I've been here four or five times on a Sunday, and I always enjoy it. My grandparents love it. They sit, cooing over each other like innocent sixteen year olds, splitting half a toasted teacake and a pot of tea. My nana isn't very well, and so this place is quite perfect for her on trips out from the nursing home. The walls are a cheerful yellow, it isn't extremely packed or noisy, the cakes are homemade and unapologetically stolen from Delia Smith's classic cake book and quite glorious for elevenses. I do realise that some people go to a garden centre for the plants, and not just the tearoom, and so I'd also like to say that they have very lovely plants and flowers. And chutneys, and garden furniture. And the prices are a lot better than the other garden centres nearby. read more

I live locally and have visited this garden centre quite a few times. The garden centre is lovely the plants are reasonable prices and the hanging baskets are lovely and they will make them up for you, this is a very good service. They have a small gift shop with some nice gifts in. well worth a look. The tea rooms are ok but I feel the sandwiches and a lot of the food very overpriced. I had a ham and pickle sandwich for £3.99 nothing exceptional about it but I do not understand why cafes insist on putting crisps with it and a leafy salad. Please just the sandwich and lower your prices. The staff are not particularly friendly (in the café) which is off putting' However, the staff in the garden centre I have always found very helpful. read more

I went to the café and garden centre on Thursday, 25th June 2015. We were told that there was going to be a half an hour wait for food. In the event, I waited something nearer one and a half hours. There were people saying that they wanted their money back; people saying that they would never return etc etc. The café was less than half full. I spoke to the manager who said that he ought to do something about the situation However, I feel that as you have to pay, in advance, for your food, some gesture of goodwill, such as a refund or part refund of monies should have been on offer. At the very least there should have been free coffee/drinks brought around. Very disappointed with the way in which the situation was handled.. read more