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PLANTS AREA: This is a relatively small nursery. Layout is basic and much of the area is gravel
See lower down this article for a more comprehensive review of the Hintons Nursery and Plant Centre plants area.
Plants Area Rating:
VALUE FOR MONEY:
Entrance to Hintons Nursery
OPENING HOURS HINTONS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE |
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| Open | Close | |
| Monday | 10.00am | 5.00pm / 4.30pm in winter |
| Tuesday | 10.00am | 5.00pm / 4.30pm in winter |
| Wednesday | 10.00am | 5.00pm / 4.30pm in winter |
| Thursday | 10.00am | 5.00pm / 4.30pm in winter |
| Friday | 10.00am | 5.00pm / 4.30pm in winter |
| Saturday | 10.00am | 5.00pm / 4.30pm in winter |
| Sunday | 10.30am | 4.00pm |
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Charlecote
Garden Centre
Stratford Garden Centre
Dobbies Stratford on
Avon
SIZE OF PLANTS AREA: Small to medium
PLANT SELECTION:
They specialise in slightly unusual plants, and giving advice. The majority of
plants are grown on site rather than bought in. You may find that not all the
plants you require are stocked at this nursery.
Our inspection of the plants showed them to be in good condition. The sell shrubs, roses, trees, herbaceous plants, herbs, seasonal bedding - all the plants you would normally need. Being a plant nursery they grow a significant proportion of their own plants, over 70% of them. This has a huge advantage over bought-in plants because you know that, at Hintons, the plants have been raised and grown in the same climate as your own garden.
LAYOUT:
Simplistic and basic layout. The main path is solid but the majority of surfaces
are gravel.
Hintons Plants Area
The car park looks large enough to cope with a large number of cars and is on generally solid ground and near to the entrance of the garden centre.
VALUE FOR MONEY:
This
very much depends on your view of life! Hintons are a not for profit
organisation and any profit they make is ploughed back into local charities. If
you don't mind paying relatively high prices knowing that, then good. But you do
need to accept that the prices will be high.
We didn't get a chance to do our normal price comparison because of limited time but the owner admitted that the were not able to compete with the large garden centres on price because larger garden centres bought in far larger numbers. This was a remark which struck us as at odds with our finding at other nurseries. Often the nurseries undercut the "big boys" on price, sometimes substantially so.
The owner stressed that one of Hintons chief advantages over many other garden centres was the level of expertise their staff possessed. They were well qualified to give good advice and were more than willing to do so if requested.
ACCESS:
Not
the best at all, the majority of the area is gravel.
ADDRESS:
Hintons Nursery,
Coventry Road,
Guys Cliffe,
Warwick,
Warwickshire CV34 5FJ
OWNER:
Freedom Nurseries Limited
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
01926 492273
EMAIL:
info@hintonsnursery.co.uk
WEBSITE:
Hintons Nursery
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