Wyevale aka The Garden Centre Group now Wyevale

So The Garden Centre Group, formerly Wyevale, is now changing its name to:

... wait for it! ...

Wyevale

Stupid name change in the first place of course, hopefully former chief executive Nicholas Marshall now realises how crass the original change was, and that we have all been referring to Wyevale anyway ...

 

But with a new logo, that will make all the difference! Do we now call them Wyevale (formerly Garden Centre Group)?


My local Wyevale (formerly Garden Centre Group) only got around to changing their signage about a year ago, wonder how long it'll take them to change it back?

 

There's also The Garden Centre, formerly Blooms, soon to be Wyevale, to consider

 

And Country Gardens (formerly Garden Centre Group) now becoming Wyevale.

Life will be so much simpler.

P.S. I wonder just how they realised Wyevale had such 'high levels of awareness', did they read posts on gardening forums and realise most people still call them that all these years after they changed their name?

Mrs Scrungee suggested it's got nothing to do with 'high levels of awareness' amongst gardeners, but that most of them are daft old gits who can't cope with change. I've held exactly the same opinion for over 50 years.

 

I think its because Terra Firma, who have only owned The Garden Centre Group for a couple of years, are shaping up to flog it.

Make the most of this year's 50p-a-packet sale ...

 

Wyevales became "Gardening Club" around here.

 

Does anyone buy from them? I find them incredibly expensive ... I call in a couple of times a month and check the discount rack, usually some abandoned plants at 50% off which are then a reasonable price, but rarely a bargain.

Rows of Rhododendrons and not a handkerchief sized plot of acid soil within driving distance.

Ridiculous vegetable plug plants on sale - I think I saw Leek seedlings the other day ... certainly there were plants unsuitable for Autumn planting

They are always trying to get me to use their Tea room ... the one here is just on the edge of town, not particularly out-of-town, and I would have thought that anyone wanting a cuppa could find far more enticing places to go

 

Was talked into becoming a member about two years ago which didn't benefit me much as I live too far away (25 miles) to just pop in but last year I did go in and saw some half price hanging baskets and stands which at half price I thought was OK. It turned out that there were two in a pack and as a member I also got 50% off that day so perhaps I was just lucky, no idea whether that sort of offer is a regular thing or not.

 

Wyevale (formerly known as Wyevale) are being sold

SPECIAL REPORT Wyevale Garden Centres sale in full, plus what the sale means for suppliers, competitors and wider garden industry

Wonder what the new owners will change its name to?

 

Can’t read the article; it says you have to subscribe first.

 

Same here as @Redwing .

 

There's a work around to read their stuff for free [1] without signing in (as with reading The Times), but probably quicker to read here Terra Firma seeks to offload Wyevale Garden Centres - Retail Gazette



With a bit of ingenuity you can read stuff for free ….

 

Wyevale lost £105 million in the last year. Difficult to believe a large GC can lose money. Full to busting every weekend plus top prices in a lot of cases.
I thought a large GC was a licence to print money. Our local one a mile away has bought himself an Aston Martin