{"id":116333,"date":"2020-05-14T00:41:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T17:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-helps-me-deal-with-things-englands-garden-centres-reopen\/"},"modified":"2020-05-14T01:08:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T18:08:02","slug":"gardening-helps-me-deal-with-things-englands-garden-centres-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-helps-me-deal-with-things-englands-garden-centres-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"'Gardening helps me deal with things': England's garden centres reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCustomers flock to buy plants after forced lockdown as owners worry closures came at worst time of year Coronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSpaced 2 metres apart, many wearing masks and gloves, customers were queueing outside Chessington garden centre in Surrey at 8am on Wednesday morning, an hour before the doors were allowed to open for the first time in more than seven weeks.Shoppers eager to snap up geraniums, begonias and tomato plants were greeted by staff wearing plastic visors and followed a new one-way system to allow shoppers to maintain a safe distance from each other. Trolleys were sprayed with disinfectant after use. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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