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PLANTS AREA: Basic, the two on site nurseries lift the interest level considerably. Many plants are grown on site.
See lower down this article for a more comprehensive review of the Russells Garden Centre plants area.
Plants Area Rating:
INTERIOR SALES AREA: Basic but they never have any intention of providing anything else.
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Interior Sales Area Rating:
CAFE: Great food, good service and very pleasant surroundings.
See lower down this article for a more comprehensive review of the Russells Garden Centre cafe.
Cafe Rating:
DOG FRIENDLY? Yes, Russells Garden Centre is dog friendly and they just ask that you keep your dog on a leash and clean up after them. Dogs are also allowed in the cafe, ask when you enter for the best places to sit with your dog.
VALUE FOR MONEY OVERALL:
Entrance to Russells Garden Centre
OPENING HOURS RUSSELLS GARDEN CENTRE |
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| Open | Close | |
| Monday | 9.00am | 5.00pm |
| Tuesday | 9.00am | 5.00pm |
| Wednesday | 9.00am | 5.00pm |
| Thursday | 9.00am | 5.00pm |
| Friday | 9.00am | 5.00pm |
| Saturday | 9.00am | 5.00pm |
| Sunday | 10.00am | 4.00pm |
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SIZE: The cafe is medium sized.
FOOD TYPE: Cooked breakfasts, snack meals for lunch, cakes, teas and coffees.
FOOD QUALITY:
The quality of the food was very good. We sampled a honey and mustard sausage
roll with salad and chutney.
Without doubt the sausage roll was one of the best I have ever tasted and that comes from someone who has vast experience of sausage rolls! It certainly tasted and looked homemade. Well filled and covered with light pastry.
Cafe snack meal Russells Garden Centre
The chutney also tasted deliciously homemade. I wasn't quite so impressed with salad, the lettuce leaves looked slightly tired but it was still very edible. The coffee was delicious.
DECOR:
Basic but pleasant surroundings which are very clean. There seems to be two
seating areas to chooses from.
OUTDOOR SEATING:
We did sit outside when we visited and it was a very pleasant seating area.
Surrounded by shrubs, the seating and tables were clean and presentable. A very
relaxing place to have a full breakfast, snack meal or a tea and cake.
Outside seating at Potting Shed cafe
SERVICE:
We report as we experienced it. Taking our order was instantaneous without any
queue and the food was delivered to our table in less than ten minutes. Service
was pleasant and courteous.
VALUE FOR MONEY:
Our meal
was excellent value for money.
SIZE OF PLANTS AREA: The garden centre by itself has a medium sized plants area but when combined with the Bosai Nursery and Avondale Nursery it is approaching a large area.
PLANT SELECTION:
Russells Garden Centre present themselves selling their own home grown plants
and they do this well. This means however that there are significant gaps in the
range of plants they offer. But a great place to wander around and you never can
be sure quite what you will find.
The choice of clematis and ornamental trees was very good.
LAYOUT:
A very basic layout with no attempt to offer an interesting plants area. The
surface is thick gravel which may present some problems for wheelchair users or
those with mobility problems. Several of the plant bays were simply laid out on
the floor.
Plants area
There are very few signs to indicate where particular plant groups are situated and it did all appear a bit random.
VALUE FOR MONEY:
Value
for money was very good. The cheapest clematis was a mere £14 and the cheapest
rose was even better value at £9.00. Other plants matched those low prices.
SIZE: Small
LAYOUT:
Basic layout but that's fine because they really only sell garden items here -
no gifts, clothes or that sort thing.
VALUE FOR MONEY:
Prices are
very reasonable.
ACCESS:
Wheelchair users may find some areas of the garden centre challenging because of
the gravel surface.
FACILITIES: Stonemarket have created small display gardens to show off some of their paving designs. Great for getting some ideas if you are thinking about new paving. From memory I think that there are about ten small display areas.
As well as the main garden centre there are two specialist nurseries on site. One grows bonsai trees and the other grows slightly unusual and hard to find plants. Both are right next to the garden centre and well worth a wander round.
ADDRESS:
Russells Garden Centre
Mill Hill
Baginton
Coventry
CV8 3AG
OWNER:
Privately owned
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
024 7630 3627
EMAIL:
Use their contact form
here
WEBSITE:
https://www.russellsgardencentre.co.uk/
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