It is now owned by Wyevale Garden Centres.
Our visit to Hillingdon Garden Centre was on a very sunny day at the end of May, a time when garden centres are normally at their best and also when they are at their most popular with customers. Our expectation was to find the normal high standards we associate with Wyevale Garden Centres. But this was not the case on this occasion.
Click the picture on the left to enlarge it and you will notice that not only is the plant bay in the foreground almost empty but the larger plant bay in the background is also empty.
This was not an isolated instance, many of the plants for sale had good-sized weeds in them. For us, this indicated a lack of care which is very unusual for plants sold at any Wyevale Garden Centres outlet.
We returned an hour after the picture was taken and the trolley was still there. This was not the only problem area. In general there were several obstacles in the wide paths including isolated bags of compost, odd plants and trolleys. Very unusual for this chain of garden centres.
The general layout of the plants display area was OK if a bit uninspiring. The paths are wide and have a hard surface making access around the area easy, obstacles aside. A small area was covered to protect tender plants but the vast majority was open to the elements. Finding plants was relatively easy with largish signs for the different plant areas.
There is a Maidenhead Aquatics department on site with a large number of fish and aquatics accessories on sale and well displayed. To one side of the plants area is a very good choice of fencing materials.
The interior sales area is very basic for a largish garden centre. The layout was unimpressive and the flooring consisted of outdoor paving slabs. They sell all the normal gardening equipment, cards, gifts, bird care, pet care, a very large display of garden furniture, candles etc.
Prices of gardening goods and plants looked to be slightly above average at this garden centre. Examples are 60 litre multi-purpose at £6.49, two for £10 or three for £12, common shrubs such as a potentilla are £8.99, clematis also start from £8.99 upwards as do roses. An economy small Yeoman fork or spade was priced at £13.99, 1 kilo of Miracle Gro was £5.69 or two for £8.50.
The cafe was open to the interior sales area and was also vey basic in design. The tables and chairs were cheap plastic. In general the cafe area looked very unloved and in need of refurbishment. We didn't sample the food but in our experience Wyevale Garden Centres provide good food at reasonable prices in most of their garden centre cafes.
OPENING HOURS: BEACONSFIELD GARDEN CENTRE |
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Open | Close | |
Monday | 9.00am | 6.00pm |
Tuesday | 9.00am | 6.00pm |
Wednesday | 9.00am | 6.00pm |
Thursday | 9.00am | 6.00pm |
Friday | 9.00am | 6.00pm |
Saturday | 9.00am | 6.00pm |
Sunday | 10.30am | 4.30pm |
EASTER OPENING TIMESGood Friday - 9.00am to 6.00pm Easter Saturday - 9.00am to 6.00pm Easter Sunday - CLOSED Easter Monday - 9.00am to 6.00pm CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMESChristmas Eve - 9.00am to 4.00pm Christmas Day - CLOSED Boxing Day - 11.00am to 5.00pm New Year's Eve - 9.00am to 4.00pm New Year's Day - 11.00am to 5.00pm
BANK HOLIDAY OPENING TIMES
Includes May and August Bank Holiday:Open 9.00am, closes 6.00pm |
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