CHOOSE GARDEN CENTRES BY COUNTY BELOW
We cover everything from the modern large super-store garden centres through to the independent small nursery. Both have their part to play in providing a wide range of plants and gardening goods for your benefit.
FREQUENTLY ASKED GARDEN CENTRE QUESTIONS
WHICH IS THE LARGEST GARDEN CENTRE IN THE UK
This changes frequently
but currently
Bridgemere Garden Centre (owned by Blue Diamond) is the largest
in the UK. It is situated in Nantwich, Cheshire and covers an area of over
50 acres.
WHICH IS THE LARGEST CHAIN OF UK GARDEN CENTRES
Dobbies take this
crown with ease. Previously it was Wyevale Garden Centres but they packed up
the garden centre business in 2018 / 2019 and sold 37 of their garden
centres to Dobbies.
It's interesting to note that British Garden Centres bought even more garden centres from Wyevale Garden Centres but they tended to be smaller than those bought by Dobbies.
WHO OWNS DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRES
Previously they were owned by Tesco
but now are owned by Midlothian Capital and Hattington Capital Holding
Company.
WHICH IS THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT GARDEN CENTRE
This award goes to
Longacres in Surrey. Sadly the founder, Mr Long, passed
away in 2022. He started Longacres Garden Centre in 1979.
GEOGRAPHY
Geography plays an important part in deciding which garden centres you
may be interested in. If you live in the Midlands then you are unlikely to be interested
in a garden centre in Scotland. To help you locate the garden centre that suits you we
have divided the UK into county areas. Any given county can be selected at the
top of each page to allow you to see all the garden centres reviewed in that
county.
The are a few areas of the UK which are no longer in a county, for example Coventry and Birmingham. They are authorities in their own right so we listed them as if they are a county.
CAFE REVIEWS
Recently we have started adding food hygiene ratings
which have been given to cafes, restaurants and food establishment
in garden centres. These awards are given by the Food Standards
Agency and although not fool proof, they do give some idea as to the
cleanliness of a cafe.
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS
Wherever possible we also comment on how a
garden centre or nursery is arranged for the purposes of wheelchair users.
INFORMED REVIEWS
All our full reviews are always the result of a personal visit to the
garden centre or detailed investigation into their facilities. We have absolutely no association with any particular garden centre or
chain of garden centres. All the reviews are our own personal, unbiased opinion. Over the past four years we have visited and reviewed in full over
300 UK garden centres so although our opinions may not necessarily be the same as yours, at
least you can be assured that it is an informed opinion.