{"id":303,"date":"2010-03-30T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsu.eventmedialabs.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2015-07-13T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T09:54:05","slug":"shopping-locally-in-garden-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/shopping-locally-in-garden-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping Locally in Garden Centres"},"content":{"rendered":"
Therefore I’m raving about Morgans Garden Centre<\/a>.\u00a0 When I walked through the\u00a0doors I was\u00a0met by\u00a0a lovely Grow Your Own stand from Burgon and Ball (a UK company so not local) but beautiful products at reasonable prices.\u00a0\u00a0 I bought a jam and sugar thermometer to help me with my so far disastrous efforts at making strawberry jam. An early purchase but you can never find one when you want one.\u00a0 Ian has fallen in love with this tool and tuck box above.<\/p>\n Morgan’s also have a great range of vegetable seeds and composts.\u00a0 While I was there I had\u00a0a really\u00a0informative chat with Bernie,\u00a0their expert horticulturist about planting hanging baskets before moving onto my second garden centre\u00a0of the afternoon – Arboretum Lifestyle & Garden Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n On a much larger scale than Morgans, Arboretum are on my own doorstep and are really\u00a0getting into the grow your own market.\u00a0 As well as stocking vegetable plants of all descriptions\u00a0and associated products too (I picked up an instant mini pH tester from them today) they’ve just opened up a vegetable garden, which is being run in conjunction with the Sue Nunn Show on KCLR.<\/p>\n The raised beds are all fully planted and the\u00a0converted area\u00a0also\u00a0houses a chicken enclosure.\u00a0 Ger and Eamon are on hand to give out expert advice\u00a0(both have their own vegetable gardens – Ger grows organic vegetables\u00a0and Eamon has an enormous\u00a0designer vegetable garden.<\/p>\n