Reviewing A Garden Centre I Used To Work At 🫣Dobbies Launches Christmas 2024 - UK Review 🇬🇧
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- Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025
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Visiting a garden centre where I once worked and setting up the Christmas display was such a delightful experience! It's conveniently located near me in Beaconsfield, Bucks.
Even though Dobbies boasts 77 stores, I left feeling a bit underwhelmed. I’m not blaming the staff-they receive the items and clear instructions on how to display them. However, describing the setup as dull and disappointing barely scratches the surface. It's truly a shame because many of the decorations were lovely. I'm a big fan of Gisella Graham, a brand you might have seen at other garden centre or independent retailers. I've visited their showroom myself, and it’s absolutely jaw-dropping! I’d love to take you on a tour-I’ll reach out to see if I can make it happen!
The experience just felt a bit bland. Retail isn’t just about selling products; it’s about offering solutions. These items are luxuries, not necessities, so I believe it’s crucial to inspire shoppers.
What are your thoughts? Am I being too harsh? Did you enjoy it? Do you have a Dobbies nearby? If you know of any amazing independent garden centre I should visit, please share!
And do you think Dobbies would let me take the reins on setting up the area next year? I’m definitely up for the challenge! I believe even the darkest, dingiest greenhouses can be transformed into something magical-and ultimately, boost sales! Let me know your thoughts!
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Great Video and story lovely to hear you met you hubby there and worked. My Mrs said give me a day there and she would make it look like a Christmas wonderland 😅 no sparkle and abit lack luster. Trees🌲 needed decorated for each theme for sure and displayed around the theme. My Mrs loves Christmas and designing and I would call her a Christmas event planner lol thanks for the brilliant videos ❤❤
We should team up and go together next year to jazz it up ! 🎄❤️
Definitely need decorated trees! I’m always frustrated by Dobbies lack of pricing in all departments so I just don’t go anymore
Well Kirsty, your comments were not distracting to me. We all make our own minds up!! Before I moved we had a Dobbie’s and everything was breathtaking at Christmas, seems it’s gone a bit wonky this year. Gisella Graham certainly made this place sparkle, oh boy did it need it. In my opinion of course. Thanks for sharing xx
How lovely to visit somewhere you made so creative and special.I totally understand your frustration at not VM displays.I work in the retail sector and drives me nuts it not shown in its best.😖😤
It’s frustrating. The poor staff would have just followed the layout.
I was in that Dobbies at the weekend. You're correct underwhelmed is the word. Marlow and Bourne End garden centres are better thesedays. Marlow especially has the Christmas fudge and cakes selection stand that is excellent.
I’m off to Marlow at the weekend. That’s my favourite local garden centre these days. Moss end is also a favourite ( mostly because of the antique shop & Italian deli )
My local garden centre is Clay’s in Washington. They do lovely displays all beautifully curated.
I also worked at Dobbies (Not your store) and really enjoyed my time there. I'm afraid that once Tesco bought it, things went down to supermarket style, and individuality got lost. I left. As far as pricing goes, we went over to shelf labeling, so you have to keep on top of price labels and display. Our undecorated trees were grouped so people could pick the one suitable for their situation, and the decorated ones were in each themed display, and it's all down to the stores merchandising display manager.
Loved many of these decs - going to pop to my local Dobbies in Glasgow and see if they have decorated the trees there! 🤞
Let me know 👍🎄
The leaky ceiling buckets seem to be a common fixture of Dobbies, whichever one you visit! In central Scotland there are three Dobbies we visit and they all have the buckets dotted around. Stirling seems to be the worst. We often remark that it almost seems they dont want to sell anything. The restaurants are poorly managed too. I dont know what it is with Dobbies. Its like the upper management have lost the will to live! It filters down to the staff. Such a shame 😞
Best place to go to is Busy Bees garden centre on the Isle of Wight. Unbelievably good Christmas set up. Gutted I can't go this year. Give it a try.
Whitehall Garden Centre in Lacock, Wiltshire, is lovely at Christmas time
Bit far for me. Looked it up, looks fab 🎄
I love Whitehalls in Wiltshire too.. I visit whenever I go to stay at my mums, she lives in Calne..❤
Our nearest Dobbies is closing at the end of December.
Oh dear !
Laycock has Whitehall garden centre it's fantastic
Loved all the traditional baubles just couldn't see all the prices
A huge amount was not priced, very annoying. I added the price on the screen of those with a price.
Such a shame some lovely things but like you said needs jazzing up. X
You did a lovely tour, but your negative comments were distracting!!
You find a few words on a screen distracting? The whole video was my feedback on a place I used to work? So the positive comments on things I liked were not distracting?
@@kirstygriffiths749 ok, I found the criticism and moaning annoying
They are shutting down a lot of stores 😟
Yes. A friend is an ex buyer. Was doing well until it was taken over again. I hope this gets bought by an independent and they go for it 🙏
Think it was nice but very expensive.
Agree with you it is dated no wow factor.
Some really lovely decorations, just needed a bit of oomph. The great staff did the best they could. Did as they were instructed.
some beautiful decorations but yes trees needed to be decorated and a bit more creativity would have been nice
Go to Van Haghs in Ware (now blue diamond, not as good as the old Van Haghs) but a hundred times better than this display.
Yes 🙌🏻 I’ve got this one on my list
Too expensive