Osprey Charging has been selected by British Garden Centres, the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group, to provide rapid EV chargers at its UK stores.
Garden centres have recently become a hub of activity for electric vehicle charger operators. Mer has been tasked with installing over 300 EV charge points at 39 of Blue Diamond’s garden centres, while GRIDSERVE has been rolling out chargers at Dobbies locations across the UK. Now, Osprey Charging will bring EV chargers to 12 more garden centres, all operated by British Garden Centres.
The British Garden Centre in Carmarthen, Wales, will be the first to offer an Osprey rapid charge to its customers, at a hub with 8 ultra-rapid (150kW) chargers. The Carmarthen hub will be followed by high-power hubs planned in Wimborne (Dorset), Carr Gate (Yorkshire), Braintree (Essex) and Harrow (London). A total of 11 further sites are confirmed with a mix of these larger hubs and some smaller installations depending on the size of the site and availability of power.
Ian Johnston, CEO of Osprey Charging noted, “The British Garden Centres name is synonymous with first-class customer experience, and we’re delighted to provide safe, reliable, and accessible charging at their UK stores. We look forward to a fruitful partnership as we work together to offer EV charging at more of its centres up and down the country.”
Amy Stubbs, daughter of the founder, from British Garden Centres, added, “We work hard to provide our customers with expert gardening knowledge, great value, the industry’s best gardening products and the highest quality of food in our restaurants. Partnering with Osprey allows us to build upon this further by letting our growing number of EV driving customers charge their vehicles at a time and location that is convenient for them, whilst they visit our stores.”
Confirmed British Garden Centres charging sites
The 12 confirmed sites are:
- Carmarthen
- Wimborne
- Osterley
- Harrow
- Braintree
- Wolseley
- Albrighton
- Carr Gate
- Newton Regis
- Gillberdyke
- Towneley
- Brigg