I've recently discovered that I absolutely love gardening. Maybe love should be replaced with the…read moreword obsession. What started out as only a few cute plants, you know, just to "green up the place," has morphed into living room JUNGLE obsession. Oh, us silly Americans. Go big or go home. The good news is that this obsession led me to find Podington Garden Centre. Quite literally in the smack dab of nowhere, this place is gardener's playground! I only wanted two things: a couple of 60 lt bag of organic soil for my courgettes and tomato plants. I wasn't expecting to find gardening nirvana. I'm pretty sure Jesus would shop here. Firstly, this centre is absolutely gorgeous. You have to hand it to these Podintons, they love their gardening! The centre is big, but not Home Base gigantic, and the staff are knowledgeable and genuinely care about their products. I was also shocked to find that the Guinness World Record for Largest Garden Spade was on display! Not sure if it was on the local garden tour, but there it was! I took a picture as proof, too. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/4000/largest-garden-spade Earlier in the day, I called to request a hold on two bags of organic soil. It may seem silly, but after two disappointing visits to Homebase (thanks LOADS you a-holes for lying to me with your BS reservation!) I wanted to make sure my soil was still there! When I approached the counter my soil was already on a trolly, with my name, patiently waiting up front. Seriously, that's service! HUGE KUDOS. My only complaint is, literally, how far away they are from Leamington. It also feels like you're traveling into the middle of nowhere, when suddenly, this place just appears! Absolutely worth the trip. I can't wait to go here again and buy more of everything!

Podington Garden centre is a really nice place to have a browse around in the summer even if you…read moredon't plan on buying anything! It's quite small compared with some garden centres although there is a good range of shrubs and trees for sale outside. There is a lovely gift area that also sells foodstuffs such as home made jams,marmalades, cakes and old fashioned style sweets. It has a lovely oldly worldy feel to it. At Christmas time they also have a fantastic range of lights and decorations, although they are quite expensive compared with larger department stores that sell the same sort of things. There is plenty of parking just outside the centre and there is a lovely cafe inside. Well worth a visit even if you are just browsing.

This store is situated on the retail park on the outskirts of Wellingborough, just around the…read morecorner from Tescos. It is easy to get too without getting stuck in too much traffic, but it can be a nightmare trying to get out of the carpark in the retail park when it is busy. You can queue for ages, especially on a Saturday morning, so best avoided then. The store sells anything that you could want in your home in the way of furnishings, bed covers, cushions, curtains, ornaments, crockery, blinds, pictures and wall hangings, towels and bathroom accessories and so much more. The items are reasonably priced and there are often sales too. It has a good range and the store is fairly large with two floors. They offer a made to measure curtain service as well as the ready made ones although I have never used this. The ranges are good and it is a place that I like to browse around and often pick up new bits and bobs for my home in here. If you are looking for a home furnishing store that won't break the bank then Dunelm Mill is a good place to start.

The best things about this place for me are that they have a huge range of pillows with one of each…read morehung up for you to squeeze and try and a big range of fabrics including oilcloth in different patterns. Also what has to be the biggest range of covered cushions I've ever seen and the cheapest microfibre cloths. If you haven't discovered microfibre cloths yet, get down there. They even have a small craft section and, last time I went in, a comedy sign advertising "stationary" bless them. Good shop though and always well worth a visit.

A lovely garden centre with a good range of stock, also selling garden ornaments and gifts/cards…read more Nice cafe area serving hot food/snacks, bit on the pricey side for what you get, but a very tasty treat.

Bosworths garden centre is a bit of a hidden gem in Burton Latimer as many people do not realise it…read moreis there! There is an indoor area and an outdoor area and they also sell hot tubs. I looked everywhere for some reasonable priced but full hanging baskets last year and found them here. They were so much more better value than anywhere else I had tried. As well as the usual plants, shrubs and flowers, there is a gift area. The gifts are very pretty and range from baby items, wooden crafted items, cards, ceramics and jewellery. They are quite expensive, but if you are looking for something a bit different to the usual high street stores then you might find something here. There is also a fantastic cafe and the food is gorgeous, with things like home made soup or jacket potatoes on the menu. You get loads for your money and the home made cakes are worth popping in for alone! There is plenty of free parking in the car park outside and customer toilets too.

Located just off the A45 between Northampton & Wellingbororugh, this garden centre is definately…read moremore live a shopping village than a garden centre. There's a great butchers, super value shoe shop, clothing & linen stores, health food shop, cafe, pet store, and I'm certain many more that I just can't remember. The Garden Store is possibly one of the best value in the area, & definately offers better value for money than the 'chain store' alternatives around Northampton. Staff are always helpful & available. We frequently use this garden centre through the year.

Found the garden centre to be a bit dissapointing to be honest, the plants were of poor quality and…read morethe service wasn't much better. The other shops were a nice idea and the shoe shop was quite good the service was better in there! Its worth a look but I wouldn't go on a regular basis

Shopped here again this week , covered xmas gifts and motherinlaws garden statue plus a few pets…read moresupplies. this truly is an amazin store, like a tardis from the outside you cant imagine what an emporium of items lie within. This local shop has been here on the circle for over 50 years to my knowledge the current owner is the 3rd generation of lennons to be providing such great service.In current ecnomic climate it is nice to see small family business still survive here on the circle. If you are local you should alredy know this shop, if you havent been lately , you should. we need more independent shops like ths where customer service is still above profits. Thanks you matthew and yoour team , i have been coming here for half a century and hope to continue to do so for a while longer.

Excellent, down to earth place to get a multitude of items at a reasonable price! Staff really…read morefriendly and easy going. Its exactly what you expect from a general indoor/outdoor market! Worth a gander I say! ;-)

Our local Homebase, located on the Victoria Park Estate in Wellingborough, is a fairly large store…read more The selection inside is very good and I've found the place most useful when I've needed to use it. Service is usually pretty good and the staff are always willing to assist if you need it.

This is my local homebase and is situated in a great place just of the dual carige way near to the…read moretesco. it has a great selection of items available. there is a home wear bit which sell some lovely items for the house, there is a section where they sell bathrooms and kitchens and there is always some staff there to help you and offer advice. we have also got some great items for christmas here and lots for do it yourself around the house! we have got some lovely furniture there and it was really good value for money and very good quality!

We visited this garden centre just once last year. We wish it was a little closer to where we live,…read moreas it is wonderful. They have a great selection of plants. We went specifically to get a plum tree. We got a lovely shaped specimen and were given good advice about planting and pruning. The chap we were speaking to also recommended a couple of jasmines and we bought a few annuals too. He kindly tied up the tree and helped us into the car with it. The creepers and tree have really taken hold in our garden, thanks to the good advice, and are growing nicely this year. We're hoping to make another trip out to Thompsons later this summer.

An excellent local garden centre. There is a good stock of plants, vegetables, fruit trees, shrubs…read moreand garden ornaments. There is ample parking and useful trolleys to use for your purchases. The shop area houses a large range of garden furniture, water features, books and gifts as well as a large range of house plants including orchids and some exotic species. There are also many types of garden compost and accessories including paving and stoneware for garden landscaping. Overall a very pleasant place to browse for your gardening needs.

This garden centre provides all the needs you need for your garden…read more flowers, pots, plants and more..... It's a nice place as it's very welcoming and staff ae keen to help you. And they can give you very good discounts aswell. So thats where I usually go for my flowers and plants.

I love this garden centre. The staff are very helpful and knowledgeable, delivery is cheap and…read morereliable, and they have everything you could need in the garden, from onion setts to netting to a good variety of ornamental pots and flagstones etc. The plants are arranged by type (shrubs / perennials / bedding / herbs) so everything is easy to find. One of the nice things about this garden centre is that in their shrub area they always have a nice stock of Acers in (the trees, not the computers), and they're very reasonably priced.

In a great location next to homebase and not too far away from Tesco's they often have some great…read moresales and can pick up good bargains from sales, the assistants can sometimes be too pushy to sell though. The cutoff carpets are towards the back of the store and usually big enough for the areas we were covering and obviously better priced that some of the other carpets