A festive drive-thru at town’s nursery
APLANT nursery near Southport has revealed details of a special Christmas Drive Thru. The contactless, Covid-safe event will take place on Saturday, December 12 at Happy Plants, on Southport Old Road in Formby – strictly by appointment only.
The firm provides wholesale plants to garden centres.
Customers will be able to buy goods from firms including: Ainsdale Fine Chocolate; children’s books from Jude Lennon; Crosby Coffee; Wild ‘n’ Bee chutneys and jams; No Lies Skincare; J&A Japonicas; Bee Original Woodshop; and Happy Plants.
Happy Plants director Nat Porter said: “With the Covid-19 situation still ongoing, we are excited to let you know that we have expanded our Christmas drivethru event to include products from a carefully curated selection of local businesses.
“Not only does this mean you can buy wonderful, locally made gifts for your family and friends safely, without even leaving your car, but you can also do so whilst supporting small local businesses!
“We hope this event will help mitigate the damage a Covid Christmas might cause to these local businesses through cancelled Christmas fairs etc.
“We have set up the event as not-forprofit, meaning that each vendor receives the absolute maximum amount of money from the retail price, with only a very small adjustment made to cover our site costs, taxes and staffing on the day.
“On this basis, please note that our usual discount codes, including member discount, will not be valid against any third party items.
“You can still shop our Happy Plants products with the discounts but it really is important that we use this event to help our collaborators recover as much money as possible.
“We hope you will love this event as much as we have loved putting it together!
“As usual, we are available for questions or discussion through orders@ happyplants.co.uk
“We will also be collecting for Southport Foodbank.
“Any Drive-Thru customer who brings along one or more items for the foodbank will receive a free Happy Plants primrose by way of thanks. One free prim per customer. Food bank donations must be sealed, in date and storable at room temperature.”
If you are not comfortable ordering online, you can call the Happy Plants office on 01704 828732 between 9am and 3pm Monday-Friday. Someone will be able to take your order over the phone.
Please note, this additional service is available for this event only. Or you can email them at orders@happyplants.co. uk or visit: happyplants.co.uk