Overview

• Pauline and Steve Webb announced on May 27 that they will retire and that Webb’s of Bearwood will close its doors on June 28.
• Since its 1921 founding, the Smethwick centre has passed through five generations of the Webb family and become a local horticultural landmark.
• Customers have taken to social media to praise the centre’s ‘personal touch,’ wide plant selection and quality gift offerings.
• Its Walled Garden Gift Shop was noted for unique festive decorations, Christmas trees and eclectic homewares.
• The closure follows a string of UK garden centre shutdowns this year as operators blame historically high rent costs.