What’s New?

Have a sneak peak at all the exciting things coming soon at SO Plants

We’ve been busy bees!

This week we’ve been planting up some of the local planters that we all pass every day. It’s our way of giving back to the fantastic community that supports us!

Keep an eye out for them when you’re out and about this summer!

Starter Perennials

New range!

  • Starting a garden from scratch or filling gaps in an established border? Then you'll love out new range of starter perennials (p.s. prices start at just £4.99)

  • Image shows three plants: Persicaria affinis 'Darjeeling Red', Geranium 'Dreamland' and Gaura lindheimeri 'Gaudi White'

  • Image shows three plants: Geum 'Cocktail cosmopolitan', Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' and Rudbeckia fulgida 'Deamii'

  • Image shows three plants: Crocosmia 'Lucifer', Salvia microphylla 'Hotlips' and Geum 'Mrs J Bradshaw'

  • Image shows three plants: Aster novi-belgii 'Alice Haslem', Salvia greggii 'Amethyst Lips' and Aster novi-belgii 'Fellowship'

  • Image shows three plants: Potentilla nepalensis 'Miss Wilmot', Knautia macedonica 'Mars Midget' and Geranium 'Dreamland'

  • And there's more where that came from! Visit us and check out the full range.

Chipping Show 2026

Did you see our show garden at last year’s Chipping Show? Our theme was “All Creatures Great and Small” and the garden was designed with wildlife and pets in mind.

We’ll be coming back to Chipping Show on August 22nd with a new garden! Our team has been working hard to perfect our garden plan and we hope to see you there.

Show me the 2025 Show garden
Chipping Show 2026 Information

Summer Baskets & Containers

This year we refilled hundreds of your hanging baskets and planted containers for the summer season! If you have any photos of your summer order in their new homes we’d love to see them and share them on our social media. You can send your hanging basket/planted container pictures via Instagram, Facebook or Email: info@soplants.co.uk

We still have some of our ‘off the shelf’ baskets and planted containers available for purchase. They’re all made here at the garden centre by our fabulous team.

Independent Retailer of the Year

Have I’m delighted to say that we won the Independent Retailer of the Year Award at the Ribble Valley Business Awards! The team had such a wonderful time at the awards show and we are so pleased to have won.

We should be receiving more pictures from the event in the next few days so keep an eye out over on our Instagram and Facebook

Check out the RVBA here

The SO Plants Loyalty Card

Have you joined our new Loyalty Card scheme yet? It’s easy, either pop in and see us or fill in your email address at the link below

Join the newsletter here

By joining you’ll receive a monthly newsletter, 10% off the plant of the month as well as early access to sales and events.

With our loyalty card you will receive one stamp on your Loyalty Card for every £20 spent with us. Once you have collected 10 stamps, you will receive a £5 voucher.

Exclusions on some seasonal stock will apply, but we will let you know in advance.

Father Christmas

One Big Thank You

As you may know, we were lucky to have four visits from Father Christmas this year at the garden centre.

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who visited- with your help we’ve raised £478 for North West Air Ambulance (Father Christmas’ chosen charity)

Melly is particularly fond of Father Christmas and loves when he visits!