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.

I ordered trees and hedging through Woodcroft Landscapes' online shop and was really impressed with…read morehow easy the process was. The plants arrived healthy, well-packaged, and exactly as described. It's clear their nursery stock is top quality and well cared for. On top of that, I've seen some of the landscaping projects they've completed, and the standard of work looks excellent, professional, tidy, and built to last. You can tell they take real pride in both the plants they grow and the gardens they create. Between the convenience of the online shop and the craftsmanship of their landscaping, Woodcroft Landscapes is a company I'd highly recommend.

From the owner: Whether you are starting from a bare area of earth or are looking for ideas to enhance your…read moreexisting garden, we can provide the inspiration, plants, trees and expertise.

My mum is rather green fingered( I mean that in the gardening context and I'm not hinting at some…read morekind of hygiene problem, just in case she were to read this!) so I have been dragged to my fair share of garden centres and nurseries with her, and this is one local to me, and is very good. The staff are very knowledgeable and are likely to know what you need and want before you even say it! We came here looking for saplings of trees to add to our garden, and they were able to tell us what trees would suit our garden best. Our reams of a chestnut tree were shattered as our ground wasn't likely to be fertile enough to support it, so we were guided to some lovely ash trees that were more suited to our garden! They have a wide range of hanging baskets, flowers and composting and fertilising materials, and will have everything you need to satisfy your gardening needs at reasonable prices!

When I say that this nursery does THE best hanging baskets in Belfast, I promise you I'm not…read moreexaggerating. In fact, they're so good they supply hundreds of other outlets like Spar and Tesco. Oh yes, this is the flower and plant kind of nursery, not the kind which looks after your children. If you organised enough and visit the nursery around March/April time, you can order your baskets exactly how you want them and pick them up a few weeks later. Bespoke hanging baskets if you like. But if you're like me, you won't get around to it until it's too late to plant from scratch and will buy yours 'off the peg' and this is by no means a poorer option. The hanging baskets that are ready made up are nothing short of stunning - really full of pretty flowers and lots of hanging and trailing plants like honeysuckle. The sort of thing that helps you create a cottage garden kind of look without having to life a finger which works for me. Prices are really reasonable given the quality and quantity of flowers and plants you get - under £30 for a fabulous basket and less if you have managed to leave in your own empty basket in advance. Take a trip to Dundonald Nursery - you can wander through the huge greenhouses to take your pick and you an fool yourself that it's a really warm day. Don't leave it too late though, after mid May, there will be nothing left.

It's labelled as a Garden Centre, and they do sell plants and saplings, and Christmas trees at the…read moreusual time of year, but I think they could do a lot better in here. It's a local family run fruit and vegetable shop, but it's a bit old and tired. I know the important thing about a fruit'n'veg shop is the freshness and quality of the produce, and I will get to that, but I think if they gave this place a face-lift it would invite people in a lot more and encourage them to spend more. It hasn't changed in all the time I've known it. As for the produce, it's fine. It's quite well-priced too, reasonable and affordable. They don't do a massive wide-range of veg, you won't see anything unusual here, which is a shame because I think they would get more custom if they branched out towards being a little more 'gourmet' in their approach. For a local Fruit'n'Veg shop, it's fine.

Dear...Dear...Dear....Dear…read more. Seems to have anything and everything you could ever need in the line of hardware but boy are they expensive. I needed half a dozen 1 inch srews to fix a small door at home and I was charged 12p each for them and I think I could have bought the whole box of 200 for about £2.00 . The guy who sold them to me actuallly said "sure 70p will do for them" as if he was doing me a big favour. I had a quick look around while I was there and if you were into DIY there was certainly plenty to choose from but the prices were very high compared to the likes of B&Q for instance and they aren't exactly cheap. The youngest staff member.. I think his name was James seemed very helpful and knowledgeable but the man who served me was very dull and hardly even made eye contact with me. Definately will not be back..couldn't afford it.