Otter Garden Centres recently opened its kitchens to a group of Exeter College students to give them an understanding of how a commercial restaurant works.
Nine students on the NVQ level 1 Catering Craft (and Food Service) course helped out in the kitchens and front of house on a busy November day, undertaking a variety of tasks from battering fish to piping chocolate lettering....
Get ready to embrace the magic of Christmas as Otter Garden Centres launch their festive shopping event at all seven branches across Devon, Somerset, and Hampshire. Taking place on Wednesday October 30, it’s sure to get the Christmas spirit well and truly fizzing.
Each Otter branch will be welcoming customers with a complimentary glass of prosecco, mulled wine or soft drink, and...
Otter Garden Centres has announced trials of a new style of plant pots that offer an eco-friendly alternative to plastic pots.
As the first garden centre in the country to introduce the eco-pots, this represents a major step in Otter’s ongoing commitment to reduce the use of plastic in its business.
The Bioplasmar eco-pots offer a sustainable alternative to traditional plastic...
With 60th anniversary celebrations well underway, the team at Otter Garden Centres were delighted to be contacted by the business’s first ever employee.
Nigel Blackmore visited the Ottery St Mary garden centre to meet up with founders Marilyn and Malcolm White, who employed him as a youngster.
Nigel, who will be 76 in August, grew up around Combelake and Fenny Bridges near...
Otter Garden Centres has collaborated with a popular designer to produce an exclusive limited edition Royal Worcester mug as part of celebrations for its 60th anniversary.
The pretty design is the creation of Hannah Dale, the talented artist behind the well-known, award-winning Wrendale brand, which produces greeting cards, stationery and giftware.
A talented Devon author will be at Otter Garden Centre in Ottery St Mary to sign copies of her exciting new mystery novel, A Devon Midwinter Murder .
It's the seventh book in Stephanie Austin’s Devon Mysteries series, which is set in Ashburton and features ‘domestic goddess’ and amateur sleuth, Juno Browne.
The series, which includes Dead in Devon and The Dartmoor Murders, was...
A hardworking bunch from Ottery and Otter Garden Centres came together to put up this year’s Christmas tree.
It’s the tallest yet, standing at around 19 feet. The tree was grown on the garden centre’s Christmas tree plantation in East Devon and is a particularly lovely specimen.
This year the Town Council ordered new decorations, which were supplied by Otter’s Christmas shop....
