I have a very good local garden centre that I use as much as I can. Certainly when I'm in a 'what can I plant here?' sort of mood. I also buy compost and other garden sundries from them. They don't sell Christmas Tat, they don't even have a cafe. They have a few 'special' weekends during the year with local crafts and 'folk art'. They seem to have a good local customer base of people who, like me, prefer to go to them. They have a small number of each of a wide range of plants (the opposite to Wyevale IME). I gather that if you ask them for a particular plant they will try to source it. But if I'm looking for a very specific variety of something, I generally buy online direct from a specialist nursery.
My nearest B and Q is 17 miles away. Nearest Wyevale is 15 miles. Homebase is closest - 10 miles. I imagine this is why the local GC, which is 3 miles away, does well here. And why the local village still has a good range of other shops.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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My nearest B and Q is 17 miles away. Nearest Wyevale is 15 miles. Homebase is closest - 10 miles. I imagine this is why the local GC, which is 3 miles away, does well here. And why the local village still has a good range of other shops.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”