The Lincoln garden centre, which also stocks a range of toys, joined the buying group on Monday.

Pennells is one of the oldest garden companies in the country and is probably the oldest still in the same family ownership. The business was founded by a Richard Pennell in 1780, and today the company is run by the seventh and eighth generations Richard Pennell and his son William Pennell.

The address is as follows: Pennells Garden Centre Newark Road South Hykenham Lincoln LN6 9NT.

For more information, please contact Rachel Kirk by telephone on 01522 880 033, or email gifts@pennells.co.uk.