Next shoppers are now able to pick up potted plants and other gardening items when they go shopping for clothes and homeware products. The clothes retailer opened its doors to customers for the first time in months this week.
Homebase is launching mini garden centres in some Next stores this week, selling plants, pots, seeds, and gardening tools.
The DIY and garden retailer has also said it wants to offer customers access to expert gardening advice.
The new collaboration between the two British retailers was introduced to some shops across the UK from Monday, April 12, and is called Garden by Homebase at Next.
More people have been stuck in their gardens more than ever before over the past year, and so Homebase hopes that some Britons’ new-found passion for gardening will continue well beyond lockdown.
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Mr McGloughlin added: “We’re a great nation of gardeners, with more and more people enjoying the benefits of gardening and being outside.
“The launch of these new garden centres means we’re able to offer more…