Homeleigh Garden Centre is one of the South West’s largest family run garden centres, where you can find everything for the keen gardener, for the home maker, for the angler, for pets, plus much, much more….

Homeleigh Garden Centre was established in 1983 and was once a small farm run by Derek & Enis Broad.

When it first started Derek and Enis just had a small greenhouse that they would grow vegetables and bedding plants in. They would sell the plants on a milk stand and had an honesty pot for any sales made. The garden centre grew rapidly buying in compost, plants and any other garden essentials for sale. The bungalow that they lived in was converted into what is now Robins View Restaurant.

Derek and Enis are still running the garden centre with the help of their son Rob. The garden centre is going from strength to strength, with now over 40 departments, selling nearly everything from plants to pets, slabs to snakes and a whole lot more. The site has got a real family atmosphere and with over 80 staff, the family seems to be growing all the time!

Homeleigh Garden Centre is situated just 1 mile outside of Launceston. It lies just on the border between Cornwall and Devon and features fantastic views over Dartmoor and the surrounding Cornwall and Devon countryside. It is just a 15-20 minute drive away from Holsworthy and the coastal town of Bude.

Councilor Jenny Stewart gives us an update on The Olympic Torch and other things.

We’ll be taking time out to treat staff to a well-deserved break, complete with delicious Cornish tea and biscuits, courtesy of three of Cornwall’s oldest businesses. Tea from Tregothnan and a selection of Furniss Biscuits from Proper Cornish, all delivered courtesy of Coodes Solicitors.  

The Cornwall 100 Club is a group of businesses that supports Cornish communities and local charities, making a real, positive and measurable difference within the county.  It’s an effective way of giving back to the communities we work in, helping as many people in Cornwall as possible and ensuring that every penny of our donation is spent wisely.

They also offer volunteering opportunities for staff to help out with local projects, from painting a community centre or planting a garden, through to spending time with someone less fortunate.

If you’d like to find out more about these contact Claire Thayres on 01566 779333.  If you’d like to read more about the work that Cornwall 100 Club and Cornwall Community Foundation do, you can visit their website at www.cornwall100club.co.uk.

The Cornwall 100 Club is a vehicle for your business to give effective, targeted funding to grassroots organisations and projects in your local communities.

For most of us Cornwall is a wonderful place to live and work with a quality of life second to none. Yet there are also areas of real deprivation in Cornwall, where people are living extremely difficult lives due to poverty, isolation and other disadvantages which are addressed by the hundreds of grants that The Cornwall Community Foundation administer every year. There are people in your community, close to your home and workplace, who need your help.

Members of The Cornwall 100 Club will be asked to make an annual donation to The Cornwall Community Foundation of at least £1,000, for a minimum of three years, of which

• Half will be used to support local needs through grants decided by the Cornwall 100 Club Panel and administered by The Cornwall Community Foundation,
• One quarter will be invested in The Cornwall Community Foundation endowment fund, the income of which will be used to future-proof The Cornwall Community Foundation and make grants to people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly forever,
• One quarter will be used to support The Cornwall Community Foundation itself, including the development of new funds targeting key issues within Cornwall.  We estimate that for every pound given to The Cornwall Community Foundation for development, between £10 and £20 will be brought back in for grant making.

Benefits to the members of The Cornwall 100 Club include the following;

1. professional, easy and effective corporate philanthropy,
2. marketing materials, to include a logo for use on members’ own materials and a membership certificate for display in reception areas,
3. exclusive networking events,
4. volunteering opportunities for your staff – individually or as a group,
5. reports on grants for use in each members’ annual reports,
6. a bespoke letter directing cold requests for funding to The Cornwall Community Foundation,
7. assistance for each member to take advantage of gift aid and payroll giving.

Cornwall Channel’s Shane Solomon was fortunate enough to get an exclusive interview with the broadcasting royalty that is Sir Terry Wogan at this years Daphne Du Maurier Festival in Fowey.

In the interview Shane mentions to Sir Terry about re-releasing a version of The Floral Dance which could be a good contender for a charity single with the Music video being shot in Cornwall!

Please show your support by leaving a comment below so we can convince Sir Terry to do it! :0)

We caught up with the Mayor of St Austell, Sandra Heyward and Mary Murfin from Childrens Hospice South West to find out how the exhibition was helping the local children’s charity.

Cornwall Channel got caught bringing you an exlcusive look inside the new HBH Woolacotts Superstore which has its grand opening in St Austell on the 26th May at The Valley Retail Park, Gover Road from 9am with hundreds of opening offers!!!

HBH Woolacotts is going to be a great new retail store for the area and here at Cornwall Channel we bring you an exclusive competition to win an iPod/iPhone Speaker Tower docking station with 3D Sound. Watch the video for details on how to enter.

At Jade Palace St Austell we only buy quality produce sourced locally where possible. Our team is well trained and work in a well equipped and hygienic environment. We believe this allows us to provide a consistently high standard of takeaway food service. We welcome any feedback about our food or our website.

Peter Grant Papers , Clover Chemicals, UK Disposables

We sell a huge range of products including:

Paper Products

• Toilet Rolls
• Paper Hand Towels
• Centre Feed Rolls
• Couch Rolls
• Facial Tissues
• Kitchen Rolls
• Mini Jumbo Rolls
• Jumbo Forecourt Rolls
• Full Range of Dispensers

Chemicals

• Laundry Products
• Floorcare
• Carpet care
• Hard Surface Cleaners
• Dish & Glasswashing
• Disinfectants
• Bleach
• Bactericidal Products
• Food Hygiene
• HACCP Solutions
• Washroom Cleaners & Descalers
• Air Fresheners & Deoderisers
• Housekeeping Products
• Bactericidal Products
• Automotive Cleaning Products
• Traffic Film Remover

Catering Range

• Cling Film
• Foil
• Napkins
• Laundry Sacks
• Refuse Sacks
• Swing Bin Liners
• Pedal Bin Liners

Protective Wear

• Aprons
• Gloves
• Face Masks

Hand Care

• Hand Soap Range
• Industrial
• Protective
• Hand Gel

Stationery

• Copier Paper
• Envelopes
• Tapes
• First Aid Kits
• Plasters

Spillage Kits / Hazzard Kits

• Rock Salt
• Oil Dry Granules

Bringing plants, sunshine & laughter into the town centre, everyone who came enjoyed what St Austell had to offer.

If you read this time, the Spring Fayre continues tomorrow the 29th April.