I'm not much of a Gardener but when I come here I can't help but look at all the new stock they…read morehave in home decor and cooking/baking utensils. I usually come here with my gran (a regular visitor). Their cafe offers fantastic home made lunches and cakes. It's very simple but great quality. Especially the cakes! A nice place for lunch or for a cup of tea. The service can't be beaten, very friendly local staff.

I came here for the first time two days ago and had a delightful two hours! I had expected a basic…read moregarden centre full of pots and plants and little else, but this place is full of high-quality beautiful gifts: china, glass, ornaments, homewares, books, jewellery and so much more! There is a gorgeous cafe as well my husband and I had lunch there and everything was so fresh and delicious (especially the most glorious cream cakes imaginable!!!). We bought some treats to bring home as well from the chilled cabinet, including Findlater's vegetable pate (something you can't find easily elsewhere). Of course, there are plenty of gardening tools, accessories and beautiful plants for sale, both for indoors and the garden. The staff are very helpful too. We asked for a couple of plants we couldn't find and the assistant insisted on phoning someone to see if they could track them down for us. It's found on the Ayr road going a few miles out of Kilmarnock, and there's a large car park at the front. (I'm sure it won't be long until we go over there again!)

Great choice of garden goods, plants and seeds. The instore farm shop is expensive but has very…read morenice foods. Aquarium is nice to view and well stocked if buying. Personally I love their household goods..they are of a very good quality. The cafe is cheap and the food is good and varied. Often very busy.

Dobbies in ayr is large store with a good location. it is just of the bypass so is easily…read moreaccessable. It has a very large selection of gardening tools, trees, plants and seeds. It also has a great slection of books which is also reasonably priced. The craft selction in the dobbies in ayr is really great and provides everything for your craft needs. The store also has a large fish and aquarium section and it is great just walking through and watching the fish The farm shop is expensive but the food they are selling is of a higher quality which is what you are paying for. Also at the farm shop they have unusual item such as kangaroo burgers. At christmas this shop is like a winter wonderland. The shop is completly decorated and the smell of pine and cinimon wafts all through the shop. Having the santa's groto there is every childs dream.

I have a huge crush on all things wicker and am on the hunt for my perfect Lloyd Loom Lusty chair,…read moreso I almost died when I saw this shop. It specialises in new wicker creations, including wicker chairs for kids, wicker tables and you guessed it, wicker book cases! Great if you're looking to capture the old fashioned sewing room look in your house. but there's also some nice, modern patio furniture showcased, and tall wicker chairs perfect for dining room interiors. To the left of the store there is a stretch of wall dedicated to dolls houses of every colour and style imaginable. This was a nice touch, and handy for local collectors as they had some glorious wee Victorian dolls, complete with changes of clothes, and lovely Georgian style furniture to complete the collection. The dolls houses were magical, especially the ones in pastel colours. One in particular caught my eye, to which my friend retorted, "I'm not surprised, it's the garish one..." it is true I like an odd collection of stuff but the more unique the better! And you can't argue that these dolls houses have something old worldy about them, as well as looking moderately like they've been modelled on Phoebe's magic house in Friends. A great shop for furniture and toys that are a bit less clumsy in style than today's world offers, but although the step back in time felt nice my quest for the perfect wicker chair continues.

The Wickery is fabulous, if my mum and I take a wee day trip to Ayr then we always pop in here to…read morelook at their wide range of furniture and home accessories, they've also recently started stocking Yankee Candles. The furniture here is all amazing quality, from oak wardrobes to wicker baskets. This isn't just a furiture shop for regular people, it's also a shop for The Borrowers too as they have a huge selection of dinky wooden houses fully furnished. These little dolls houses are my favourite items in the shop, they take me straight down memory lane. They're all wooden and handcrafted which add a little bit more magic than the plastic mass produced ones that you see everywhere. You can even get little wooden accessories here too the furnish your dolls house too including a new bathroom suite and childrens rocking horse.