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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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Adorable bobbin' robins - a delightful addition to any room or outdoor space!
Stocks vary by centre.
#BobbinRobins #CompleteYourChristmas #ChristmasShopping #OneStopShop #LoveSquires
Julie Munford
William Franke.......😍
Collect the beautiful fallen leaves on your autumn walks or those that have fallen into your garden.
Then get creative and make leaf art! Paint, stick, press and arrange your leaves into wonderful designs.
Your creations could make for lovely seasonal displays in your home.
#autumnadventures #leafart #creative
Have you picked up your free packet of seeds yet?* Discover more: bit.ly/353XPmD
Get the little ones to paint a vegetable inspired pebble as part of our Create & Grow event and receive a free pack of seeds until Sunday 8 November.
You could be planting tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli, celery, Brussel sprouts, asparagus, radish, sweet pepper or a variety of herbs, in no time!
Here are just a few of the wonderful pebbles we’ve received so far. You can pick up a free pebble to paint at home from any of our centres.
Seeds vary by centre. While stocks last.
*Excluding Chertsey.
#CreateandGrow #PebblesToSeeds #LoveSquires
Mr Potato and Mrs Corn are on their way to Long Ditton Squires!
Illuminate your garden with Gazing Frog and Hare Magic!
Unique solar lights, Frog and Hare make for charming eye-catching ornaments, lighting up your outside space with their beautiful glowing orbs!
Magnificent when placed near a pond, these cute little lights make a wonderful addition to your autumn garden.
Now only £19.99 each. Stocks vary by centre.
Discover more: bit.ly/3nWinWP & bit.ly/3nWHRU2
#gardenornaments #outdoorlighting #solarlights
Love the frog ❤ greb it
Have you got the frog one at Reigate please.?
I can guess who that might be for!!
Emma Knight
Congratulations to Victoria Sapsed and your lovely neighbour Annika, you are the winners of our World Mental Health Day competition and have each won a £100 Squire’s gift card!
We have private messaged you.
Thank you to everyone who entered, reading all the nominations was truly humbling.
Let’s all continue to help each other and be kind😊
#WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealthForAll #BeKind
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