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    #32
    Harry Palmr
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    Presumably they'll be some sort of co-ordination and statement on this otherwise it'll be a riot at 9 AM on Tuesday.


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    #33
    Discodog
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Presumably they'll be some sort of co-ordination and statement on this otherwise it'll be a riot at 9 AM on Tuesday.

    Woodies have said they won't open. I expect B&Q won't either.


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    #34
    Harry Palmr
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    Austria opens its garden centres today!!

    /gets online....


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    #35
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Discodog wrote: »
    Woodies have said they won't open. I expect B&Q won't either.

    Ffs. Bored isnt the word anymore. Why cant they open and practice social distancing ffs.


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    #36
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    smelly sock wrote: »
    Ffs. Bored isnt the word anymore. Why cant they open and practice social distancing ffs.

    I don't have time to be bored :)

    Spent the weekend building s chicken coop and have s quarter to plant with veg. .. Swap:D


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    #37
    Harry Palmr
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    Mcguires in east Waterford are taking phone orders between 10 and 1 phone 0838681010, you pay over the phone and they deliver. They do not have a website as such only facebook. So you'll need to know what you want really and be ready to pay for whatever they charge but presumably they do a call back if you give them a list.


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    #38
    Supernintento Chalmers
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Supernintento Chalmers


    Anyone know anywhere that might be selling lawn turf these days?


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    #39
    LazyClouds
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    LazyClouds wrote: »
    I just bought a few plants from https://www.gardens4you.ie/ They've got a good selection at the moment but a lot seems to be going out of stock.

    It's been ten days now and I haven't received anything. Starting to worry my plants might arrive dead :(


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    SouthWesterly
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    LazyClouds wrote: »
    It's been ten days now and I haven't received anything. Starting to worry my plants might arrive dead :(

    I ordered from a site in the UK. Was told to expect to wait a month!


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    #41
    65535
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    I was able to get some bags of top soil, multipurpose compost and some grow bags in Tesco earlier.
    I presume they are in every Tesco branch.


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    #42
    Harry Palmr
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    Did they have any seeds and plants?


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    #43
    Bebop
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    What about bedding plants like Surfina etc, ?
    Growers will be faced with a total loss of their produce if they are not in the garden centres in the next 2 weeks
    I’m surprised that no effort has been made to offer these plants through Supermarkets or outlets that are still open, there are lots of gardeners like myself who are willing to buy but garden centres are not willing to sell, click and collect or delivery only seems to involve seeds or hardware


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    #44
    Harry Palmr
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    I suppose this what happens when you have to deal with big usual international chains who have exclusive supply deals for certain items, they won't/can't be flexible lest it leave them open to legal challenge at a later date.


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    #45
    s8n
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    any ideas where to get grass seed in south county Dublin ?


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    #46
    zerosugarbuzz
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    Bebop wrote: »
    What about bedding plants like Surfina etc, ?
    Growers will be faced with a total loss of their produce if they are not in the garden centres in the next 2 weeks
    I’m surprised that no effort has been made to offer these plants through Supermarkets or outlets that are still open, there are lots of gardeners like myself who are willing to buy but garden centres are not willing to sell, click and collect or delivery only seems to involve seeds or hardware

    Totally with you, I’m missing my lobelias and petunias for starters. Also want strawberry an tomato plants. Anywhere in Dublin selling seeds?


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    #47
    LazyClouds
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    My order from gardens4you.ie finally arrived on Friday. However most of the plants came as "bare roots" in plastic bags which looked very depressing (upon looking at the site again they do actually specify they'll be delivered this way...) and one of my items was completely missing from the order :( They're in the ground now so hopefully I'll see some growth. I think it was probably foolish of me to think I'd be getting full blooming plants through the post but still a bit disappointing...


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    #48
    Dante7
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    Grange builders providers in Baldoyle are open for deliveries and collection. They don't have much gardening stuff, but they do at least have compost.

    https://grange.ie/builders-providers/garden-maintenance


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    #49
    Hocus Focus
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    Aldi have compost and Grow-bags.


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    #50
    magicbastarder
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    my local spar has compost. you might find that convenience stores are stocking it now.


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    #51
    backofthepack
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    lidl have compost and supervalu in firhouse having bedding plants if that's of any use to anyone


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    #52
    SouthWesterly
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    I was just talking to a garden centre about a part of my order missing.
    They normally ship a pallet a day. Today they are shipping 24 pallets. 180 last week.


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    #53
    ShedTower
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    I was driving past Dunnes Garden Centre in Laois at the weekend and they looked very busy, lots of cars. Their Facebook confirms they're open to customers.


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    #54
    GreeBo
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    s8n wrote: »
    any ideas where to get grass seed in south county Dublin ?

    https://www.thegardenshop.ie/
    they are closed at the minute dealing with the weekends orders but should open again in a day or so


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    #55
    flogen
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    s8n wrote: »
    any ideas where to get grass seed in south county Dublin ?

    I got some small (very small) boxes in my local Tesco - they're essentially for patching up an existing lawn but I only have a small area to cover so should have enough in 4 boxes. Obviously if you've a large area to seed it might not be practical (though my local Tesco did have slightly larger boxes a few weeks ago - but when I went back they were gone).


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    #56
    SouthWesterly
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    Ordered from clarinbridge garden centre on April 10. Got delivery today.
    Asparagus and shallots


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    #57
    tringle
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    For anyone rural some of the farming coops are open and have garden centres, Arrabawn is


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    #58
    celticsfan
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    Folks just wondering has anyone ordered from newlands?? If so were they well packed etc?? was thinking of buying some online plants as it's hard to get anything where I am located with covid 19 etc... just wondering would they arrive in bits if ordering young plants like multipack bedding...


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    #59
    Harry Palmr
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    Lidl have a load of bush tomato plants in stock


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    #60
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    soundman45 wrote: »
    One caught trading in Wicklow shut down by guards today

    Laughable.


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    #61
    in2dark
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    GreeBo wrote: »
    https://www.thegardenshop.ie/
    they are closed at the minute dealing with the weekends orders but should open again in a day or so




    better shop elsewhere. im VERY disappointed with their plants... the state of them when they arrived...


    not to mention the price of their compost


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