Yorkshire Garden Centre group provides plants and people for TV garden makeover

A Huddersfield mother and daughter received a heartfelt garden makeover thanks to respected horticulturalist and TV gardener, David Domoney, and a team of volunteers from Pennine Garden Centre at Shelley.

Mr. Domoney, resident gardener on ITV’s This Morning programme, came to the rescue of Andrea Turner, whose dream of creating a garden oasis to enjoy with her terminally ill mother was ruined by a faulty garden furniture delivery. Having done a Masterclass with Pennine’s owners, Yorkshire Garden Centres, earlier in the year, he appealed to the team at Shelley to provide plants and people to help the makeover happen.

The team at Pennine Garden Centre supplied over £1,000 of plants and a team of eight, including Yorkshire Garden Centres’ Commercial Plant Manager,  Marc Salama, Marketing Content and Campaign Manager, Harriet Hardiment and five members of the Pennine team, to help transform the garden into a holiday-inspired outdoor living space.

“The team at Pennine directed David to plants that would work equally well in pots and the raised beds, and we’re delighted with the outcome. The lush foliage of the specimen Fatsia japonica and Trachycarpus fortunei gives a real holiday vibe and sets off the pops of colour from the perennial Echinacea in the beds and the Chrysanthemums in the wall baskets,” said Mr Salama.

Mr Domoney and his team had just two hours for the makeover, which was shown live on ITV on 13th August. The Yorkshire Garden Centres team helped with planting and painting to complete the makeover in time.

Earlier this year, Pennine Garden Centre became part of the Yorkshire Garden Centres family, which includes Tong, Tingley, Otley, Bingley and Dean’s York and Scarborough.

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Photograph caption: David Domoney with the Yorkshire Garden Centres team and foreground June Spivey and daughter Andrea Turner David Domoney and YGC team members

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Notes to editors

1. 1.For more information about Yorkshire Garden Centres, please visit https://www.yorkshiregardencentres.co.uk/