Shopping Guide: Palmer Plants
Palmers Plants: Your Shopping Guide
Why You Should Visit
Based on my experiences, Palmers Plants offers a lot to garden enthusiasts. Here's what you can expect:
- Wide Selection of Plants: You'll find a great variety of plants, shrubs, bushes, and trees, suiting various price ranges and garden needs. Expect lots of variety, with plants of different sizes available.
- Quality Plants: I've seen and purchased plants that are fresh, healthy, and well-looked after. Box hedging, lavender, and Arenaria Blizzard are examples of plants that grow beautifully from this location.
- Knowledgeable and Helpful Staff: Staff members are often friendly, knowledgeable, and eager to assist with plant selection and garden advice. They've provided me with helpful recommendations.
- Excellent Customer Service: I've experienced staff members offering to help and go the extra mile, such as a young gentleman who offered me a cane for my tree. The team is known for great advice and communication.
- Cafe with Good Food: The location offers a cafe where you can enjoy coffee, tea, snacks, and even hot food like a bacon sandwich. Note that they advertise cocktails as well.
- Affordable Cafe: The cafe is budget-friendly, perfect for taking a break while shopping.
- Additional Perks: The garden centre provides perks such as a loyalty card for discounts and sometimes runs events or provides services for children (forest school).
- Adequate Parking: There's ample parking available, though weekends can get very busy.
- Seasonal Gardening Needs: They regularly stock spring plants and other seasonal gardening necessities, with staff providing ideas.
- Beautiful Displays: The location features a wonderful display of plants.
- Flexible Delivery: The team is able to deliver plants.
Why You Might Consider Alternatives
While Palmers Plants has many positives, here are some things to keep in mind:
- Plant Labelling Issues: Be aware that some plants may not have prices displayed, which can be frustrating when making a selection.
- Potential Health and Safety Concerns: On one visit, I noticed a hosepipe on the ground creating a potential trip hazard.
- Cafe Pricing: While the cafe is affordable, some people have felt the cafe is a bit expensive.
- Toilet Location: The toilets are located in an area that can interfere with events, making them inaccessible during some functions.
- Plant Quality: I have experienced plants being dry and needing to be watered.
- Busy Periods: Weekends can be very busy, so plan your visit accordingly if you prefer a more relaxed shopping experience.
- Inconsistent Plant Quality: I've experienced plants arriving in poor condition.
- Event Interference: The location has events, that may interfere with the use of the cafe and toilets.