The Van Hage Garden Company
Damian Loneragan
After many year deliberating Van Hages have finally bought out Roger Harvey
and now have three garden centres in Herts, ( Ware (Great Amwell), Stevenage
(Bragbury End) and Rickmansworth (Chenies))
I would be grateful if I could have the opinions of any body who has visited
any of the branches and could tell me of their experience.
JennyC
Damian Loneragan wrote in message <7icmk3$md0$1...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>...
I used to visit my mother in Stevenage and know the branch there fairly
well. It's a nice afternoon out, they have a good selection of plants which
always looked in good condition. The tea shop is wonderful (Toasted tea
cakes :~)))) )
They also have loads of garden related things to buy as presents for people.
Big car park, friendly staff.
Anything else you want to know?
Jenny
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Sarah Dale
> After many year deliberating Van Hages have finally bought out Roger Harvey
> and now have three garden centres in Herts, ( Ware (Great Amwell), Stevenage
> (Bragbury End) and Rickmansworth (Chenies))
Expensive. Experiance based on Chenies. They do have a good
water selection - about the only reason I would chose to
go there.
Sarah
Geoffrey Gay
number for this place?
Susan Young
because of their profiteering, but as garden centres go, Van Hage is very
good (although not cheap). They have the most wonderful display of Christmas
decorations, and are very much into the Dutch way of displaying plants
artistically.
Sue Y
Damian Loneragan wrote in message
>
>After many year deliberating Van Hages have finally bought out Roger Harvey
>and now have three garden centres in Herts, ( Ware (Great Amwell),
Stevenage
>(Bragbury End) and Rickmansworth (Chenies))
>
Janet Tweedy
<Dam...@Loneragan.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>
>After many year deliberating Van Hages have finally bought out Roger Harvey
>and now have three garden centres in Herts, ( Ware (Great Amwell), Stevenage
>(Bragbury End) and Rickmansworth (Chenies))
>
>I would be grateful if I could have the opinions of any body who has visited
>any of the branches and could tell me of their experience.
>
>
>
Instant Gardening at its height, very high prices, girls on till no
nothin' but good if you like a day out and general gardening. I could
see no unusual plants and for their size of the place there are very few
shrubs. Mainly displays of 'current' plants to buy tho' the garden shop
bit does have all the normal chemicals etc and other ephemera.
The sort of Garden centre which has a concrete and trellis etc section,
sweets section, a card and gift section and cut price books. Seeds
range is good but compost isn't, Aquarium shop is good apparently but
then it's only a mile from the really specialised water centre by the
M25. But then I knew this place when the Bone brothers ran it and it was
just a tarted up nursery but you could ask questions etc:))
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
Damian Loneragan
information that we give out to customers. Till staff are not meant to have
specialised knowledge in the plant field except on tills, it is those
outside and in the information bureau that do.
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Janet Tweedy wrote in message ...
John Neale Baraclough
from "Damian Loneragan" <Dam...@Loneragan.freeserve.co.uk>
contains these words:
> >>I would be grateful if I could have the opinions of any body who has
> visited
> >>any of the branches and could tell me of their experience.
Janet Tweedy did exactly as you asked, very specifically.Did you
want to hear the customer's experience, or the management's mission statement?
> Being a member of staff myself we pride ourselves on the quality of
> information that we give out to customers. Till staff are not meant to have
> specialised knowledge in the plant field except on tills, it is those
> outside and in the information bureau that do.
Janet
Janet Tweedy
<Dam...@Loneragan.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>Being a member of staff myself we pride ourselves on the quality of
>information that we give out to customers. Till staff are not meant to have
>specialised knowledge in the plant field except on tills, it is those
>outside and in the information bureau that do.
I wasn't actually wanting advice of sorts, I wanted some sharp sand and
to know where it was stacked.......... I had to go and look high and low
for it and she couldn't tell me the price because it wasn't on her
sheet:) I thought she could have at least called one of the members of
staff that actually would know, sharp sand is blinking heavy to lug
halfway across the garden centre.
Still I managed to get some cheap labels on offer.
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Janet
Hedgerows & lawns
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk/plants
Chris French and Helen Johnson
>>In article <7icmk3$md0$1...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk>, Damian Loneragan
>><Dam...@Loneragan.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>>After many year deliberating Van Hages
>>>
>>>I would be grateful if I could have the opinions of any body who has
>visited
>>>any of the branches and could tell me of their experience.
>>>
>>>
Then
Damian Loneragan <Dam...@Loneragan.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Being a member of staff myself
Err, don't you think you should have mentioned that in your first
posting?
The original appeared to come from 'joe public' asking about the place.
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Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
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