In common with many garden centres Paddock Wood started its life as a roadside market stall selling vegetables and other local produce. From its inception in 1956 to the mid 1990s it slowly grew into a full sized garden centre and was then bought by Wyevale Garden Centres in 1997.

Originally called Jackswood Garden Centre it was renamed to Paddock Garden Centre a few years ago. The plants area is laid out reasonably well with clear signs. Some more design work would not go amiss to provide more interest to the customer. Paths are wide, solid and well kept making for easy access including wheelchairs

The plants have been well maintained and hardy plants come with a five year guarantee. The selection is good although there are no specialist areas.

A large area is given over to Skinners Sheds and they have done a good job with their displays. The choice of sheds and other garden buildings is excellent as can be seen by their video here.

For pet lovers there is a good Pets Corner shop which not only sell a good choice of pet accessories and feeds but also provides a micro-chipping service.

THE CAFE AT PADDOCK WOOD GARDEN CENTRE

The cafe has recently been refurbished and it all looks clean and pleasantly attractive. the food quality is very good with much of the food being cooked on site rather than bought in as many other garden centres do. They serve breakfasts in the morning, main meals at lunch time (normally a choice of three or four) and snack meals, dinks and cakes served all day.

Opening hours for the Paddock Wood cafe / restaurant are:
Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm
Sunday 10.00am to 4.30pm.

Other garden centres nearby in the Kent area include Bybrook Barn Garden Centre in Ashford.