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Delivering throughout UK, Ireland & Continental EU
Delivering throughout UK, Ireland & Continental EU

Jim Bradley - Director

Jim is the second generation and started in Mid Ulster in 1976 after graduating from Queen's University Belfast. He is renowned for his gardening expertise and featured regularly as an expert panelist on the BBC radio "Gardeners Corner." He enjoys being very hands on and have overseen hundreds of exciting projects over the decades. He has six grandchildren.

Peter Bradley - Director

Peter graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 2005 with a First in Law and also studied abroad at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, USA in 2003/2004. Peter is the third successive generation and is responsible for the day to day running of the company as well as growing the e-commerce side of the business. He particularly enjoys building a strong team. He is married with three young children.

John Dobbin

John, also known as JD, is a veteran of the garden centre world with an outstanding four decades of experience. He is passionate about plants and loves seeing happy customers with full trolleys ringing through the checkout.

Geoff

Geoff is a key man and is responsible for organising all incoming and outgoing deliveries including online orders. He has great attention to detail is always happy to help. He has excellent knowledge of garden furniture.

In his spare time, Geoff is a keen cyclist and thinks nothing of a 80 mile ride.

Matthew

Matthew is a key man and is the 'swiss army knife' of the team. He graduated in Horticulture at Greenmount College in 2010 and has been with Mid Ulster ever since. Matthew has a great eye for design and plays a pivotal role in our instore displays and buying. His superpower is his red beard and is a big fan of Man United.

Dominic

Dominic works with our plants keeping them healthy and happy. He has worked in horticulture all his life, starting with us in the early 90's and returning to us a couple of years ago. He's a quiet man who enjoys rock music.

Kevin

Kevin is our friendly delivery driver and is always ready to help. He loves to wear shorts year round but moves fast enough that he doesn't feel the cold.

Rebekah

Rebekah has been a member of our team for many years. She is studying for her degree in Economics and takes care of our customs declarations. She also makes an ace cappucino.

Carolyn

Carolyn is one of the main people you'll see in our gift shop. You can be guaranteed service with a smile.

Some of the coffee shop ladies

From left to right on a larger screen: Nicole, Caoimhe, Anne, Jordan, Niamh, Rebakkah and Emma. The coffee shop is the 'beating heart' of the garden centre and the girls work hard to make this possible.

Terry

Terry has been a key member of our plant team for 14 years. He's also the 'go-to' man when you need something fixed. Service with a smile.

Shannon

Shannon is taking a gap year from her studies and works in our office assisting with our website and general administration. She is wise beyond her years.

Martin

Martin works with our plants and he is always eager to assist you with your gardening and plant purchases. He also enjoys a good yarn.