At last! The warmer weather is just around the corner and that means getting out into the garden.
For many Wearsiders, a trip to the garden centre will be on the cards, just as it was for these people in nine retro Echo photos.
5. Teamwork at Strikes
Volunteers were working on a new pond when the Echo called in to the Strikes Garden Centre at Bournmoor in October 2003. | se
6. A gift from Dobbies
Paul Travis-Anderson from Dobbies Garden Centre was pictured showing the children of Barmston Primary School their new bird table in 2003. | se
7. Time for a cuppa
A new coffee shop was doing great trade at Richardson's Garden Centre in August 2005. | se
8. A Christmas feeling at Clays
David Rose showed off one of the top-of-the-range Christmas trees from the 2009 season in this photo from Clays Garden Centre. | se
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