Category Archives: sheds

July update

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Summer is in full swing and business is booming at Taylors Garden Buildings!

Our Metal shed range is selling nicely and we have seen a steady increase in sales of our summerhouses and gazebo lines. Barbeques are also selling well, so many of you are obviously sitting outdoors of an evening enjoying a nice burger and a few drinks (we still haven’t received our invites though – we blame the postal service).

Our sales team are as eager as ever to speak with you if you have any enquiries, don’t forget that we are on call 7 days a week!

Also, have you visited our show site recently? Woodmeadow are constantly expanding their range and services (the tea room is open and in full swing don’t forget!) and there has been a big change around in the shop recently which has dramatically improved the ergonomics of the store and improved the customer shopping experience no end.

We look forward to seeing/speaking to you!

Visited our show site yet?

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As many of you are aware, we have a garden centre located in Northampton.

We took over this business around 18 months ago and have seen it go from strength to strength in that time!  In the past year and a half we have completely reorganised the layout of both the indoor shopping area and outdoors where you will find our selection of sheds, summerhouses, greenhouses and other items such as plants, gardening tools and ornaments.

Woodmeadow Garden Centre.

Feedback from our regulars has been very positive, we have a very loyal customer base who return to us time after time and are particularly happy with the friendly atmosphere and efficient service.

Woodmeadow Garden Centre is an independent business, which in this day and age is becoming rare with larger businesses opening chains of stores all over the country, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.

One popular feature of Woodmeadow is the café which can be found in the outdoor display area next to the poly tunnels, it has been closed for a short while whilst refurbishments are taking place and a new menu drawn up.  This will be reopening very soon so watch this space!

We have a small selection of garden buildings on display at Woodmeadow  which demonstrate the quality and workmanship in our products. If you are interested in a particular building you have seen on our website we strongly urge you to call ahead to see if we have it on display or something close to it. Our phone number is 01604 781899.

In our shop we sell gifts, DVDs, CDs, tools, gardening aids, bird feed and have a variety of ornamental products such as candles and jewellery.  We also stock greetings cards all year round for various occasions  such as birthdays.

Woodmeadow is located on the A43 in between Northampton and Kettering  just outside of a small village called Hannington. For those of you who are using a sat-nav our postcode is NN6 9TD

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Need any more details? Visit the Woodmeadow Website for more information!

See you soon!

The Garden Shed. A poem about……sheds!

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The Garden Shed
It was just a weathered garden shed,
In the shadow of a tree,
With faded boards and sagging door,
But a wonderment to me. Inside upon the wooden floor,
Were garden tools and things,
The smell of leaves when they are dry,
Such memories they do bring.In days when I was but a child,
We’d visit Uncle George,
And he would give me Blackjack Gum,
A friendship we would forge.

And just outside his garden shed,
Was a fish pond with a bridge,
I’d love to relive all those days,
Oh, the things I wouldn’t give!

That time has passed, I’m older now,
But this one thing I know,
I’ll cherish all those childhood days,
As my dark hair turns to snow.

by David Ronald Bruce Pekrul

Fred’s Shed. A poem about sheds

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Fred’s shed

A Man’s home is his Castle
which you may have heard or read
but to Fred the place he loves the most
is his very own Garden Shed.
This structure he made from wood
is where he likes to be
inside he can set the World to right
over a sandwich and a mug of tea.
Yes his Shed is looking a bit ramshackle
and luxurious it definitely ain’t
what with the roof needing repairing
not to mention a good old lick of paint.
But Fred’s shed is his sanctum
where he goes to get some space
inside it’s like a small Bedsit
with a comfy chair and a Bookcase.
So if you don’t see him in his House
and think could old Fred even be dead?
don’t worry he’s alive and well
he’s probably moved into his beloved Shed!

Kevin Halls

Our Display Site

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Sometimes the benefit of having a show site for our log cabins, Sheds and Summerhouses in Northampton at Woodmeadow garden centre can also be one of the common reasons for our customers to complain.

Just this weekend I was at the garden centre and a customer had travelled up from London to look at a log cabin, which in the grand scheme of things is not that far as we are centrally located. It means we are a reasonable distance from the majority of major conurbations.

Unfortunately we currently have just two log cabins on display. Partly down to the fact we only moved into the garden centre towards the end of last year and have not had the time to organise the space and more recently the snow and bad weather has slowed us down.

The customer, although disappointed we didn’t have the exact model log cabin that he was looking for, was met with courtesy and a smile.

We demonstrated the quality of the log cabin that he could expect and showed him alternative buildings which we do have on display, including a heavy duty workshop, potting shed, and traditional apex sheds all of which can be delivered and fitted by us, at his house in London.

I was pleased the customer stayed and had a coffee in our garden centre cafe and went away with the peace of mind that we are a genuine company with genuine people, all trying to give our best service and value when making a big purchase. I personally think it is good to see and speak to the people that you are purchasing from.

My biggest frustration is we can’t show every garden building and log cabin we offer.

On our website www.taylorsgardenbuildings.co.uk we have thousands of sheds and Summerhouses including timber garages and greenhouses.

The challenge is to have a representation of both size and quality variation, demonstrating the different quality log cabins that manufacturers offer as well as our own sheds, especially when looking for a bespoke building.

If you are planning a visit to Woodmeadow garden centre, we are open seven days a week so give us a call on 01604 781899 before you set out and we can advise you which buildings we have on display at the time.

I always refer to Woodmeadow as a developing garden centre. Like most gardens they are never really finished and always being developed. We move product around frequently to keep it fresh and periodically sell display log cabins and sheds to make space for new models.

We are just in the process of building four Elite Greenhouses and soon after will be adding two more Lugarde log cabins and another Tuin log cabin. All good quality and proven selling models, giving you, the customer more to choose from.

Thanks for reading this taylorsgardenbuildings blog and we look forward to seeing you at Woodmeadow soon.

Adam Hemmings

Dynamic Office Seating Ltd