Forget 'Garden Centres' for knowledge and all round information, when all your Horticulture…read morequestions can be answered for FREE at Pudding Lane Nursery. Plus advice and Garden Designs for Hard Landscaping, I have been a Proffessional Landscape Gardener since C1976 (42 yrs). I was lucky enough to meet Sue and Ray the proprietors, who have provided years of free Horticultural advice to me and lots of my clients, in addition, visiting their gardens, to offer advice and knowledge. Which has been a "Bonus" to me and my Business and helpful to them. Don Grigg Earley Landscape Specialist

Lovely quiet nursery, rather than garden centre. Friendly owners always happy to answer questions…read moreand offer advice. Quite often local art groups display in the main building near where you pay for some added interest.

If you're looking for a garden centre around Shinfield that has pretty much everything, and…read morefriendly and knowledgeable staff, then I'd suggest Dobbies on Hyde End Road. They also have a nice (10-15 tables) cafe, but that is a bit pricey. Oh you can sit outside of that too.

Redfields is a large garden centre in Church Crookham, just south of Fleet. Like many garden…read morecentres, it has now become something of a "destination", with a restaurant, cafe, and large retail area selling everything from gifts (a huge range of specialist edible goodies), through homewares, children's gifts, books, stationery and women's fashions. It's a great place to browse, and the quality and range of plants and other gardening items is excellent, though they are not always the cheapest. But in my view, when it comes to plants, you get what you pay for. It's excellent for gift purchases - Christmas, Mother's Day, etc. Staff are knowledgeable and helpful. The cafe is nice - a good range of cakes for afternoon tea - but it is often busy, and can get quite noisy. Service can slow up when it gets really busy but we have never had a problem. One area is given over as a young children's play area, so if you don't like the sound of children playing, be aware. The centre has level access throughout to the retail area, and a large car park at the front, although this can also get very busy.

Love visiting this garden centre, especially now it's received a much needed face lift. It's light,…read morebright and airy. There's a wide selection of plants and garden equipment, as well as an array of stuff you could buy for the home. My favourite thing about this place (other than their Christmas time decorations and displays) is the cafe on the ground floor. They make amazing cakes all in-house, which always look enticingly delicious and as I have no will power I can vouch for their scrumptiousness. There's plenty of comfy seating so there's always somewhere to sit regardless of whether you're there with a large or small group.

I need to update my review because the Boma Garden centre gardeners are such, such stars!!…read more We have been keen to tidy up our garden by adding some decking and building some raised flower beds etc... but although I was keen to give it a go and attempt everything myself, my husband was sure it'd be much easier *and...ahem...look much better* if we asked professionals to help. Our builder let us down (as he is so busy with other jobs) so I asked the Boma Garden Centre folks to quote for the work. In the end they managed to transform our messy, mad garden in just 2.5 days. They were polite, helpful, left everything tidy and were just a pleasure to work with. I am really glad that we decided to go with them. So, if you need help with a garden makeover and you live in North London, give them a try!!

Lost a star cos I'd like it to be bigger! Small but just right - good, varied stock, helpful staffread more

One of the best nurseries around. The staff have a fantastic plant knowledge and are always willing…read moreto help. Just a brilliant resource for professionals looking for high-quality planting material

We go here for the restaurant, but the actual garden centre is excellent too. The restaurant has a…read morea good selection from breakfast to lunch, including afternoon tea. Always have had good service here and l would recommend without hesitation. Your meal is pretty much covered, from breakfast, roasts, fish and chips, pizza, cakes and pastries. With tea, coffee, lattes and milkshakes etc.

Did visit today. Maybe not the best weather to do so, a very dull overcast cloudy one too. Was…read morerecommended by a contact. Not overly impressed except the café was bigger than others I have been to. It is part of Birdworld and Garden Style a place where the professionals go by the look of it. Did have a cup of tea and a look round and took one interesting photo. Not overly impressed really , maybe a bit of SAD?!