WHAT'S HOT?Dobbies  news04 www.dobbies.com spring/summer 2012Expert advice, new plants and a charity triumph for Dobbies - it's all breaking news!Celebrate your birthday with us!! Exclusive room/area hire and decoration ! Fun party games! Personalised birthday cake ! Gift for the birthday child! Party food (hot and cold options available) ! Choice of activity: cressy caterpillars, cupcake decorating or pizza making**£9.95 per personPlease contact your local Dobbies restaurant for further details and to book your party today. Dates and times are subject to availability.*Excludes Dobbies Garden Centre Dalgety Bay, Gailey, Kinross, Reading, Shrewsbury and Westerwood. **Selected stores only.New  plant  focusAn evergreen with bright, variegated foliage that turns red in the colder months. It has impressive, free-flowering, lilac-blue flower spikes in summer - an asset in any garden. Height/spread: 50cm x 60cm Price: £9.99Available in-store: April 2012The world's first true-blue verbascum and a great garden plant. It produces a wonderful, eye-catching display and was an RHS Chelsea Flower Show award winner in 2011. Height/spread: 75cm x 30cm Price: £8.99Available in-store: April 2012An exquisite salvia with purple velvet flowers appearing from almost-black buds. It flowers earlier than most, and will bloom again if dead-headed. It's a great plant for a mixed border or container centrepiece. Height/spread: 1m x 60cm Price: £8.99Available in-store: April 2012Hebe'Baby Boo'Verbascum'Blue Lagoon'Salvia'Amistad'Brush up on your Garden Grow-How and pop into your local store for regular, short gardening talks with our plant experts. They take place every Saturday and Sunday between 11am and 2pm. Topics will be wide and varied, and include talks around grow your own, creating colourful gardens and making the most of your outdoor space. Each talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session, so feel free to ask our gardening gurus to help with any of your gardening conundrums.So, what are you waiting for? Find out how easy gardening can be with a little Garden Grow-How from Dobbies - see back page for full details. For more expert gardening advice visit www.dobbies.com. Dobbies raise £48,000 for Action for ChildrenGarden Grow-HowWe would like to thank all our customers for supporting our national nominated Christmas charity, Action for Children. We raised more than £48,000 for this valuable cause over the festive period, which is a staggering achievement. The funds raised will allow children and young people across the country to go on unforgettable outings and take part in otherwise impossible activities.A stunning new foxglove which flowers in May-July and again in the autumn. It's a semi-evergreen perennial, which will withstand a little frost, although it may need winter protection in cold areas. Height/spread: 90cm x 45cm Price: £8.99Available in-store: April 2012Digitalis'Illumination Pink'*Prices are correct at the time of printingChildren's birthday parties at Dobbies*NEW FOR 2012

WHAT'S HOT?At Dobbies, we believe that making your outdoors great shouldn't cost you the earth. That's why we launched Dobbies Essentials, a new range of tools, plants and gardening products that are big on quality and low on cost. For your chance to win 1 of 5 Dobbies Essentials kits worth £100 simply complete your details below and hand this form in to the customer service desk of your local Dobbies store or visit www.dobbies.com/gardenclub to enter online.Name: .................................................................................................................................................................................Garden Club Card Number: ..................................................................................................................................Postcode: .........................................................................................................................................................................Email Address: ..............................................................................................................................................................Win  1  of  5  Dobbies  Essentials  starter  kitsYour chance to win 1 of 5 Dobbies Essentials kits worth £100.Terms and conditions: The closing date for entries is 30th April 2012. The winner will be informed by email by 15th May 2012 and prize must be collected from a Dobbies store. Only one entry per person, the prize is as stated and it cannot be redeemed for cash or a substitute prize. This competition is not open to Dobbies employees or their families.spring/summer 2012 www.dobbies.com 05Subscribe to Gardeners' World Magazineand get 12 issues for £21 - that's great gardening advice for only £1.75 an issue!Subscribing gives you automatic membership to the Subscriber Club. Benefits include:???? Special subscriber magazine edition???? Quarterly newsletters with exclusive ????????events and offers???? Extra discounts2 easy ways to subscribe: Visit: www.buysubscriptions.com/gardenersworld or CALL: 0844 848 9707 and quote GWXDOB12.Subscribe today and get the UK's best-loved gardening magazine delivered directly to your door. With every issue packed full of trusted advice, beautiful photography and inspirational ideas, you are sure to get the most out of your garden.The closing date for this offer is 30 April 2012 and only applies to new UK Direct Debit orders. After your first 12 issues you will then go on to pay £36.48 every 12 issues by Direct Debit, saving 20%. Prices are discounted from the full UK subscription price and include P&P. Standard UK subscription price is £45.60, Europe and Republic of Ireland is £60.10 and Rest of the World is £77.75. Lines open Monday to Friday 8am-8pm and Sat 9am-1pm. Calling the 0844 848 9707 order number from a BT landline will cost no more than 5p per minute. Calls from mobiles and other providers may vary.*for a limited period onlySAVE over 50%*