Squire’s donate 230,000 bulbs to the local community!

Squire’s West Horsley planting bulbs in Kingston Meadows with Guildford Borough Council

 

Squire’s Garden Centres has donated a massive 230,000 tulip bulbs to local parks, green spaces, schools, hospitals and charities across the South East!

This donation was made possible by Squire’s “Love Where You Live” campaign, where the garden centre pledged to donate 10 bulbs for every bag of bulbs that customers purchased in September. The campaign has been such a phenomenal success, that Squire’s have been able to donate and help plant 80,000 more bulbs than their original target of 150,000.

Local councils, school children and community volunteers joined Squire’s team members to plant the tulip bulbs throughout October.

Sarah Squire, deputy chairman of Squire’s commented; “We have been overwhelmed by the response to our ‘Love Where You Live’ campaign, and we are very grateful for the support our family business receives from local people. It’s fantastic to be able to give something back to the communities where we are located. Autumn is the best time of year to plant spring flowering bulbs. ‘Tulip tarda’ is the variety we have donated. It has clusters of beautiful yellow and white fragrant star-shaped flowers. It has won the RHS Award of Garden Merit, and I am sure that it will produce a spectacular display of colour come next springtime.”

Squire’s Centre	Bulbs Donated To	Planting Area	Number Of Bulbs Donated
Badshot Lea	Waverley Borough Council	Badshot Lea Pond	16,000
Chertsey	Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospital	St. Peter’s Hospital	3,300
Cobham	Elmbridge Borough Council	Stoke Recreation Ground	6,190
Crawley	Crawley Borough Council	On banks opposite Cheals	6,730
Frensham	Frensham Parish Council	Hollowdene Recreation Ground, Village Shop & Shortfield Common	10,100
Hersham	Elmbridge Borough Council	Burwood Road	9,700
Long Ditton	Esher High School, Royal Star & Garter Homes, Chessington Community Projects	Esher High School, The Royal Star & Garter Homes & Chessington Community Projects	17,225
Milford	Waverley Borough Council	Broadwater Park & Rodborough School Community Garden	15,580
Reigate	Reigate & Banstead Borough Council	Priory Park in Reigate	6,650
Shepperton	Spelthorne Borough Council	Lower Haliford Park	18,770
Stanmore	Bernays Gardens	Bernays Gardens	19,000
Twickenham	Richmond Borough Council & Sherland Road Residents Association	Udney Hall Gardens & Sherland Road Community Garden	59,360
Washington	Washington Parish Council	Washington Recreation Ground	11,790
West Horsley	Guildford Borough Council	Kingston Meadows in East Horsley	7,135
Woking	Woking Borough Council + Horsell Recreation Association	Roundabout by Squire’s Woking, Goldsworth Park Recreation Ground & Pares Woodland Garden	22,470

Squire’s Twickenham planting bulbs in Udney Hall Gardens with Richmond & Twickenham Borough Council

Squire’s Washington planting bulbs in Washington Recreation Ground with St. Mary’s School and Washington Parish Council

Squire’s Chertsey planting bulbs at Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospital

L-R: Rod Hardron (Squire’s), Spencer Brewer & Nicola Oliver (Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospital), Les Ellis (Squire’s)

Squire’s Stanmore donated and planted bulbs at Bernays Gardens

L-R: Ryan Bailey (Squire’s), Malcolm Breingan, Phil Butlin & Anne Butlin (Bernays Garden Community Group), and Christine Foley (Squire’s)

Squire’s Long Ditton donated and planted bulbs at Esher High School

Squire’s Woking donated bulbs to Woking Borough Council

Squire’s Badshot Lea planting bulbs at Badshot Lea Pond, helped by local school children and Waverley Borough Council

Squire’s Frensham planted bulbs in Hollowdene Recreation Ground and Shortfield Common with Frensham Parish Council

Squire’s Milford planting bulbs at Broadwater Park in Godalming

Squire’s Shepperton planted bulbs at Lower Haliford Park with Spelthorne Borough Council