page_title: Dobbies Garden Centres
section_title: Recent Years
hierarchical_section_title: Dobbies Garden Centres / History / Recent Years
caption_attribution_description: English: Dobbies Garden Centre, Lasswade Dobbies Garden World at Melville Nurseries, Lasswade, is typical of the facilities at modern garden centres nowadays, with a restaurant, gift shop and leisure wear and furniture department in addition to an extensive range of plants and gardening equipment.
context_page_description: Dobbies Garden Centres is a British chain of garden centres based in Lasswade, Scotland. It is the biggest garden centre operator in the United Kingdom, operating over 68 stores.
context_section_description: Dobbies now operates 68 garden centres and restaurants across the UK, as well as several large tourist attractions including Anker Wood, in Atherstone.
  In May 2019, Dobbies bought 37 stores from Wyevale Garden Centres, doubling its reach and becoming the biggest garden centre in the UK.
  In February 2020, Dobbies closed its Dalgety Bay Store in Fife, stating its small size and proximity to a larger store in Dunfermline as reasons for the decision.
  Dobbies announced in June 2020 that it would open a flagship store near Tewkesbury at the planned Designer Village Cotswold. The store is scheduled to open in 2022 and will become the largest store in the South West and the fourth largest in the UK.
  Following its temporary closure during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dobbies announced a partnership with Sainsbury's to supply its food halls with Sainsbury's branded products. The range will contain over 3,000 products including chilled, frozen, ambient and household products. Dobbies' Edinburgh store was the first to offer the full range at the end of July with other stores following throughout 2020.
caption: Dobbies Garden Centre, Lasswade
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