good value for money, friendly staff and good food and drinks in the tea roomread more

A small but friendly garden centre. Offering a wide selection of plants for indoors and outdoors…read more All the usual things compost and bulbs etc. Outside they have a selection of shrubs and trees. Fruit trees can be ordered in. Have a lovely selection of pots and planters which are reasonably priced.

Nice large garden centre in the south lakes. Every thing you might need for the garden or country…read moresetting. Not cheap but it's all about quality.

My garden's quite small, but I found some lovely pieces here that make it look just terrific.read more

Houghton Hall Garden Centre is amazing! I can spend a good two hours in this shop just looking…read morearound. This is not just an ordinary garden centre. At Houghton Hall you can go in for a nice meal, you can shop for quality food from local farmers, you can find clothes, and pet supplies. They have a separate aqauatic store inside now where you can buy tropical fish, saltwater fish, and pond fish along with anything you need for them. They also have an arts and crafts store in the basement that sells all sorts as well as holding a weekly craft class for adults. There's something for everyone here and I'd really recommend a wander around it to anyone!

I absolutely adore going to this garden centre. Even for a day out it's fantastic. Not only does it…read moresell amazing plants but it's a whole different world aswell. There's a cafe with a large range of drinks and hot and cold meals which are well priced. The farm shop is fantastic for local produce and I always buy fresh meat. They have a hot tub dealer there which is out of this world. The christmas shop is amazing and the kids can even visit santa. Downstairs there's a model railway shop, a dolls house emporium, and a world in minature museum. Fantastic for gifts, garden items and even hot tubs! A great trip out for young and alike

I've never had even a slightly poor experience in the many years I've shopped at Cowells Garden…read moreCentre. In fact I choose it over bigger local garden centres that have diversified into food, clothing and huge cafes because Cowells focus on the plants and are extremely helpful and knowledgeable in my experience. Excellent service guys so please keep up the good work and take care and stay safe

If I could give this garden centre 0 stars I would, the staff were rude when I asked for…read moreassistance, and were uneducated on garden knowledge, the delivery man for my plants was intolerable, his face made me and my family vomit, and the female owner looks like a fat digesting horse. I would also like to state that the photography of the garden centre is shit, clearly need to invest in a better photographer. My advice is to stay away from the pathetic excuse of a garden centre.

I always shied away from this place thinking it would be a bit snobby, but I couldn't of been more…read morewrong. Everyone here is so friendly and helpful and knowledgable. Fantastic plants at reasonable prices. Also check out the cafe in the corner. It's a lovely peaceful place to relax and listen to the birds. I've knocked Costa Coffee on the head for this place.

The food at The Buttery at the Silverbirch Garden Centre is fab... best on the Clydeside &…read morereasonable price-wise. Ambience is fab too... a lovely wee coffeeshop with loads of wood & stone. Fab place for brunch. Tx

This has got to be the nicest garden centre EVER! The stock is amazing. Beautiful range of Xmas…read morestock at the moment. Nicest Xmas ornaments I've ever seen.