Advantages: Lots of outdoor plants and pots, regular offers on, nice place to browse, lots of unusual things
Disadvantages: Garden tools expensive, plants are not the cheapest around

...In the world of gardening there's no escaping Wyevale. According to its website blurb it's Britain's biggest dedicated Garden Centre Group owning over 110 centres throughout the country. Us Brits are pretty much a green-fingered lot. Our gardens are now 'outside rooms' and if you believe the hype require the same amount of attention lavished upon them as our homes. Blame Charlie Dimmock, Diarmuid Gavin and Alan Titchmarsh if you will. WHY WYEVALE? I tend to visit Wyevale because it has a far bigger choice of products than any other garden centre in my vicinity. Being big it has what business folk call 'buying power' to offer big deals. My local one is near Harlestone Firs, Northampton, a large plantation of fir trees and popular haunt for dogs walking their owners. Sunday afternoons regularly see a long string of cars parked... Read review

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Advantages: Superb range of products, friendly staff
Disadvantages: Not cheap!

...Situated some 7 miles North of Chester on the A540 Road to Hoylake is Gordale Garden Centre. Gordale opened in 1948, one of the first Garden centres in the UK. I have been a fairly regular customer over the last 20 years and have watched the developments with interest. The Garden cenre is still owned by the family that started it - Peter Nicholson and wife Jill now run it having taken over from Peter's parents who started it all. A clue to their management style is that it is rare to be at the garden centre for very long without seeing one of them clearing the tables in the Cafe, or helping in some other menial task. Every year since we started going there has been some kind of major development going on, and its clear that a lot of the profits are ploughed back into the business. The staff are always helpful and all... Read review

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Advantages: Plnety of choice and shops
Disadvantages: Can be tiring for children

...Taverham Garden