Owners of a Kent garden centre are branching into a nursery business of a different kind. James Evans, his wife Joanna Laddie and cousin Andrew Evans, who help run Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, near Sidcup in Kent, have expanded the family business by converting the 17th century house in the grounds of the garden centre into Grace's Day Nursery.
They named the nursery in honour of their grandmother Grace Evans, who used to live there. James Evans says, 'I don't know of anyone else who has done this at a garden centre.
'Ruxley Manor is perfect for a children's day nursery and has been sitting empty since 2000, when our grandmother passed away. I spent my childhood at Ruxley Manor and I'm sure our grandmother would be pleased there are going to be children in the house once again.'
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