Wonderful place! I go in and find myself surrounded by all different types of sweets, ice creams,…read morebeers, etc. And that is only the starting shop, when you enter fully, you see a beautiful selection of clothes, toiletries and polite staff members. The staff will always ask you if you need help with anything. If you go further in, you can find a spectacular restaurant with all different types of food and drink. Also pretty sure there is a farm, but I do not know if it shut down. They do have a fish section where you can feed massive fish, buy small fish, axolotls, and even, I believe, eels! And the price is completely worth it! 5stars, would recommend!

Carr farm is a nice place to go for your garden needs, me, i go for large english breckfasts. Best…read morearound.

A good all purpose garden centre, although sometimes a little pricey. However, the redeeming…read morefeature is the garden club of which you can become a member. Pay £10 per year and get vouchers for 24 cups of tea or coffee from the cafe throughout the year. This makes your money back. But on top of this they will also send you regular promotions and vouchers for other products. Very well worth doing in my opinion.

Our nearest garden centre prices seem the same as most garden centres we have been to. There is a…read morecoffee shop if you fancy a coffee or a snack. There is a small section at the back that has a good selection of fish. They also have some toys and books but these tend to be quite expensive.The garden centre is not huge but is okay.They have a good selection of plants and shrubs.

Rivendell is THE garden centre as far as I'm concerned. A massive selection of flowers, plants,…read morebulbs, seeds, luxurious sheds, other garden accessories and a wonderful cafe. What more can one ask? The last time I ate in the cafe, which can get very hot as its all glass, a robin was dancing across tables and saying hello to people. Unhygienic perhaps but great nonetheless. The food, as a rule, is lovely, but they stop serving hot meals at 2pm - unless you want to get stuff that's been sitting out, eat as close to then as possible. My fiancee and I bought a converter thingymajig for around two quid allowing us to turn run of the mill 2 litre plastic bottles into birdfeeders. An invention of Dragons Den proportions, and a handy way of not spending a bundle on containers to feed tits and things. For gardeners this place is a must, in my opinion. Its one drawback, I think, the toilets are a bit of a trek from the cafe. For pensioners or those with mobility issues, this can prove a problem.

I am a rather large fan of garden centres; I don't know why, maybe because whenever I seem to go to…read moreone I'm all relaxed and chilled out for some reason. But I do find garden centre relaxing and Rivendell is no different, maybe it's the sounds of water features. Rivendell offer a great selection of a great many things. The books in particular are always very reasonably priced. The cafe is sweet, full of old dears and never too expensive. And there Christmas displays are always lovely. To get into the garden centre on during the festive season you have to walk through a snowy path where they display all their trees. They do also sell real Christmas trees outside.

Moreton Park is a garden centre with a difference. Not only is it home to a permanent farmers…read moremarket offering an enormous range of local produce it also has a phenomenal fish department with an established marine section which is out of this world. They also have a huge variety of reptiles as well as a very comprehensive small animal department. The restaurant offers a fabulous variety of superb foods at sensible prices ranging from snacks to three course meals. The whole place is clean, tidy and well maintained. A more recent addition is an indoor shopping mall which includes an old-fashioned sweet shop as well as a luxury chocolate counter with fabulous hot chocolate drinks. Of course being a garden centre they also have a huge range of indoor and outdoor plants as well as paving, fencing, decking, water features, compost, seeds and lots lots more.

Wyevale is a chain of garden centres, and the local one to Warrington is at Bold Heath close to…read morePenketh, Widnes and St Helens. It's quite prominent on the main road so if you visit it, you can't miss it. It's got quite a large car park but can get very busy in there on weekends. Product wise, it's got a really good choice and is a nice place to come and have a look around even if you don't want to get anything as you can easily pass an hour or so here. First off when you get in there's a coffee shop which does a range of snacks and some meals. It's not cheap in here but there are plenty of seats and the foods ok. Inside the rest of the garden centre you have giftware, books, magazines, some sweets and food, pet supplies and garden items such as lawnmowers etc. Outside is quite big and they do a large range of plants and shrubs, most of the shrubs are arranged alphabetically in rows, and the plants are split into types, however I would say have a good walkabout as things aren't always obvious. There is a water gardens and pond/aquatic section too with a really good choice of fish, accessories and tanks. You can also pick up garden pots (and they often have some on offer), ornaments, stepping stones etc that are a bit different. The staff here are pretty helpful, we've asked them before when buying lawnmowers and they've put one aside for us while we've been at work. Prices are not too bad, and the quality seems pretty good. For those people into crafts, there is a separate concession inside the store that sells lots of crafting products, a wide range of papers, stamps, card making items etc.

Carlton Garden Centre offers the areas biggest range of timber buildings. From dog kennels to two…read morestory play house ranches theres a shed here for everyone. They sell big sheds and little shed, sheds for children, sheds for adults and some brilliantly designed sheds which incorporate a traditional storage shed into a childrens play house. They offer an erection service and are very well priced. In January each year they sell off the previous seasons sheds at a greatly reduced price. There are some seroius bargains to be had. Their plants are nothing to write home about. They offer a reasonable range of paving and aggregates but these can be expensive as can their concrete garages.

There's a trend in the UK for garden centres to be the perfect spot for a day trip. Gifts, items…read morefor the house, a restaurant, and of course some plants. Okell's does this really well. The restaurant is excellent quality and beats most good National Trust eateries. The selection of plants is great but not overwhelming. There are thoughtful elements like parking in front of the compost which is stored in the car park and the ability to pay inside without having to carry 200 litres of soil around the shop. The staff are all great and super helpful. I felt the price was competitive and lower than some other big brand garden centres. Definitely worth a couple of hours.

This is a lovely little place to get nice plants. There is a good deal of parking on the site. It…read moreis not like Gordale etc. doesn't have cafe facilities, but does have special events like craft days where people come in and sell crafty bits and also lots of plants. It is in quite a good location and prices are fair and the quality of the items that you can purchase from here is good. They have been on this site for many many years but are probably quite unknown as they are tucked away behind a large house. Worth a visit if you need nice plants