This is a truly remarkable Nursery, selling mostly plants propagated on sight. Unlike many many…read moreshops that claim to be nursery's you wont find Isles of silk flowers and concrete dogs bottoms. Mark and Linda, the owners, along with their team are always happy to share their knowledge and experience. Many of the local horticultural associations come for talks from Mark in the evenings. Every spring it plays host to the West Country Herb Festival, featuring Foods, Massage, talks, bee keeping and many more things. It's just a lovely weekend, many people come back year after year, from across the country.

As it says on the tin, this is a proper Nursery. No frills but good honest plants grown on site…read more Advice and information on any plant is given freely. The Mill Café is very good for a quick coffee or tea as well as tasty food, be it sweet or savoury. Once a month a Farmers Market is held on site. Overall well worth a visit.

During a lovely Easter weekend at home, my boyfriend and friend requested a tourist day which…read moreshould include a cream tea after our walk on the cliffs. The duchy nursery has recently done up their shop and cafe which look over the nursery and the valley below. The cafe offers a selection of sandwiches, hot meals and cakes. The cream tea was delicious with plenty of jam and clotted cream ratio to the scone and lots of tea. The cafe also provides excel by coffee and cake. The duchy is definitely my current favourite place for a cream tea when returning home and is in a lovely location. A final quick tip for any visitors, the duchy is up a cornish lane, once you've gone past the golf club, keep going and you'll find it.

Trelawney is one of my favourite garden centres. I often visit during the lead up to Christmas,…read morewhen they have a large area of the shop for Christmas decorations. It is quite sight seeing so many decorations and I always feel Christmassy after visiting. It does get quite busy especially shortly before Christmas, so it can be difficult to get to all of the decorations as it can be quite crowded. They also have a wide selection of plants and flowers as you would expect, and generally these are quite average prices. I would recommend a visit, but not on a weekend before Christmas as it is so busy, go during the week instead.

This is a lovely, proper garden centre and nursery. Good range of properly grown plants and all the…read moresundries that go with them. We've bought our Christmas tree here for quite a few years and they always have a good range at reasonable prices. Not the easiest place to find but it is signposted if you know where you are going. Set in a beautiful spot on the moor. Ample parking. Friendly and helpful staff.

this newly re-vamped garden centre has had considerable makeover recently under its new…read moreownership.The extended and redesigned resteurant is much improved over what it was previously with new furniture and private areas.The top and lower shops are enlarged with new items to view particularly the extensive christmas ranges.

Carnon Downs Garden Centre is situated on the edge of the Carnon Downs village. There is plenty of…read morecar parkinging within the garden centre itself and it has an overflow car park at the back. Inside there is a coffee shop and they sell books in addition to the plants you would expect to find in a garden centre. Last year I got my Christmas tree from this garden centre and it lasted all the way through Christmas so I was very pleased with it. If you are within the Truro area I think it is worth visiting if you are planning to improve your garden.