Talkback: Are garden centres dull?

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  October 2010

  Have just "signed " up with G. World and have been reading some of the "blogs"? I get a bit frustrated with garden centre's now as they seem to be "phasing" out a lot of the plants and replacing them with candles, ornament's, etc. and such a lot of "stuff" which we could get at a Departmental Store (even clothes) !
  Sorry if I sound a "misery" I know some
  people have a good time there, buying everything else. I still prefer a good
  Garden "Nursery" !

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  November 2010

  No my issue with them is that they are expensive but not dull. We have a good selection of garden centres and nurseries in our area

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  November 2011

  I rarely visit Garden Centres now - I tend to look out specialist nurseries who are plant focussed, and get my inspiration from visiting gardens. As you point out, I can understand the commercial need to sell other than plants (I am sure plants themselves aren't hugely profitable). but it does put me off.

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