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Christmas Opening Hours

Christmas tree

Our show sites will be closed from Friday 20th and will re-open on Saturday 4th January. Although our show sites will be closed, our phone lines will be open on selected days:

Saturday 21st December – CLOSED
Sunday 22nd December – OPEN
Monday 23rd December – OPEN
Tuesday 24th December – CLOSED
Wednesday 25th December – CLOSED
Thursday 26th December – CLOSED
Friday 27th December – OPEN
Saturday 28th December – OPEN
Sunday 29th December – OPEN
Monday 30th December – OPEN
Tuesday 31st December – CLOSED
Wednesday 1st January – CLOSED
Thursday 2nd January – OPEN
Friday 3rd January – OPEN

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10% OFF Cotswold Greenhouses and Accessories

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Until the end of September, we’ve reduced all Halls Cotswold Birdlip and Halls Cotswold Burford Greenhouses by 10%! This includes all accessories (excluding bases) purchased with your greenhouse!

The Halls Cotswold range of greenhouses feature traditional British design together with modern greenhouse technology. Strong aluminium profiles to stand up to the worst weather and a unique Zero Threshold door system to ensure no trips when entering the greenhouse. The Cotswold range of greenhouses was previously known as Eden.

Hurry, the offers end at midnight on 30th September 2024.

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Protek wins highly competitive Ideal Home Garden Awards 2024

Our paint suppler, Protek, has won Best Exterior Paint in the Ideal Home ‘Garden Awards’ 2024 for their Royal Exterior paint.

Protek Royal Exterior fought of stiff competition from other mainstream consumer exterior paint brands. The Ideal Home Award judging panel said that the standard of award entries in the category was so impressive that the judge felt compelled to select Protek as the winner.

Clever garden paint ideas are a great way to give your outdoor space a facelift, whether you’re painting an exterior wall, fence or giving garden furniture a fresh look. Finding the right shade in an outdoor paint can be difficult as most manufacturers only offer limited colours. At Skinners we offer 64 different Protrek Royal Exterior colours, which makes transforming your outside space far easier. Water-based and VOC-free, it’s also fantastic this outdoor paint is a more environmentally-friendly option.

You can order Protek Royal Exterior here – https://www.skinners-sheds.com/protek-wood-stain/

Read more about the award win here – https://www.idealhome.co.uk/garden/ideal-home-garden-award-winners-2024?mc_cid=4fc28d785c&mc_eid=7ec3561ebd

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20% OFF Cotswold Greenhouses and Accessories

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Until the end of August, we’ve reduced all Halls Cotswold Birdlip and Halls Cotswold Burford Greenhouses by 20%! This includes all accessories (excluding bases) purchased with your greenhouse!

The Halls Cotswold range of greenhouses feature traditional British design together with modern greenhouse technology. Strong aluminium profiles to stand up to the worst weather and a unique Zero Threshold door system to ensure no trips when entering the greenhouse. The Cotswold range of greenhouses was previously known as Eden.

Hurry, the offers end at midnight on 31st August 2023.

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Why do we only use certified sources of timber?

Certified Redwood Timber

Certified Redwood TimberUsing certified sources of timber is important because it helps to ensure that the wood used in construction is sustainably harvested, and that the rights of local communities and workers are respected.

  1. Sustainability: Timber certification programs, such as FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certify that the wood used in our buildings comes from well-managed forests. This ensures that the wood is harvested in a way that is sustainable and does not contribute to deforestation or habitat destruction.
  2. Legal compliance: Timber certification programmes also ensure that the wood used in our buildings has been legally harvested and that the rights of local communities and workers have been respected. This helps to ensure that the wood was not obtained through illegal logging or other illegal activities.
  3. Environmental protection: Certified sources of timber also promote the protection of biodiversity, and reduces carbon emissions through sustainable forest management.
  4. Social responsibility: By using certified sources of timber, it can help to support local communities and workers by promoting fair labor practices and providing economic benefits to the local areas where the wood is harvested.

As well as only using certified sources of timber, since the start of the war in Ukraine we have also decided not to purchase any Russian timber from our suppliers and partners. This has narrowed our lines of suppliers forcing our prices to rise. We feel this is a small price for our support and solidarity for the Ukrainian people, who are making a heroic stand.