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| Jobs bloom with new garden centre | Jobs bloom with new garden centre |
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| A new £11.6m garden centre has been officially opened in Aberdeen, creating dozens of jobs. | A new £11.6m garden centre has been officially opened in Aberdeen, creating dozens of jobs. |
| The Dobbies Garden World, at the city's Lang Stracht, replaces the existing store near Hazelhead Park and is described as "bigger, better, greener". | The Dobbies Garden World, at the city's Lang Stracht, replaces the existing store near Hazelhead Park and is described as "bigger, better, greener". |
| The new store is said to have created an extra 70 jobs in the area. | The new store is said to have created an extra 70 jobs in the area. |
| It also features unusual men's urinals in the shape of flowers, designed by San Francisco-based artist Clark Sorensen, and called Nature's Call. | It also features unusual men's urinals in the shape of flowers, designed by San Francisco-based artist Clark Sorensen, and called Nature's Call. |
| Male customers can choose between an orchid, an arum lily or a pitcher plant. | Male customers can choose between an orchid, an arum lily or a pitcher plant. |
| Staff tended a dress made of roses at the opening | |
| Dobbies has been built on the former site of the city's famous Cockers Roses business. | Dobbies has been built on the former site of the city's famous Cockers Roses business. |
| The opening ceremony featured a model wearing a dress created from roses to mark the connection. | The opening ceremony featured a model wearing a dress created from roses to mark the connection. |
| It was designed by up-and-coming fashion designer Amanda Montague, 20, from Aberdeen's Gray's School of Art. | |
| James Barnes, chief executive of Dobbies, said: "The Aberdeen store is a concept for a new generation of garden centres in the UK and the benchmark from which we will launch all future stores. | |
| "Opening our Aberdeen garden centre is a step towards our future vision to create stores which are carbon neutral." | |
| Dobbies indoor plant advisor Jimmy McRae, 55, who has worked on the site for 40 years, said: "I'm so proud to be able to help open the new store. | Dobbies indoor plant advisor Jimmy McRae, 55, who has worked on the site for 40 years, said: "I'm so proud to be able to help open the new store. |
| "I know our customers in Aberdeen will love our new garden centre." | "I know our customers in Aberdeen will love our new garden centre." |