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My names Tim, and along with Jackie my wife
we purchased the Olive Grove about four years ago
it's a six-acre site based in Polebrook, just outside of Oundle
in Northamptonshire, it's a great location for distribution
and the conurbation around us really really help us develop the
proposition that would developing.
it's a specialist plant nursery, there's not many specialist plant nurseries in the UK.
we specialise in architectural plants, Mediterranean plants...
instant impact planting.
We have probably more choice of specimen olive trees and palm trees than any other
nursery in the UK
it's quite a unique experience when you arrive at The Olive Grove,
you can wander around the six acres we have a Jungle out here,
we have an italian-style Plaze, we have a delicatessen
where the coffee shop and Gelateria for Italian ice cream,
and we have just introduced a really interesting interiors division,
so we're trying to develop this lifestyle theme.
my name's Jackie, and as part of our development here at the Olive Grove.
We opened the coffee shop and Mediterranean themed
delicatessen which has now become my major role
within the business helping to run it, manage & staff it,
and make sure we get all the right products in.
I suppose where Jackie and I are coming from in when we developed this business
we'd been on our buying experiences
in Spain and Italy it's a very relaxed environment it's beautiful the sun shining
your sat amongst the Olive trees and the palm trees
you will have a glass of wine with the guys from the nurseries,
and it really is a very lovely experience.
To enhance our customer experience when they come to The Olive Grove
we've tried to make it a
destination where by we can keep people here a little longer
with another a variety of things that
they may be interested in...
so we have opened a home interiors collection,
it's an eclectic mix of different products which
again we sourced from around the globe,
and unusual items that we feel
you may struggle to find elsewhere
and it does very well in
providing our customers with a tourist experience.
We want to develop a garden centre that was was different,
two things drive our business, we want people to go wow
and we want people to say this is different, so if some one walks into
The Olive Grove and says WOW this is different...
we get a real, real buzz from that.
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