A garden centre has entered administration after eight years of business. Leaf Creative, in Huntley, Gloucestershire, filed for administration last Friday (February 27) and now has new owners.

The centre was founded by award-winning garden designer Peter Dowle in 2018. It sells a variety of plants, offers garden design and landscaping services, and has an on-site cafe called The Fernery. The garden centre, which promotes local produce and focuses on 100% peat-free compost, also has an online shop.

However, the business appointed Brett Lee Barton and David Meldrum, of BK Plus Limited, as joint administrators after becoming insolvent. It has been confirmed that Leaf Creative remains open to the public and is now under the ownership of Blue Diamond Garden Centres.

Leaf Creative lists a number of services on its website, including its plant store, garden design, garden construction, and tree event hire. The Fernery, which is open from Monday to Saturday, also sells a range of drinks as well as hot and cold food.

The garden centre hosts events, classes and workshops throughout the year. These include terrarium-making, wreath-making, monthly "Leaflings" children's clubs, and horticultural talks.

The Leaf Creative website states: "Leaf Creative is the place to go to find fabulous, unusual plant specimens that can inject structure, colour and texture into your garden. We pride ourselves on stocking specialist plants that are rarely found in a conventional garden centre.

"Leaf Creative at Huntley had its origin in our founding nursery at Howle Hill and grew from there. We are still nurturing and growing the 'big idea'. We source and grow incredible plants, and create ever-changing new spaces for people to experience at their leisure.

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"We also provide a place where you can meet and discuss your garden projects directly with our designers. Leaf Creative has a real sense of personality, where gardening and landscaping expertise combine with aspirational gardening design."

The garden centre also has a number of positive reviews on Facebook. One person said it is "not your average garden centre" as it has a "fabulous atmosphere" and sells "fabulous plants".

A second agreed: "Great plants, well presented in lovely surroundings. The café is really nice and realistically priced. The shop had some great plant related products and garden accessories. Will definitely be back."

Blue Diamond Garden Centres is one of the largest garden centre groups in the UK. It currently operates 52 sites and has around 4,700 staff.

The company began as a fruit seller in the Channel Islands in 1904. It has since transitioned into retail gardening but is still managed in Guernsey.

Blue Diamond Garden Centres have been approached for comment.