“This garden centre is amazing. Its absolutely vast, with every plant or bush or alpine you could think of. Theres a huge variety of pots too. It is enormous. Prices range from about 3.50 for small strawberry plants to over 1,000 for well established ornate trees. You could literally spend hours here. There is ample free parking on arrival too. As well as the garden centre there are a few small shops...craghoppers just one of them, a huge restaurant, area for the kids to play (currently being renovated), sweets and alcohol along with a deli counter that sells amazing food such as lasagne, flavoured chicken, scotch eggs etc. Then we have the butchers which is small but amazing. I can highly recommend the steak stir fry, the bacon and the chicken schwarma kebabs. Well worth a visit.
Now for the pay in gardens. Entry is £8 per person so don't expect the same level as chatsworth or RHS Bridgewater. After being in the garden centre i felt quite disappointed. The walk in gardens are sparce with limited colour or amazing areas. There are plenty of areas to sit and chill and listen to water fountains, which is nice but it really could do with a burst of colour. Everything was so beige. The Japanese was quaint but lacked beauty. Its not a massive area overall and could be so much more if only more thought went into the planting. Sadly disappointed and definitely not worth the pay in fee. Sorry.”
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“This garden centre is amazing. Its absolutely vast, with every plant or bush or alpine you could think of. Theres a huge variety of pots too. It is enormous. Prices range from about 3.50 for small strawberry plants to over 1,000 for well established ornate trees. You could literally spend hours here. There is ample free parking on arrival too.
As well as the garden centre there are a few small shops...craghoppers just one of them, a huge restaurant, area for the kids to play (currently being renovated), sweets and alcohol along with a deli counter that sells amazing food such as lasagne, flavoured chicken, scotch eggs etc. Then we have the butchers which is small but amazing. I can highly recommend the steak stir fry, the bacon and the chicken schwarma kebabs. Well worth a visit.
Now for the pay in gardens. Entry is £8 per person so don't expect the same level as chatsworth or RHS Bridgewater. After being in the garden centre i felt quite disappointed. The walk in gardens are sparce with limited colour or amazing areas. There are plenty of areas to sit and chill and listen to water fountains, which is nice but it really could do with a burst of colour. Everything was so beige. The Japanese was quaint but lacked beauty. Its not a massive area overall and could be so much more if only more thought went into the planting. Sadly disappointed and definitely not worth the pay in fee. Sorry.”