A Shopper's Guide to this Garden Centre

Why You Should Visit

• A Garden Lover's Paradise: You'll find an extensive selection of plants, trees, and gardening materials. The variety includes house plants, garden plants, and vegetables, all well-presented and stocked, with many healthy-looking specimens.
• Exceptional Quality and Value: Shoppers can expect reasonable prices for high-quality plants and trees. You can find options that are "extraordinary" and a good value.
• Inspirational and Well-Organized Layout: The displays are inspirational, and the plants are laid out beautifully, making browsing easy and enjoyable.
• Knowledgeable and Helpful Staff: Expect to find staff who are very friendly, knowledgeable, and happy to advise. Their willingness to chat and assist is a highlight, making the experience truly personalized.
• Delicious Food and Drink: The tea room offers exquisite food, cakes, and a wide tea selection, including what's been called the "best scones" ever. You can enjoy elevenses, lunch, and delicious hot pots of tea.
• Relaxing Atmosphere: The environment is described as relaxing and calm. You'll enjoy a lovely atmosphere in both the garden center and the tea room.
• Convenient Location: The centre is located in a quiet area outside of Bristol, with easy and free parking for customers.
• Unique Finds: You might discover unique items like hanging heart-shaped slates in the tea room cafe. The indoor shop offers a good selection of tasteful gifts and cards.
• Dog-Friendly: Dogs are allowed on leads.
• Specific Purchases to Expect: Based on past shoppers, you'll be able to find Brackenwood Roses, plants for borders and shrubs, Acer Plamatum "Orange Dream", and Pittosporum Silver Queen.
• Customer Spending Example: One customer spent £7 on food/drink, £32 on hand made hanging heart-shaped slates in the tea room cafe, and £35 on plants in the garden centre. Another spent £250 on a tree fern.

Why You Might Consider Alternatives

• Potential Cafe Timing Issues: Be aware that the cafe's closing times may not be consistent with posted signage. Several visitors had bad experience as the cafe shut when it wanted.
• Size Comparison: Though offering a lovely experience, it's a smaller nursery compared to the adjacent Cadbury garden centre.