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Where's your favourite garden centre/nursery
Montyfangirl
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I'm about to start buying plants and bits for the garden. Just wondering where the favourite garden centres are around the UK. Planning a little plant hunting road trip!
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The Plant Specialist, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire ?
http://www.bluebellnursery.com/catalogue/herbaceous
These are pretty good and sell some unusual and different species .
Longacres, Bagshot, Surrey - The biggest GC I have ever been to and voted the best in the UK one year I believe, I sometimes lose relatives there.. or I lose myself in wonderland. I find it's cheaper too, I often do click & collect
Monkton Elm, Taunton - Another gem with some unusual plants but a huge location.. discovered it on the trip back from Brixham.
Oaktree, Bracknell, Berkshire - Smaller but a great range of plants, they often supply to Chelsea and also have furniture/hard landscaping material.
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Around St Austell area, ..... Duchy Nursery, the Pinetum which includes a gorgeous park to walk around and a lovely restaurant, Wyvale for everyday needs And St Austell Garden Centre which is a national garden Centre.
Where abouts in the UK are you?
I like to go to the discount section of my local dobbies because they don’t know how to look after roses and as a result I’ve never paid more than £4.50 for David Austin.
http://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/index.cfm
Well worth a visit !
Ashwood Nursery, Kingswinford, West Mids. Never visited a nursery to touch it. Plants always in perfect condition, really helpful staff and the best cake I have ever tasted.
Ashwood is on my "bucket list", hopefully we'll get there this summer. Webbs of Wychbold is worth a look, but I feel it's more of a day out destination if you know what I mean. Useful if your OH isn't into gardening though.
Locally to me (Gloucestershire), a centre called Trioscape. Not part of a big chain, healthy plants and reasonable prices. Not a bad breakfast either ! Also Highfield Garden centre at Whitminster. Another independent with good plants and good coffee and cake
Went to Pughs garden centre yesterday,at Rhadyr,South Wales,Nice selection of Clematis,and plenty of very healthy looking perennials. No Garden Arches though,just Oblisks!