Great selection of plants (and trees which I was looking for). Friendly staff. Cheers.read more

I only ever go here at christmas to see the display, it really s beautiful!!! They ahve a great…read moreselection of plants and flowers and a nice wee cafe as well.

This garden centre has some really beautiful plants and flowers. You can also find really good…read morequality garden furniture. In the shop inside you can find nice gifts for all occasions. This shop has the most beautiful Christmas display of all the shops in the Bushmills area. It also has a good cafe serving home cooked meals, absolutely delicious!!

We visited Hillside on Saturday past, to have some lunch and take our little boy to see Santa. We…read moredecided to come because it's great to visit and spend a few hours. This is so much more than just a boring garden centre, because I really would not be excited about visiting a garden centre! Hillside really have gone the distance to make this an interesting place to visit, regardless of whether you are into gardening, or not. Aside from the massive range of plants, shrubs and gardening accessories, Hillside also have a large section selling fish from Maidenhead Aquatics, which is lovely to have a look around. They also have a massive indoor shop, selling everything from standard gardening items, to barbecues, water features, and even homeware. They had the place all done up for Christmas and it really got us all in the festive spirit, it looked absolutely magical. The Santa's grotto was in aid of Clic Sargent, so as well as getting a great festive experience, we were also helping to support a great cause. There was a bit of a wait when we arrived, however we simply took our ticket and went off to get some lunch at the on-site tearoom. I had been to Hillside a few times before, however this was my first time visiting the tearoom, and this exceeded our expectations by far. I was expecting tea/coffee, tray-bakes, and potentially some pre-packed sandwiches, however I couldn't believe the fantastic full menu they had on offer, hot foods such as gourmet hotdogs, burgers, pies, quiches, and any type of sub or sandwich you wanted. We had a sandwich and a toastie and the quality of the food was excellent. We had so much fun at Hillside and will look forward to coming back again soon!

My parents are both big green fingers and loving daughter thatI am *ahem* when they need a hand…read moregarden wise I'm often called upon to trek up to Hillside with them to help out with carting all the goods to and fro. (Thankfully aided by those huge trolleys they have!) Hillside is a great garden centre which stocks a massive range of anything and everything you could ever need for your garden. Hillside Nursery is now the biggest garden centre in Northern Ireland. It's located on the Doagh Road, Newtownabbey. It recently underwent a major renovation which saw the premises extending with a new car parking space, a lovely though expensive coffee shop and an indoor covered plant area. They really needed this new parking space as it used to be on a sunny Saturday the whole place would be totally packed out and often put people off visiting but thankfully there's room for everyone now. Happy gardening everyone!

Cameron Garden Centre is gorgeous to walk around. Trust me, I'm not even interested in gardening…read morebut I still really like this place. I've my parents, who enjoy gardening, to thank for introducing me to this spot. It used to be called Ballylesson Garden Centre but was renamed Cameron a couple of years ago. It's full of flowers, plants, trees, shrubs, garden furniture, BBQ equipment, bulbs, seeds, garden ornaments, gifts and plant pots. I love to browse and look at everything but have never bought anything (I don't do gardening!). However, my parents advise me it's expensive, so if you're into gardening you might want to visit Cameron Garden Centre for inspiration but possibly buy elsewhere. There's a lovely Cafe & Deli on site which serves scrumptious food. I've tried sandwiches, scones and salads over the years and the food has always been delicious. My gripe is that it's queue up to order and get your food. I hate this set up and much prefer table service, especially in a cafe like this where the food is of good quality. Plus Cameron's Cafe can be extremely busy and tables aren't cleared as quickly as I think they should be. The customer service definitely needs some work also as the Cafe staff are never very pleasant. Nonetheless, this place potentially could be great and a 5 star spot if they dropped prices a little and invested in some proper customer service training for their Cafe staff. I would still recommend it though as it is such a beautiful location.

We visited here after the food came highly recommended by a friend…read more About a 15 mins drive outside of Lisburn to Ballylesson. The entrance is filled with a great range of scrubs and plants and hanging baskets of herbs. The cafe is conveniently located at the back where you have to pass through a gift shop of condiments and craft shop style presents. Seating area inside and out. The food is kept in heated glass cabinet so you can see before you choose. Lots of quiches, pasta and sandwiches with salad etc. All around £6-10 I enjoyed the food and look around after. Purchased some great plants for family. Would recommend both food and viewing.

The summer it opened, I spent an stupid amount of money in the Potting Shed, which I should point…read moreout is a shop rather than an actual shed. My garden was beautiful though, with hanging baskets and planters overflowing with lovely flowers and trailing things. And I had the most fab garden candles and lights. Come to think of it, where have all those candles and lights gone?? The Potting Shed sells everything you could need to creates your own hanging baskets and planters, but that's really not for me. What if I had to touch the compost, or saw a worm? Thankfully, they also sell the most beautiful ready made planters and baskets which are crammed with lovely things like trailing honeysuckle. Even better, when the next spring rolls around, you can bring in your empty basket or planter and they will fill them without you having to pay for the container. Perfect. They also sell compost, lawn feeder stuff and gloves for any crazy fool who does want to create their own little bit of nature. Here's the bizarre bit, they have recently started selling furniture. It's really lovely white painted furniture at very reasonable prices, but I still find it weird. But as long as they keep filling my baskets, I'm happy.

It's a garden centre. It's bank holiday Monday. I was expecting it to be mentally busy. It wasn't…read more Woodlawn is 5 mins from my house and it's the go to place for decent bedding plants and shrubs. I'm not much of a gardener as I have a regular rather expensive manicure so I usually direct operations and himself or the big son does the donkey work. I've bought plants before from Homebase but they're usually forced on and unless the weather is fairly mild they either die on me or don't thrive. I don't mind paying a bit extra for quality plus the guys in Woodlawn are really knowledgeable about horticultural stuff and are happy to give you all sorts of hints and tips about what or not to buy. The shop bit is pretty excellent and not at all necessarily garden related. They have stylish Pilgrim jewellery, scarves, Crabtree & Evelyn products, lovely gift ideas and a great range of Regatta outdoor clothing and wellies plus some locally sourced food products. They have a great range of garden furniture and barbecues if our weather ever allowed you to sit out and in a few weeks they'll have hanging baskets and ready planted tubs. They have a great restaurant too with comfy sofas and a nice view of all the plants and things. So I guess I have to give it a 5* rating as they really have thought of everything. Worth a visit if you're in to your garden and even if you're not the coffee is good

Used to be great for lunch but now can't help but feel they are trying to cut costs with things and…read morenothing special anymore. Salad with Panini is pathetic.