BOSSES at Cherry Lane garden centre in Clent say they are excited about re-opening tomorrow (Wednesday May 13).

The Barnett Hill garden centre in Worcester Road is set to re-open its doors to customers after being closed since the end of March when efforts to help prevent the spread of coronavirus saw lockdown measures introduced.

Dawn Szmydt, manager at Cherry Lane, Barnett Hill, said: “All of the team here at Cherry Lane are very excited to be back and serving our customers again. People are spending a lot of time in their gardens at the moment, so we are ensuring we are fully stocked and looking forward to being able to supply all our customers’ needs."

Measures will be in place to ensure strict social distancing and Dawn added: "We are limiting the number of customers in the centre at any one time. We are providing cleaning stations for our trolleys, encouraging contactless or card payments and asking customers to shop alone if at all possible.”

There will be a designated queuing area outside and markers will be in place at two metre intervals to help customers respect each other’s space. 

All checkouts will have protective plastic screens and The Watering Can café will remain closed for the time being.

Group operations director, Karl Ottolangui, said: “We are delighted to be able to reopen on Wednesday and welcome our customers back.

“We have carefully studied how other essential retailers have handled social distancing to allow them to reopen while keeping staff and customers safe. The measures we now have in place follow best practice, and the advice of the government and the British Retail Consortium.”