the words of Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman, lawyer and philosopher…
#happygardening #ilovegardening #gardeningquotes
Yes, but he had slaves to do all the work! As for the library, these days we have Kindle! Here’s to when I can visit you in Twickenham again!
Vivienne - Did you receive my email?
Sue Edgson ❤
Spending time outside is great for your health and wellbeing; helping to clear your lungs and mind.
#outdoorliving #healthymind #wellbeing
But it's not going to be much of a garden with nowhere to buy supplies. I have 2 acres of garden I would love to grow some fruit and veg but I need compost, plug plants etc. Have we forgotten the importance of the dig for victory campaign providing our own food? Can't do that without supplies.
Thank you Hersham Branch, I was able to place an order and it was delivered on the same day. I miss visiting the Cafe but something to look forward to.
Does the Squires branch in Wokingham do deliveries?
Henry Street does
Are you looking for ideas of what to do in your garden while you are spending time at home? Why not build a DIY compost heap? It is simple to create and requires minimal materials, while providing you with good quality compost after a few months.
You will need:
* Small branches & twigs
* Dirt
* Old paper such as newspapers (shredded)
* Food waste from your kitchen
First, decide where you want to place your compost heap. Place small branches & twigs in a pile at the bottom of where your compost heap will be.
Once you have gathered some dirt from your garden, start placing it on the pile, making sure to break down big clumps of dirt. Add in the shredded paper and food waste on to the pile, and then cover with more dirt.
Aerate your compost once a week by turning the soil gently. After a few months your compost should be ready to use!
#Compostheap #DIY #Gardenlife #Beginner #HomeLife #Recycle
Morning!!!! Have you got an on-line service please? 🌻🌺🌼🌸
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