This is brilliant Damo
As always your attention to detail and touches of humour are superb
But...I do wish you wouldn't keep showing such wonderful displays: I want a garden centre now!
I've kept looking at all the different sets on ebay and so far resisted but now.....
Ditto! Is there any other toy product on the market that provides all the materials to build a Garden Centre?
Superb details and touches. My wife loves the raised nursery beds, and I am amused by the pallet jack and pallets (very familiar with these through my work). We stack our empty pallets 15 high and take them to a pickup point in the car park, where a truck comes to collect them. We also create bales of cardboard (lots of these), and bales of plastic wrapping, which have a few inches of cardboard each side and plastic in the middle like an ice cream sandwich.
I used to cycle to the Garden Centre at Syon House in London, where you could also visit the historic house and/or grounds, the National Trust Shop, and have a meal or light refreshments at the Café. Not long before leaving the UK I went there to see a re-enactment of the Battle of Brentford.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brentford_(1642)
Now we actually have a garden, we've patronised several local places (Jerry's, Wal*Mart, Lowe's) which have a Gardening Center (!) but none of them realise that this can be turned into a whole day event with snacks and history thrown in.