Christmas cheer! We were delighted to donate a Christmas tree to Redhills Primary School in Exeter. The school wrote to us with their request telling us that they only had an old artificial tree, which, in their words, had ‘seen better days’! They also told us that the school hadn’t had a real Christmas tree […]
Sponsorship for extra shirts! Our Ottery St Mary garden centre has provided sponsorship for additional club shirts for Ottery St Mary Table Tennis Club after the club experienced unexpected growth. We originally helped the club with new shirts for the existing three teams in 2017 – but after more players signed up, members realised more […]
Brave the Shave for DAAT For the second year in a row, Richard Vanstone from our Torbay garden centre had his head shaved to raise funds for Devon Air Ambulance. The shave was part of our Torbay garden centre’s fundraising for chosen charity of the year, the much loved air ambulance service. Event organiser, Julia […]
Preserves go Silver! Blackcurrant jam and marmalade made at Otter Garden Centres scooped silver in the Producers category at the recent Food Drink Devon Awards. The preserves are made in the kitchens at the garden centre in Ottery St Mary by Liz Lee and her team using traditional methods with a high fruit ratio. Liz […]
Charity Fundraising Headshave Our three Devon garden centres, in Ottery St Mary, Plymouth and Torbay, are all organising charity fundraising events for Devon Air Ambulance Trust this year. Our Torbay garden centre also supported the charity in 2017, raising almost £4,500 through a series of inventive fundraising events. One of the most memorable events was […]
DIY SOS Ottery style The request Otter Garden Centres was approached by a member of the Ottery St Mary Youth Football Club, asking if we could help them with urgent repairs to their current viewing lean-to shed. This was constructed of wood and sheet metal cladding which was leaking badly and becoming unfit for purpose. […]
Poetry night at Torbay Our first ever poetry reading night at Torbay wa a huge success, raising just under £200 for the branch’s charity of the year, Devon Air Ambulance Trust. The event was organised by Torbay branch’s enthusiastic charity champion, Julia Stone. The performers were published poets Bethany Blue and David Hines, with new […]
We have a winner! Radio Plymouth and Otter Garden Centre in Plymouth have been delighted by the success of this year’s Design a Scarecrow competition – and now we’d like to announce the winner. We had a brilliant response from primary schools across Plymouth with lots of wonderful entries. Choosing this year’s top design has […]
How much fundraising did we do? Each year, Otter Garden Centres pledges to carry out fundraising for charities. Over the years we have supported a wide range of charities to help them continue with their important work. During 2017, each branch chose to raise funds for very local charities. Fundraising is coordinated by in-branch teams […]
Jams reign supreme We are delighted to announce that, once again, Otter Garden Centres home-made jams have picked up an award – or in this case, two awards! The two gold awards were won at the Food & Drink Devon Awards held at Deer Park Country Hotel. The double golden gong was collected for our […]
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