Garden Centres

[Plot6B]

I only use them in the Autumn, when they sell seeds at fifty pence a packet!

[dogsbody]

I only use them in the Autumn, when they sell seeds at fifty pence a packet!

I got mine from the big "W" for a stonking 5 pence a packet recently!

[Two_Sheds]

Nurseries sound good, where can you find them? Are they generally acessable without a car?

Find them via Google.
This Loddon one is an hour by the X2 bus
I use this journey planner a lot, it's terrific

btw, have you discovered the Plantation Garden yet? It always used to have a small plant sale area

[ginger ninger]

We have lots of the larger "Garden Centers" that sell gifts i.e jam's, pickles, cakes, coffee etc they even sell baby grows...they'll even fit double glazing in your house if you ask them nice.
But I like to talk to the people that actually sowed the seeds, not just took them of a lorry and displayed them so I support mi local Nursery.

[coreopsis]

I don't go to garden centre's unless I NEED something specific.Too much temptations,I'm worse than a kid in the sweetie shop

[bigt1888]

i like a sunday afternoon at the local garden centres(i say local but there are around 10 on one stretch of the clyde valley about 20 miles away) where i can get some great ideas and pick up a few bargains at the same time..

it also lets the wife think shes had a days shopping( her fav passtime) without visiting a high street!!!

a few of the garden centres are family run and have nurseries attached which i find are the best ones and the staff are great with advice!!

[Dottie]

i like a sunday afternoon at the local garden centres(i say local but there are around 10 on one stretch of the clyde valley about 20 miles away) where i can get some great ideas and pick up a few bargains at the same time..

a few of the garden centres are family run and have nurseries attached which i find are the best ones and the staff are great with advice!!

Sounds like your stretch along the Clyde Valley is like my stretch of the A30, wonderful to have such choice and able to just pop in for a relaxing wander and/or purchase.

[Jeanied]

My fave garden centre is the one my good friend in Barnsley took me to! Can't remember the name of the centre but we had a lovely time mooching around the plant centre and the shopping part!

[bigt1888]

spent a nice afternoon in the clyde valley checking out what the garden centres were upto.. still a bit early- although i did pick up some pentland javelin seed potatoes which i am planning on growing in bags.

currently got the chitting on the worktop by the window..

[ginger ninger]

My fave garden centre is the one my good friend in Barnsley took me to! Can't remember the name of the centre but we had a lovely time mooching around the plant centre and the shopping part!

That would be "Shelly Garden Centre" near Huddersfield Jeanie. The one where my chiminea came from and you bought your sandwich cool bag from .

[Jardiniere]

Gamm Vert - they have local produce and garden furniture and a pet shop! as well as the proper stuff............

[Headfry]

Simples......I love them all!!!! but its extra nice when I find a fab old fashioned NURSERY

[HotStuff]

Like Dottie the stretch of the A30 from Bagshot to Egham is my normal hunting ground, but on the odd occasion I'm anywhere near Enfield, North of London then I can't resist a visit to Crews Hill. A bunch of Garden Centres within walking distance of each other, a very dangerous place for the wallet.

[jacob marley]

Simples......I love them all!!!! but its extra nice when I find a fab old fashioned NURSERY

If you are ever in the Coventry area have a look in Chesnutt Nursery in browns lane amost opposite the front gate of the old Jaguar factory works .
That is the only one i use garden centres are for browsing and keeping old gal marley happy..jacob

[Mikey]

What I like most in a garden centre is the sale of seeds at the end of the year.

Otherwise I don't shop there, its a nursery for me, smaller scale, more appropriate profit margins and generally stronger healthier plants.