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Dobbies has confirmed it will close its store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park in Antrim at the end of October following notice being served to the garden centre retailer, as the scheme moves forward with plans to develop the retail and leisure offering at the site.

'This will be difficult news': Shock as Dobbies confirms closure of Antrim store

Frasers Group snaps up The Junction in Antrim and The Boulevard in Banbridge from Lotus Group, 10 years after the local developer first transformed the destinations through major investment and redevelopment. Credit Savills

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Dobbies’ February Little Seedlings Club will include a hands-on activity about creating compost

Dobbies hosts free Little Seedlings Club this February at Lisburn and Antrim sto...

Budding gardeners will learn more about recycling their Christmas tree at Dobbies’ January Little Seedlings workshop (© Getty Images)

Dobbies’ Antrim and Lisburn hosts free-to-attend workshop for kids this New Year

Dobbies’ colleague helping a customer pick out a Christmas tree

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Dobbies Garden Centres has launched a new bulb collection that aims to raise £10,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK

Dobbies new bulbs in partnership with Alzheimer’s Research UK set to raise £10,0...

Festive events for the whole family this Christmas – from grotto experiences to wreath making workshops

Santa Claus is coming to Dobbies’ Antrim store

Dobbies’ Green Team will be on hand at July’s Grow How workshops

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Excitement filled the air yesterday morning as Dobbie Antrim welcomed hundreds of eager customers who queued from as early as 8.30am

Video: Crowds queue as Dobbies officially reopens its NI flagship store

Dobbies general manager, Ken Ferguson, and operations manager, Jenny Campbell, with The Junction centre director, Chris Flynn, at Dobbies’ Antrim which has launched exclusive spring offers

Dobbies garden centre to reopen Northern Ireland store with best ever deals

Hop along to Dobbies’ Antrim and Lisburn stores this Easter

Dobbies Little Seedlings Club and Grow How workshops return to Antrim and Lisburn

Dobbies: Little Seedlings Club and Grow How workshops return

Dobbies’ Garden Centre also has a fantastic dog friendly area in their café and restaurant plus the chance to take home a keepsake photo at the Doggy photo booth

NI retail park is hosting its hugely popular free doggy market this weekend

Santa’s Breakfast at Dobbies

Santa has arrived at Dobbies’ Lisburn store

Dobbies has announced that its flagship store in Antrim, which had been earmarked for closure, is to remain open following a deal with the landlords

Dobbies confirms flagship store at Antrim Junction shopping complex is saved
In September of this year, the company included the Antrim store in a list of 17 unprofitable stores due to be shuttered at the end of 2024 as part of a wider group restructuring
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Festive Afternoon Tea and Santa’s Breakfast experiences at Dobbies Garden Centres

Dobbies’ Lisburn unveils festive dining for the whole family

Pots of cyclamen

Gardens: Wonderful winter pots

The new Dobbies superstore in Antrim is set to close as part of a wider restructuring plan just a year after it officially opened. The UK’s leading garden centre retailer welcomed thousands of customers at its largest ever store in The Junction Retail and Leisure Park back in October 2023

Dobbies' flagship NI store ‘to close’ a year after opening, with jobs at risk

Ella, Dobbies’ Little Seedlings Club Ambassador at the Antrim store

Dobbies reveals new Little Seedlings Club ambassadors

To ensure the most magical start to the festive season, Dobbies’ seasonal colleagues will begin preparations in mid-November for the grand opening of Santa's Grotto in its Antrim and Lisburn stores on Thursday, November 28 at Dobbies’ Christmas Shopping Night

Ho ho ho! Northern Ireland garden centre calls for Santas and elves

With the summer not even over and Halloween still two months away, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer has unveiled a magical array of events at its Antrim and Lisburn stores, which went on sale to members yesterday (Tuesday) and to other customers next week (Tuesday, September 3). Dog owners will be delighted that Dobbies Antrim and Lisburn stores will host the sell-out Santa Paws experience throughout December

Christmas comes early as NI garden centre reveals its family experiences

August’s Grow How sessions will cover the topic of allotment gardening to coincide with National All

Dobbies’ Antrim and Lisburn stores celebrates National Allotment Week with free ...

The Junction Retail and Leisure Park in Antrim is delighted to announce the return of the Barket Market this weekend for pups and their owners. Pictured are customers at Barket Market with Chris Flynn, centre director at The Junction

NI retail park is hosting its hugely popular free doggy market this weekend

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left-right: Kirkinriola Early Years Playgroup members with Bernadette Barnes, Horti Man

Dobbies announces Antrim and Lisburn community winners
Local groups in Antrim and Lisburn to receive support for their green space as part of national initiative
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Following the opening of its second store in Northern Ireland, and its first within a retail park setting, landlord figures have revealed that garden retailer Dobbies Antrim has had an unprecedented impact on sales and footfall in its first six weeks trading

Dobbies makes impact at first NI retail park base, beating sales targets by 60%

Antrim retail and leisure destination, The Junction, in partnership with new store Dobbies, is on the lookout for Northern Ireland’s most playful pup as it looks to appoint an official doggie toy tester in the run up to Christmas. The successful canine-didate will be paid in treats, toys to the value of £100 and of course, belly rubs

Do you have Northern Ireland’s most playful pup?

Newly opened garden retailer, Dobbies and Northern Ireland housebuilder, Lotus Homes have teamed up to launch Northern Ireland’s first ever shoppable show home in time for Christmas at its new Weaver’s Gate development in Antrim

Dobbies and Lotus Homes open first ‘shoppable’ home in time for Christmas

Christmas is in the air at Dobbies. Pic credit: Dobbies

Dobbies’ Antrim and Lisburn stores get into the Christmas Spirit

Dobbies will be donating Nordmann Fir Christmas trees to local schools and nurseries

Garden Centre set to give away Christmas trees

Dobbies opens its biggest ever UK store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park, Antrim to queues of hundreds of customers in anticipation to get a first-look around

Garden centre retailer Dobbies officially opens its largest ever store in NI

Dobbies, Northern Ireland’s leading garden centre, is officially counting down to Christmas with its Santa and elf recruitment drive

Dobbies begin search for Santas and elves in Antrim and Lisburn

Set to become one of the largest employers at The Junction and within the Antrim and Newtownabbey borough, Dobbies is currently searching for the best green fingers in Northern Ireland, as gardening experts will play a key role in the day to day running of the large horticultural department within Dobbies’ biggest store

Dobbies search for the best green fingers in Northern Ireland

Landlord Lotus Property officially hands redeveloped site over to garden retailer. Pictured are Junction Centre director Chris Flynn, Lotus Property managing director Alastair Coulson and Dobbies CEO Graeme Jenkins

Fitout begins at Dobbies’ flagship store at The Junction, Antrim

Cut-and-come-again lettuce in a pot.

Gardens: Growing windowsill veg

Dobbies employees Margo Hodgson and Dougal Mile, from Huntingdon

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Poinsettia plants aren't just for Christmas

Poinsettia plants aren't just for Christmas

Spring flowering bulbs such as snowdrops should be planted now

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Alderman Mark Cosgrove with Professor Paul Maropolos, Director Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre on site at Global Point, Newtownabbey

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Artist Impression of Dobbies Store at The Junction, Antrim

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Magnificent family home

A beautiful family home

Pictured (L-R): Chris Flynn, Centre Director, The Junction; Gordon Lyons, Economy Minister and Craig Stewart, Senior Asset Manager, Lotus Property. The Economy Minister was at The Junction Retail & Leisure Park this week to visit the proposed site for a new 110,000 sq. ft Dobbies garden centre.

Economy Minister visits proposed site for new Dobbies store

Paul Gallagher, managing director of Skechers Ireland, Chris Flynn, centre director of The Junction and Craig Stewart, senior asset manager of Lotus Property

New £410K Skechers store to open at The Junction creating 12 new jobs

Dobbies is looking for a Santa

Dobbies is on the hunt for Santa to work in the Lisburn store this festive seaso...

Dobbies Store at The Junction

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