Parklea Branching Out

19/06/2026

☀️ Spread some sunshine! ☀️
☀️ We have some little bunches of sunshine yellow flowers made up in retail and in the café today. ☀️
☀️ Please take a free bunch and pass it on to someone who needs a bit more sunshine in their day ☀️
☀️ (If you wish to, and are able to make a donation of any amount, just say to a member of staff) ☀️

12/06/2026

Our café will be closed all day next Thursday - 18th June- for a private function. It will also close early at 2.30pm the following day, Friday 19th June.
We apologise for any inconvenience if you were planning to come in and visit during these times.
Plant sales will be open as usual.

10/06/2026

Just in case you hadn't heard, there is a World Cup about to start! 😄
To celebrate Scotland being back in it & to honour their first match, we will have a specials menu available in the café on Friday 12th & Monday 15th June giving you a flavour of Scotland & footie! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️
You could re-live Grannies cooking with a helping of stovies, or pretend you are at the game with pie & bovril!
(Our normal menu will also available on these dates)

05/06/2026

Can't get down to Parklea during the week?
Then tomorrow, Saturday 6th June, is the last chance to come & buy your plants to get your garden ready for summer! 🌸☀️
We are open 10am-2pm and the cafe will also be serving drinks & cakes! ☕️🍰
Lots of bedding plants, hanging baskets, shrubs, perennials, alpines, ready made planters AND MORE in stock, as well as mix & match deals on lots of items.
Come & support your local charity & make your garden BBQ ready!

05/06/2026

❤️🧡🩷 DAHLIAS!! 🩷🧡❤️
Which is your favourite? Or are you like us and love them all together?
We just adore this riot of hot, rich colour! It makes you feel warm even when the temperatures outside don't necessarily do!
They will flower all summer long, so you can be sure that when the sunshine returns your plants will still be blooming! ☀️
Dahlias and all other 1 litre pots are £6.50 each or mix and match 2 for £12.00. 🌸
🕒 Open Monday-Friday 9am-4pm and this Saturday 10am-2pm.

04/06/2026

Run don't walk!!! 📢
These plants all sold out & we have had lots of customers asking for them since.
BUT.....! We have managed to source some varieties to do a small restock! 🎉
All available now & while stocks last! (We can't guarantee getting more of these this year.)

04/06/2026

This week is the last chance for you to take advantage of our extra opening hours for this season! 🌸
We are open tonight until 6.30pm. After that we will be back to our usual 4pm closures, so if you can't make it down normally tonight is the time to visit!!! 🌸
The cafe will be open for light refreshments & there are lots of goodies still available in our plant sales. Be garden ready so you can enjoy it when the sun returns! ☀️

03/06/2026

Join a group for a singing trail starting from our Parklea site on Thursday 11th June! 💫
Read the post attached for all the details of how you can join in!

Thursday 11th June, 11am

Join us as we take our 2nd Singing Trails walk of the summer to our friends at Parklea Branching Out. This session is open to all (no singing experience is required) and will see us meet in the Community Greenhouse for an 11am start.

Daniella, our wonderful singing leader will help us all get our vocal chords warmed up and then we will head out onto the coastal path to do a short (45 minute) walk. We stop every 10 minutes or so to sing and then we walk a little further before having another break to sing. Singing outdoors is very theraputic and a lot of fun!

We will end up back at Parklea again by 12 midday, where participants can enjoy a cuppa and then a browse of the garden centre if they wish.

Let us know if you plan to join us so we have an idea of numbers! Email: [email protected]

03/06/2026

This week is Volunteers Week - a time to celebrate all things volunteering & thank those who give their time to volunteer in different projects & organisations up & down the country! 💕
We have a loyal bank of volunteers who work right across PBO in a variety of different areas including site maintenance, plant care, client support, café and even on our board of trustees.
They are helping our staff make a difference to the service we can provide & what we can achieve together as a team. 💕
We have captured in the photos just a small part of the much bigger volunteer team, who come out rain or shine and get stuck in!
A huge thank you goes out to OUR volunteers, but also to all those people who give up their time to support charities like ours across the UK. You don't go unnoticed or unappreciated! 💕


The Scottish Government

29/05/2026

Open for plant sales & cafe again tomorrow 10am-2pm!
We are starting to run out of some things so hurry hurry hurry, while stocks last! 🌸
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