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Dobbies Garden Centre, Aberdeen. The business was founded in 1865 by James Dobbie, who created a seeds business named Dobbie & Co. in Renfrew, Scotland.After being awarded the Royal Warrant for Gardeners and Nurserymen to the Royal Household, the company expanded into a seed catalogue business, where it built up a customer base of 50,000 over the following century.
In the same month, Dobbies purchased 37 Wyevale locations, doubling their reach and becoming the largest garden centre company in the UK. On 10 September 2019, the business announced the sale of its remaining centres to British Garden Centres, leading to the closure of the historic Wyevale Garden Centres brand. [17]
Its first garden centre was Woodthorpe Hall, built on a farm. [6] In 2010, it acquired its fifth garden centre. [7] In 2018, the firm operated ten garden centres. [4] In 2019, the company acquired 37 garden centres from Wyevale Garden Centres. [8] In December 2019, the firm completed its acquisition of Hillview, a chain of eight garden centres. [9]
This is a list of the districts ('grid squares') of Milton Keynes, England. This list only includes settlements and business districts in its built-up-area. [1] For a complete list of areas in the borough, see civil parishes in the City of Milton Keynes. OpenStreetMap mapping of Milton Keynes, showing most of the districts
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Wolverton and Greenleys is a civil parish [2] with a town council in Milton Keynes, England. It is north-west of Central Milton Keynes, and according to the 2011 census had a population of 12,492. [1] It includes Wolverton, Old Wolverton, Wolverton Mill, Greenleys and Stonebridge. [3]
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The centre also has a small local library, a meeting place and a separate restaurant building on the Southern ring road. Its Marks and Spencer closed in February 2020 [1] According to Milton Keynes City Council, Kingston, Wolverton, Bletchley and Westcroft form the second tier in the retail hierarchy of the city, below Central Milton Keynes. [2]