Article: Festive foliage; Roger Clarke wishes garden centres would stick to plants at Christmas and forget the fairy lights.(Gardening)

Byline: Roger Clarke

I suppose it is a commercial necessity, or a quest for profit, that results in many garden centres turning themselves into Christmas decoration emporiums at this time of year.

A local one has blacked-out halls twinkling with every type of fairy light you can imagine along with decorations and novelties which range from the tastefully elegant to the epitome of naff.

Stock garden items have had to give way and although it serves a need, considering the number of people who flock there, that need is not altogether associated with ...

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