Dobbies Garden Centres is marking the official start to the 2025 festive season with its delivery of 40,000 real Christmas trees, available in its Ayr store now. With a wide selection of 1-9ft trees to choose from, including 30,000 freshly cut trees and 10,000 pot-grown trees, customers in Ayr will be spoiled for choice when it comes to finding their perfect Christmas centrepiece, and can take one home for as little as £20. Dobbies’ pot-grown range includes the Nordmann Fir,

THE STARS of this year’s Sleeping Beauty pantomime at the Galleon Auditorium swapped the stage for steak frites as they popped into the much-loved Kilmarnock restaurant, The Long House, to spread some early festive cheer. The cast made time to pop in and meet customers for some festive fun between rehearsals, ahead of its performance run from Friday 28 November to Monday 29 December.  The restaurant, which is located opposite the venue, is sponsoring this year’s pantomime and

Dobbies Ayr store has a fantastic line up of Santa’s Grotto and Quiet Grotto experiences, with an exciting North Pole adventure inspired theme, running from 23 November-24 December.   At Dobbies Ayr Santa’s Grotto, children will experience aNorth Pole inspired Grotto, before meeting Santa Claus. The 2025 Santa’s Grotto has adventure as its core with activities along the way as children journey through an ice-inspired world, take part in polar games such as snowball basketball

This year, include your four-legged family members in the Christmas fun with Dobbies’ Santa Paws, an event specifically designed for dogs at the Ayr store.   Santa Paws event at Dobbies Garden Centres (© Stewart Attwood) Dogs taking part in Santa Paws will get the chance to meet Santa and his elves, take part in a sniff-ari activity around the garden centre, capture a special memory with Santa Claus*, before receiving a gift for being a good pup.   On booking tickets at dobbi

• Soft play, bookings start from £3.50   • Free-to-attend Little Seedlings October Holiday Club • Little Scare-lings, tickets priced at £15 per child   Dobbies Garden Centres is offering great value entertainment for families during the October holidays at its Ayr store. Keep costs down by spending a day at Dobbies, where parents can take advantage of Dobbies’Kids Eat for £1 restaurant offer, kids can take part in the free-to-attend Little Seedlings October Holiday Club and t

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