OMG!! This is the REACTION OF ALL REACTIONS from us! This place SHOCKED, MESMERIZED, SURPRISED, AWED AND AMAZED us! The sheer size of it alone was jaw-dropping! As you would say, we were GOBSMACKED! We LOST our MINDS in this episode! We were jealous, angry and excited all in one! Everything you could ever need or want is at this place! We now have a NEW #1 UK Destination on our list and this is it! We should say that we now know this specific Garden Centre is not like all UK Garden Centres. But it's unlike ANY Garden Centres we have in America! The United Kingdom certainly Beats America on this! And we are super envious! Join us on this episode to watch our heads explode at every turn of this tour of Bents Garden Centre located in Warrington, England. This is EPIC! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support
@mzundastud0710 ай бұрын
You should look up Webbs of Wychbold Garden centre too! Amazing place! So much there it’s unreal! 🫶🏼 but no not all garden centres here are on that scale! But I can’t resist a trip to them! Spend a fortune though! 🫣🤣
@emmsue105310 ай бұрын
We go every Christmas, its like wonderland. Very difficult to leave & and control the spending. LOL.
@mykota241710 ай бұрын
I'll do our allotment for you in the summer.
@louiseb645910 ай бұрын
@@emmsue1053 I’m going to go next crimbo!!
@andygrenville345810 ай бұрын
What a great place loved it
@charlesverrier400810 ай бұрын
If you like this, wait until you see the Chelsea Flower Show….
@lukepooler615510 ай бұрын
Always love setting up the stand there. Nice to see people still into there nature and gardens
@michellemaine271910 ай бұрын
On my bucket list.
@poppletop833110 ай бұрын
I'll bet it's the nicest scent in Chelsea, every time I've visited places in the Chelsea area it reeks of sewage!
@neilmorrison735610 ай бұрын
It is fantastic
@AM-dz2sh10 ай бұрын
CFS is something that you have to attend... there is no point even trying to articulate what a wondrous experience it is.. .. just demand that person experiences for themselves. That is all.
@gwenowens672710 ай бұрын
My son who has Down’s syndrome is recovering from an operation and his first request when home was “to go to the garden centre and see the fish and get a piece of cake”. We do love our garden centre and of course I took him there. Love to you both from the UK ❤️
@HilaryB.10 ай бұрын
Hope he's doing well!
@cyflym1110 ай бұрын
My son has autism and he loves to go to the garden centre at Christmas when there are lights everywhere. We have one ten minutes walk away so it's very handy on a rainy Sunday!
@tricia955910 ай бұрын
I’m sure the fish and the cake helped in his recovery ❤️
@ThornyLittleFlower10 ай бұрын
My son has Down Syndrome. He loves going to the garden Centre with his nana ❤
@lordeden27329 ай бұрын
A young man with astonishing good and highly discerning taste.
@thewanderlusttrio10 ай бұрын
Hi Natasha & Debbie We are leaving you a comment to give you both a big thank you for watching and reviewing our Bents Garden Centre video on your channel. Although uploaded on our former KZbin channel. It was still a delight to see your reactions. Gary Kershaw told us you had reviewed our vlog, and we were overjoyed. Your reactions to the garden centre were hilarious we were all laughing along with you. To blow your mind even more we never filmed in the pet store or the outdoor clothing outlet. So actually the garden centre is even bigger than what you have already seen. Once again a big thank you for watching and reviewing. You now have three new fans and subscribers. Keep an eye on our new KZbin channel. Where we will be uploading vlogs on other days out in the UK and perhaps even more garden centres 😀 Stay safe and well.
@tobiasmills964710 ай бұрын
Thank you for filming this and allowing us to see Natasha and Debbie decide that they're going to move here.
@TheNatashaDebbieShow10 ай бұрын
@thewanderlusttrio Hey! We tried so hard to contact you to ask permission to use your video but all your contact info was not working. We're thrilled you are cool with us reacting to your video! We didn't know you had a different channel. Absolutely LOVED this video! Can you email us? We'd love to chat further. Thank you again!
@annedoyle22210 ай бұрын
You skipped by the Edinburgh woollen mill,one of the main attractions
@VC-gt8fv10 ай бұрын
You need to film the Christmas displays. My garden centre has amazing Christmas decorations.
@djs98blue10 ай бұрын
I found and recommended your video via the N&D FB page after searching for some time on YT for the sort of video that would capture the allure of UK destination garden centre culture. Strangely all the big garden centres brands seem to do a bad job of doing that. I was surprised but very glad N&D watched it and very pleased you liked it too. I’ll check out your new channel too.
@alakazoola110 ай бұрын
The beauty of these garden centers is that they showcase local independent companies x
@LaraGemini10 ай бұрын
I think our love of garden centres stems from when shops could not open on a Sunday, but Graden Centres could, so they started diversifying. A trip to the Garden Centre is a nice Sunday day out!
@janknuckey9 ай бұрын
You are absolutely spot-on!
@1WillowMoon8 ай бұрын
We've got a lush garden centre in Gosport, UK. But pricey though.
@lindakrelle66075 ай бұрын
I'm old school I prefer plants in a garden centre!
@janerobinson594410 ай бұрын
I am American and traveling to the UK is an “eyeopener”. I have seen these garden centers and they are amazing. The food is top rate along with the clothing. And yes, the plants are great. American open your eyes!
@gailcrook268710 ай бұрын
Our local one is great but on a hot day it's empty due to no air con and a plastic roof !
@gillianclayton10 ай бұрын
OMG! Did an American say some British food is top rate? I passeth out 🎉
@DT-us3kd9 ай бұрын
@@gillianclayton🤣
@shirleyhair22619 ай бұрын
Stop talking and let us see the video
@mariahoulihan94838 ай бұрын
we do love our quality.
@DavidWood-d2p10 ай бұрын
This is my local garden centre, it started as one man in a shed by the road, selling roses. now its like a town in itself.
@robinsonsarah14310 ай бұрын
Where abouts is it in the UK? From Yorkshire would love to visit this place 😍
@Lyndahayes10 ай бұрын
Yes where is this? I must go there immediately!❤
@andrewtims952410 ай бұрын
@Lyndahayes I believe that they said it was Warrington
@Lyndahayes10 ай бұрын
@@andrewtims9524 thanks so much!!!♥️
@robinsonsarah14310 ай бұрын
@@andrewtims9524 thank u x
@Whippy9910 ай бұрын
We Brits love our garden centres. I’ve been known to drive for miles to visit a really good one. At Christmas, they are like Santa’s grotto! 😊
@mnomadvfx10 ай бұрын
Yeah for sure. I used to think that glass christmas ornaments were long since gone until I saw a huge section of them in one of Cumbria's garden centres last december.
@drogna390510 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness! Christmas at a garden centre. Bauble heaven for me!
@Whippy9910 ай бұрын
@@drogna3905 You should visit Keydells in Portsmouth. It’s off the scale!
@drogna390510 ай бұрын
@Whippy99 hmmm, its possible I've been there. I visit my cousin in Fareham every year so we can go bauble hunting lol. So she's taken me to many Garden Centres. But I will mention this one in case I haven't been.
@Whippy9910 ай бұрын
@@drogna3905 I know Fareham very, very well. 😉
@rachaelwaring999110 ай бұрын
During the lockdowns in the UK the garden centres were allowed to be open as an essential and they definitely did well as a result. To be fair even small ones have lots of amazing things too….
@monk3yboy699 ай бұрын
I am a supplier to garden centres ( greeting cards) and during the lockdowns we had sales figures we had never seen before or since. It was phenomenal.
@curlygirly54789 ай бұрын
Hi guys, love this video. Im British and i definitely take this for granted that most garden centres here have lots of other bits as well as plants. Lovely to see your comments and reactions.
@rosalindyates733110 ай бұрын
Even Brits who don't have gardens love going to garden centres. Lol
@TheNatashaDebbieShow10 ай бұрын
We can see why!
@eclectica18 ай бұрын
Yes, this is true. Especially on Bank Holidays.
@MartinaCubbidge10 ай бұрын
Being a German, living in the UK for decades now and watching you Ladies regularly. I'm very fond of this channel. You are utterly charming. Very enjoyable 😊👍
@TheNatashaDebbieShow10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! We're going to be doing Germany on Wednesdays starting some time in March!
@MartinaCubbidge10 ай бұрын
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I am going to watch that, for sure. Germany should be interesting enough, very organised, very clean. A bit too rigid for my liking now." Orders must be obeyed at all times "😁👍along those lines...😉🙃
@diarmuidkuhle81819 ай бұрын
@@MartinaCubbidgePeople tend to expect everyone to follow the law, yes ; which I don't think is a bad thing exactly.
@kaydod31904 ай бұрын
Germany to UK? You downgraded
@mikefrombournemouth294210 ай бұрын
I work in a garden centre and yes it's a great to be surrounded by the seasonal planting everyday. Most customers come to meet with friends, have a coffee, a cake, and a mooch.
@AM-dz2sh10 ай бұрын
lovely... as far as customers go - You have a lovely bunch!
@purplefood110 ай бұрын
He i have a lot of memories as a kid going to the local one with my mum and gradma, it was like there were toys or anything but it was still a very fond series of memories... they did have santa's grotto there as well over christmas
@renatewest636610 ай бұрын
In Australia we call then nurseries or Garden Nursuries very occasionally
@imagseer10 ай бұрын
That is definitely a BIG garden centre, but even those on a smaller site will present a similar mix of plants and goods and services, including indoor and outdoor fish keeping supplies. Yes, they have developed as destinations that people love to visit. Some will rent shop spaces to local businesses, and others will have the garden part of business as a kind of after-thought. I'm thinking of Trago Mills in the South West of England, and the national chain of B&M discount stores. Garden centres had their origins from garden nurseries being allowed to trade from 10am-4pm on Sundays, and they just evolved from that. Also the totally ridiculous cost of parking in town centres drove customers to these out of town places, and not having to pay town centre rents and rates helped make the large garden centre business model viable. If you visit holiday destinations in the UK you'll find that many farm shops have morphed into sell-everything-local stores under a large roof. A good example of this if you ever visit Devon and Cornwall is Strawberry Fields which started as a fruit picking place, then a farm shop, and now with a nice restaurant, coffee bar and food hall. I'm not sure how different generations take to these places or if the bubble will burst, but you see families as well as elderly people in chairs and electric scooters enjoying a day out because access is level. At Christmas probably every little kid will want to be taken to a big garden centre to see Santa's grotto and all the colourful lights. The biggest 'garden centre' of all is probably the Eden Project in Cornwall which, at it's outset looked like a colony base under domes on a different planet.
@grannyof12kids10 ай бұрын
I'm an Aussie and I want that garden centre too...
@domramsey10 ай бұрын
This might help you understand why we call the outside space around our house a garden when you call it a yard. We're obsessed with gardening and see it very much as an extension of our home. When I grew up in the 80s, we'd travel to the local garden centre one Sunday every month and it was very much an afternoon out, not just a place to shop. They were definitely simpler back then, but I distinctly remember you could by fish, pets, sheds, summer houses and more and then go and chill in the cafe. Mum & Dad would pick up a few plants and we would try to get the parrots to say rude words. Happy days.
@Ladiofthewoods10 ай бұрын
@domramsey Here in the US we are obsessed too. Almost 70% of Americans at least have house plants (same % grow food plants too), 55% have gardens and we are obsessed with our yards and tend to spend a lot of time in them and money on them. We have plant swaps, seed libraries locally and even community gardens that grow food plants for entire neighborhoods, fruit trees in cities along sidewalks/in parks etc On city balconies you will see small gardens, roof top gardens and green spaces inside office/government buildings.
@severnsea10 ай бұрын
I'm not, I hate it. 😅 I do have a few indoor plants though and I do like the garden centres. Never seen one that big!
@MawganRogerson10 ай бұрын
@@LadiofthewoodsThere’s definitely lots of plants and gardening in both countries of course, but in my experience the US is really into big green well-kept lawns with short (and frequently-mown) grass. In the UK we don’t tend to have massive plain grass yards like that, the average UK garden is smaller, more flowery, and often with some fruit, veg, and herbs. The grass tends to be a bit longer too. I understand the suburban aesthetic of the US, but I must admit I like the UK’s more “wild” garden style; much better for the wildlife too
@Ladiofthewoods10 ай бұрын
@@MawganRogerson American yards usually do have a lot of grass and they also tend to be large, not necessarily true in suburbs altho those lots might still run large as well. I personally do not know a single person that has just grass. Flower beds, garden beds, fruit trees...maybe more spread out than yours but abundant nonetheless. The aesthetic you speak of are usually found in cookie cutter newer developments or specifically used for advertising. Not many people are willing to have shadeless, colorless yards that lack personality. Within my personal circle every single plant in our yards has a nutritional/medicinal value. Every flower, tree, plant has a use, even my grass.
@monk3yboy699 ай бұрын
@domramsey The garden is the front of the house and the yard is at the back . The back yard had the pool , the sheds and the kennels for the dogs. I grew up in South Africa and that is how we referred to the property.
@sandraback780910 ай бұрын
We were doing a day trip on the island of Tobago. While being driven to the other side of the island for a snorkelling trip our driver pointed out places of interest. We were stopped at a junction and to one side was the entrance to a large garden centre. A comment was made on the minibus and our driver laughingly commented how they used to include a trip to the garden centre for the Brits. “You lot really love a garden centre. Trying to get you all out and back on to the bus was like herding cats!”. They had to stop after always being late leaving 😂
@gailcrook268710 ай бұрын
Lol
@carpediemdoesdiamondpainting10 ай бұрын
Perhaps they should have done a separate trip just to the garden centre 😂
@Timmeh5512 ай бұрын
😀
@melaniecharlton712110 ай бұрын
In the uk,most of our garden centres are like this.We have homeware,sheds,conservatories,food,clothes,plants,garden tools,handbags,candles,inside and outside accessories,toys and a lot have play areas for children.Also we have craft areas with yarn,sewing and art accessories.We have great garden centres!😊
@diyardley521310 ай бұрын
We live in Cheshire and we go to Bents quite often. You really need to see it at Christmas - they set up a number of room layouts and include animatronics, such as Santa playing the piano, polar bears, penguins, and so on and it changes each year. Absolutely fantastic, and it's a huge draw. Oh, and the Pet Cafe - they cordon off a part of the main restaurant for people with dogs, so the owners can sit and eat too whilst staying with their pets. The thing about Bents is it's top notch - everything is a little bit more expensive than elsewhere, but it's all top quality, both plants (larger specimens can often come with a two year guarantee, by the way), and food produce. I'd say it's one of the biggest, but by no means the only one. There's another in Cheshire called Bridgemere and it has exactly the same format, but it also has award-winning gardens that you pay a small fee to go round. The gardens alone can take you at least an hour to walk around. Such garden centres, with the miniature golf and concessions stores like Lakeland, Hobbycraft and Edinburgh Woollen MIlls, shoe shops, etc are becoming more the norm here, but I think Bents is the biggest one I've been to. It's regarded as a full day out, and we love it!🤗
@ianprince169810 ай бұрын
when I had my dog, Skippy,I WOULD TAKE HIM to the dog-friendly cafes to enjoy dinner together
@colinraxter400410 ай бұрын
Webbs near Droitwich is similar at Christmas. Hundreds turn up to watch Santa arrive with reindeer
@ebbonfly9 ай бұрын
Use to love the Christmas ice rink at Webbs pre covid, hope they bring it back.
@chris223266 ай бұрын
😅 Bents us In Leigh.😅
@hidusb5 ай бұрын
One of my regular places to visit.
@Beebee192-j7i10 ай бұрын
I love UK and Irish garden centres, they are fantastic.
@Brian-om2hh10 ай бұрын
I'm surprised you are both surprised. We have dozens of these places in the UK.... Some are large places, like this one, others are more local to towns or villages, and may be smaller. The garden centre closest to me, specialises in water gardens, with ponds, rockeries etc. They even sell exotic fish to put in your pond..... The English are sometimes referred to as a nation of gardeners. Here on UK TV, we have a number of specialist gardening programmes offering advice, tips etc, some of which have been broadcast for 40+ years. Some of the presenters of these TV gardening and garden make-over shows are now household names here. Some UK DIY (Do It Yourself home repair etc) chains have a garden section, selling plants, gardening tools etc. Some larger garden centres also have a cafe area..... Some of the garden centres in the UK have large outside areas, with trees, plants, shrubs etc, all on display in a natural setting. Some often sell sheds and garden landscaping supplies......
@trickygoose210 ай бұрын
@marycarver1542some people go to garden centres just to have a meal.
@lynnepashley428110 ай бұрын
Dozens you mean thousands
@pmfg87510 ай бұрын
❤💯
@gavinspence238110 ай бұрын
The British are described as a nation of gardeners! Have you ever heard of Beechgrove?
@veronikaquick673810 ай бұрын
Dozens is a huge understatement.
@molliesmomma10 ай бұрын
Not just older people, my daughter has loved gardens centre since she was about 3 years old. It’s still one of her favourite days out at 23 years old 😍😁
@mnomadvfx10 ай бұрын
It's even more of a thing for those of us stuck in housing with either ratty gardens or no gardens at all. My dad has always been salty that the next door neighbor owns the entire garden behind our 2 houses and loves a visit to a garden centre.
@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej10 ай бұрын
After retirement a great many Brits go to garden centres for days out a couple of times a week. In the UK we have hundreds of them.....plenty of huge ones though most are smaller than Bents. Garden centres are a godsend for retired people. They are warm and dry all through our grey, wet winters, and are a great place to meet friends for lunch or afternoon tea, with plenty to look at as well. If you live in a British town, you can rely on having at least half a dozen garden centres within a 20 minute drive. In April, Brits go completely mad and buy dozens and dozens of plants. It's a kind of national celebration of Spring! 😍🇬🇧🤩😍🇬🇧
@GoblinKing138 ай бұрын
It's not all old people, we're 20 and have an allotment and an obsession with garden centers :D don't get me wrong we still get messy at the weekend ;) but love us a garden center haha.
@Kissameassa53810 ай бұрын
When you two look at each other… the love in your eyes is beautiful. I love you two. 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
@NailHeavenAshford10 ай бұрын
My son, as a 14 year old used to come with me to the supermarket and find the deadest (is that a word-probably not) most crispy, mouldy, and unwatered plant he could on the sale rack and ask me to buy it. He took it home and within a month it was a triffid. He managed to do it to every single plant he picked out despite their original condition. He’s now nearly 22 and living the other side of the country in uni accommodation but I’m sure he still has a plant somewhere.
@MrPaultopp10 ай бұрын
I always collect the dead and dying plants in the plant hospital section …..always revived them
@Peter-uw5cq10 ай бұрын
When I bought my 1st house the local garden centre allowed me to go through their scip as I explained to them I was a skint but would return when not, when I sold the house the trees and shrubs I rescued were a established garden.
@AM-dz2sh10 ай бұрын
LOVE this...
@CharlesWyatt-cg5qs10 ай бұрын
I did the same. I found a shrub at this very garden centre thirty years ago that was ready to be thrown out. It looked almost dead, so I bought it, and after three years it practically took over a corner of the garden. I chopped it down two years ago because I had grown tired of it and wanted to plant something different for a change.
@AmethystDew10 ай бұрын
I hope at some point he gets a good job to buy the house of his dreams and gets to design his own garden. So he can enjoy looking after his plants inside and out. There is nothing like it for relieving stress and feeling good.
@nancyrafnson478010 ай бұрын
I love the British “understatement” by the couple who made the original video!!
@TheNatashaDebbieShow10 ай бұрын
True!
@WomanNextDoor10 ай бұрын
Your reactions were pure joy. Thank you for cheering me up on this chilly, rainy, Winters day.
@patdelaney19110 ай бұрын
A garden centre with plants only is a nursery 👍
@northernlady2129 ай бұрын
A Nursery should grow a large majority of the plants they sell
@zoecrozier65649 ай бұрын
Yes nurseries you can buy bulk bedding plants at a decent price. Larger shrubs and bulk buy trees etc. Or you have specialist nurseries that deal with just one type of plant . I love garden centres ❤
@MaryBradley-s3s6 ай бұрын
No garden centre sales lots of other things beside plants a nursery just sales plants.
@suzannebaxter288810 ай бұрын
In the UK there are over 30 million people who are gardening fanatics. They say it's about 42% of the population but they don't take into account those who have allotments or gardens on a balcony but they are gardeners. My love of gardening started at the knee of my grandfather who was a miner he spend all day every day down in the bowels of the earth. So he combined two of his greatest loves. Gardening and model trains. He had already built in his attic a to die for trainsets from the Flying Scotsman to the Orient Express which also had a huge diorama interspaced it was beautiful, When he run out of space he started combining his garden into a real life diorama. He belonged to a group of gardeners that grew the huge veg and I was blown away. My garden is in 2 acres of land and split into sections. It's taken my husband and I thirty years to get it like it is. I have orchards and an area that is just wildflowers. A rose garden, I also grow about 70% of what I eat. I also live very close to Sandringham and they have many gardening themed weekends I mean the gardens of Sandringham are simply stunning. They sell seeds of nearly everything they grow. English people especially are so proud of their gardens that many many villages have open gardens. They charge a small fee and the money is usually raised for a charity they have picked that year. I live with in 5 to 10 miles from 7 different garden centres. One specialises in just Irises another specialises in African Violets. We also have a Japanese garden place and I truly truly love that place what he can grow is truly astonishing. He he has weekend and teaches you how to care for any plants you wish to purchase. My husband and 3rd son are Bonsai addicts between them they have over 250 of them and in the village that I live in we hold Orchid weekends. To put into perspective Brits spent £110 billion on home improvements during the coronavirus pandemic, standing at £2,000 per person for home and garden renovations and with that discovered that they not only liked gardening they loved it. The funny thing with me though is my gardens are my pride and joy but if I bring a house plant into my home it dies. I have yet to keep one alive except for my carnivorous and I have many of those. Helps with the fly problems. Also very impulsive viewing to see them perform.
@chixma701110 ай бұрын
I’m the same! I can grow absolutely anything out of doors including plants from the ‘dead and dying’ section of a garden centre. I stuck a 2-inch bit of variegated foliage from a small bouquet directly into the ground under my kitchen window and it took off and covered that section of wall within a few years. House plants are a different matter entirely; they just keel over and die out of pure spite. 😢
@suzannebaxter288810 ай бұрын
My compost is full of my dead indoor plants. @@chixma7011 I do exactly what they tell me to do. I think it's telling me to stick to the one outside and stop been greedy.
@normanwallace765810 ай бұрын
Look up Blooms of Bressingham Norfolk they are Nurserymen for other garden centers suppliying them thr plants, but the massive site has 3 narrow gauge Railways full size locos, Vintage & Vetran Fire Engines & a massive colection of Steam Road & Agricultural Traction Engines & a Steam "Galloper" Fairground Roundabout!! What more could you want?? & the narrow railways run through the fields where the seed plants are growing!!
@acommentator445210 ай бұрын
they also have static genuine steam railway engines in a shed. amazing place
@aoc0929 ай бұрын
Wow, that sounds amazing 😍
@adrianmcgachie10 ай бұрын
UK garden centres are generally a really great day out, with the variety we have and many with plants, indoor shopping and cafes and restaurants as you saw, but even my jaw dropped at the size of that one! Like they say in the video, they are often worth returning to at Christmas for the wonderful displays and Christmas gifts / decorations etc
@aecides320310 ай бұрын
This is something I'd never really thought about growing up, but it's a valid point - British garden centres are weirdly expansive. And they're entirely right - the place I used to be most excited to go to as a kid at Christmas was the local Garden Centre - they decorated all of the plants, the interior section had lights and model trains with a christmas themed track, it was amazing. But yes, British garden centres go far beyond the scope of gardening - they often include anything and everything you could possibly need to enjoy your garden/summer from camping gear to hobby craft stuff to small pets. It was the go to place as a kid for seeing the fish, getting high quality warm/waterproof clothes at decent prices, looking at camping equipment (you could usually get that cheaper elsewhere) and having a really nice lunch or slice of cake, then heading to the little craft shop to look at all the beads and other supplies. It was also the kind of place that was strangely unifying - EVERYONE considered it to be a pleasant trip. You could ask your Nan to take you as a kid, or if your parents were watching you and a school friend for a while after school (while their parents were stuck at work, for example) you could take them to get some tasks ticked off of your list while getting the kids fed and having them actually excited to go. I think the fact that they're often in the countryside areas outside of towns allowing them more space than usual, combined with the fact that people looking for things to garden with will inevitably also want somewhere to sit to look at their garden when they're done, something comfortable and durable to wear while gardening, decor, things to do in the garden, maybe even a nice book to read etc and that when you're spending that long shopping you naturally want a place to get a drink and a bite to eat, allowed these places to organically evolve into stocking the entire range of niche items under the category 'outdoors' that you usually have to go to specialised shops for and, by pure coincidence, became a destination for a nice afternoon out at the same time. It's less common, but I've been to garden centres that set up 'biomes' - they climate control the 'greenhouse' sections as well as regulate the humidity and have small areas which grow more temperate or tropical plants and give you 30 seconds of feeling like you're in a rainforest as you walk through. To answer the question "Are they all like this?" - Yes and No? They're mostly all as expansive in what they cover, and have been since I was a kid in the nineties being taken there at the weekend, but this is definitely a more upmarket one which has more space devoted to the food section in particular than most (generally they have a nice cafe and something resembling a small farmers market of local produce they stock). This particular example has taken the general model used by a British garden centre and said "Let's do that, but bigger, better and fancier". Most garden centres, for example, do not have eight hundred parking spaces. But they ARE all crammed with everything you could possibly put in a garden.
@TheChrissywhissy10 ай бұрын
I live just outside London there is a road full of garden centres, they are all different. Another big Garden Centre near us called Van Hagues had a mini zoo as well and a little train to take a ride on.
@jackieup604110 ай бұрын
Is that Crews Hill Enfield? Fantastic place.
@TrelvisGresley10 ай бұрын
@@jackieup6041 It's in Amwell between Hoddesdon and Ware. The train ride is great fun.
@TheChrissywhissy10 ай бұрын
@@jackieup6041 yes Crews Hill is the Road with lots of garden centres and Van Hagues is in Great Amwell Ware
@leahthomas67599 ай бұрын
I use to live near Van Hagues 😊
@patterdale433210 ай бұрын
The biggest one is Bridgemere Garden Centre,there are lots of these types of centres all over the UK
@TheNatashaDebbieShow10 ай бұрын
There's a bigger one????? 😮
@kirstenjacobs360710 ай бұрын
Bridgmere is a ace, it's a nice place to idle away a Sunday and had a fab butchers
@StephenWhittaker-g5g10 ай бұрын
I used to go there a lot (some of my friends worked there) . we used to like the aquarium section and water features.
@tgcrowson10 ай бұрын
Best of all, the Bridgewater canal goes past Bridgemere and we have moored up for a couple of days to visit
@craigbirks707510 ай бұрын
I live about 10 miles from Bridgemere and used to go regularly with my mum and dad but haven't been for many years. The massive Coi pool was a favourite
@johamlett2710 ай бұрын
You picked the best one, in my opinion, for your first UK garden centre reaction
@frankdoyle906610 ай бұрын
Thanks Ladies as always. British garden centres really did work it out right. They capitalized on the Brits love of gardens especially with our short growing season. The weather!!!!!! And decided to make them into a "destination" event. You should see them at Christmas.
@philrob197810 ай бұрын
This was brilliant, you two are great. I went there many years ago, it's delightful to see how, one - it's still going, and two - how much its grown! What a place!
@dafyddrhobert241410 ай бұрын
Most garden centres have outdoor furnishings, decorations, and clothing as well as plants, different composts, and outdoor-related tools. Pet-related goods are common together with things to attract wildlife into the garden. Some household goods and food items are sometimes found. Quite a lot have cafes.
@rebeccacondon172910 ай бұрын
Our local Garden Centre has separate small stores, a pet shop, butchers, bookshop, fish, and a mobility/disabled store, plus the rest, smaller than Bents but still very similar. Another one about 30 minutes away is larger and again is similar. It also has an Owl and Bird of Prey centre inside, owned by a friends son. They kindly took me there to fly some Owls and other birds of Prey as a birthday surprise.
@MillerWright-mb1ob10 ай бұрын
In the late twentieth century, only garden centres and small stores selling perishables were the only places allowed to open on a sunday, even chip shops were closed. So garden centres became a to do on a sunday, and their roles and what they sold got a little stretched with the result that you see in the video. Even the idea of it being an out door activity store is a little stretched. Most of the displays would be concessions, so Lakeland is a kitchenware shop with it's own on line presence but shops usually in garden centres. A lot of the diversification is driven by the need to cover the autumn and winter when a garden centre that only sold plants would do zero business. I'm surprised it doesn't have an area selling tropical fish, cold water fish and other small pets to attract the kids.
@robertwatford742510 ай бұрын
I'm not a gardener but I loved this video because of your reactions. I just happened to pause it when you first saw the plants and 'gobsmacked' perfectly describes the look on both your faces. Your obvious joy and wonder is infectious. Thank you.
@kimshayler450110 ай бұрын
I am a Brit who is now living in Cyprus and I miss SO much about the UK, so to watch your reaction videos is like putting on a warm, cozy blanket and feeling I'm home!! Thank you! Another thing -------- I am completely, totally, utterly IN LOVE 💕 with your meditating poodle on your bookshelf. I love ALL things DOG, and he is so gorgeous. Please tell, where did he come from and have you had him a long time??
@TheNatashaDebbieShow10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! In regards to our meditation doggie, not a poodle. We actually have 2. One in our bedroom, too. Unfortunately we bought them from a store that went out of business a few years back
@kimshayler450110 ай бұрын
Awww, enjoy them both!! Many thanks 🐕🐩
@janlucas337310 ай бұрын
I live in the south of England and have never seen a garden centre like this..we have them on a much smaller scale and mostly plants
@victoriasheridan19 ай бұрын
I'm in UK .... this is a normal type of garden centre ... its a place to go for a walk around and have tea and cake with friends. The gardening area is usually outside and includes fencing and slabs as well as furniture. They have workshops and events and if enough room outside will have rides for kids Christmas is crazy fun. We have nurseries but they are usually just plants and quite small so we go for cheap plants to nurseries and they often need TLC Most nurseries supply councils and cater for the road way decorations etc but the public can go and buy the leftovers very cheaply. Lakeland is a popular kitchen store in UK and sells great stuff. basically a garden centre sells quality goods and its great fun and educational . they'll havbe people explaining things like insect hotels and how to create a floral decoration for your table centre etc. Very popular butchers and groceries are from local farms and there are imports from european delis.
@appytight846810 ай бұрын
In her "twilight years" there was nothing my late mother enjoyed more than a day out at a Garden Centre. A wander around the gardens, plants, displays and other offerings and attractions, some gentle shopping, somewhere to get a nice lunch and afternoon tea, all under one roof. Bliss.
@simongoodwin525310 ай бұрын
Garden Centres in the UK are a day out. It's possible to spend 3hrs plus shopping or not. The restaurants are amazing with great food and coffee. The clothing range is so upmarket. The plants are also amazing. Christmas is a special time. Usually Reindeer and Santa.
@ruthmeb9 ай бұрын
Our local had [ until taken over by a soulless corporation] a petting zoo and miniature railway plus skating in winter and corn maze in summer
@valproton384110 ай бұрын
It's very typical of a British Garden Centre, even the smaller ones have an indoor section that sell things like that. This is one of the bigger shops, a super store that sell a larger variety of goods. Most of them have some sort of cafe where you get refreshments and food. Most sell pond equipment, pond fish and aquatic plants, also tropical fish, aquariums and plants. Some have small pet animals and birds plus all the gear needed for them. All of them will have garden plants, compost, pots and fruit trees, the bigger ones will sell hot tubs, greenhouses, sheds, sculptures, ornaments, fencing and garden machinery, even small tractors. Some sell camping equipment as well as garden furniture.
@honeybee442310 ай бұрын
We have an awesome garden centre like this about 5 minutes away from where I live and now they are building another one literally next door! My husband hates any form of shopping but never says no to a garden centre- we Brits really love our gardens and our garden centres. Love to you both Xx
@etet939310 ай бұрын
As someone who lives quite rural, garden centres have regularly been the place for me and my friends to meet up for a coffee and a wander even in our 20s. There is something for everyone of all ages!
@alisonwhyte888510 ай бұрын
Places like this were a godsend when my mum was in a wheelchair, it didn't matter if it was raining we could stay insrde and looke at the different departments, have a coffe and a meal. Look in the greenhouses and just have a grat day out.
@nolajoy775910 ай бұрын
I noticed there was a good amount of disabled parking..something I need myself ..and good space in the aisles
@zinnia298010 ай бұрын
I love visiting the garden centres💚🌿. My favourite one has an art gallery and expert craftspeople showcasing their exquisite work. Of course the many local food outlets are great amongst the gorgeous scenery and plants 💚
@tonyhartwell760510 ай бұрын
Love how you have a green thumb, here in the UK we'd say we have 'green fingers' if we're good with plants.
@christiner3025 ай бұрын
We have a very large Garden Centre nearby and Christmas is a must visit. They sell beautiful, unusual decorations, tableware, Christmas trees, etc. We also have a plant advisor who can help you find the right plant. They also sell garden fencing and furniture, clothes, aquarium stuff, artisan food, butcher, brand concession stores and acres of plants, trees, etc as well as pots for your plants. Birthday cards too! All this is normal in Britain. Lakeland is a wonderful shop that sells kitchen wate, baking stuff, laundry equipment, coffee machines, etc. I always visit them in the Garden Centre. It is a good day out.
@SettleinSpain10 ай бұрын
loved watching this, i haven't been to a british garden centre for years and they are lovely. Used to take my mum to our local one for lunch and a day out. Next you must find a video of a the garden centre at Christmas... they blow my mind EVERY time!
@bethcushway45810 ай бұрын
I'm so happy you love our garden centres😊 They're such an integral part of life over here. Since I was a little kid we would go to the garden centre at least once a month and just mooch around. It's something I carried on with my kids. It's lovely, relaxing family time and holds a lot of nostalgia for me❤
@jamesward354710 ай бұрын
Yep. I grew up going to garden centres and have been going throughout my life. I even used to go there when I had a flat and no garden just for a mooch about. Everyone loves a good garden centre :)
@bethcushway45810 ай бұрын
@@jamesward3547 they're great aren't they?😊
@hoppahoppa-yf2pi10 ай бұрын
Bonjour From France I love your channel and each exciting instalment. WE have garden centres in France, My local Garden Centre sells clothes . plants and garden tools and small animals like Rabbits and Chickens and Hen and Fish even singing birds. They also have food and wine. Very similar to ones in the UK . Jean-Marc , France Merci Natasha and Debbie
@AutoAlligator10 ай бұрын
A few years ago I lived just outside of Paris (I live in England now) and there was an amazing Garden Centre a few miles away...it was spectacular! I'm from the US originally and I love how some Countries in Europe do Garden Centres...it isn't the same across all of Europe but it is very different to the US! :D
@susanashcroft267410 ай бұрын
I can vouch that Bents is HUGE and was so pleased to see my town on the board for local produce sold there. The Christmas displays are something and a lot of people buy in the sales as it can be expensive.
@lee-annenavin339110 ай бұрын
Me too 😊 so happy to see Fitzpatricks from Haslingden on there ❤
@bigal305510 ай бұрын
Bents is alright, but it's got no miniature steam railway. I mean, what kind of self respecting garden centre doesn't have it's own on site rail network? It'd be like going to one, only to find that they hadn't got any books on the development of the tank through the decades, lead crystal glassware sets, or packets of locally produced oak smoked back bacon. Can you imagine? There'd be riots within a week! No railway indeed! Bent's is barely more than an oversized B&Q Garden and Outdoors aisle.
@wetcardie6610 ай бұрын
big shout out for Haslingden
@KamBoomBap10 ай бұрын
They have a great beer selection, sometimes that's the only reason I go there 😂
@jonathanlandau-litewski74059 ай бұрын
(UK) My uncle and aunty had a garden centre- more of an extremely large nursery that also sold waterfountains and other ornaments. Used to spend my summers working in it- was absolutely amazing. They also had fresh eggs from the chickens at the bottom. Many adventures were had!
@UKbydrone5 ай бұрын
My local garden centre also has an aquatics shop where you can buy tropical and cold water fish, fish tanks, ponds. They sell hot tubs and full on trees. They too have a butchers, food court, various independent retailers and all the other sections shown in this video
@shaneraven262110 ай бұрын
So surprised you don't have any like this the majority of garden centres in the uk are like this, Really enjoy your videos guys and respect to our cousins across the pond, from Somerset 😊
@MrPaulMorris10 ай бұрын
Part of the reason for the expansion and diversification of garden centres dates back to the days before the relaxation of Sunday trading laws. Up to the early 80s shops were, with a few exceptions, prohibited from trading on Sunday. The exceptions were generally logical: newsagents, petrol (or 'gas') stations... and nurseries. So long as they were 'predominantly' selling garden products they could open on Sundays. As the centres were, for obvious reasons, out of town, it made sense to add a café. Then maybe some gardening clothes (boots, waterproofs etc), DIY tools, garden furniture... Since you're selling food in the café the obvious next step is to have a range of local produce to take away. Then throw in some cookware, maybe toys to keep the kids entertained and suddenly garden centres morph into these retail destinations. Not all garden centres are as big as the one seen here but there is a tremendous variation; one centre I used to visit with my mother sold poultry--as in live hens, geese and ducks rather than meat in the chiller! They also sold tropical fish and small pets.
@gennytun10 ай бұрын
Thanks for explaining the history and context of how these places have developed. I hope Debbie and Natasha read this comment.
@JohnVilla196010 ай бұрын
I remember to get around the Sunday trading laws, traders would sell you an onion for £10 and you get a free spade if that's what you wanted to buy. A carrot for £100 and a free lawnmower.
@patriciadingsdale843010 ай бұрын
Several years ago we had friends from texas visiting just before Xmas. The Bent family were very generous and welcoming. Our friend was an interior decorator and did decorating for Xmas and other holidays. So we were given a guide to show us around and he was allowed to take photograph of the decorated trees even though there were signs everywhere saying no photography. Our friends were as blown away as you were. The garden centre has grown so much larger since then.
@bushman92225 ай бұрын
Great reaction ladies. Love it that you get so excited over what we in the UK take for granted. Such a shame you don't have places like this where you are. Come visit us whenever you want. x
@Stephen-Fox10 ай бұрын
As someone in the UK who used to be taken to a garden centre fairly regularly, nothing surprised me about the place in terms of _type_ of things on offer, but the _size_ of it did. (actual plants are typically in a nursery section; garden furniture and decorations typically dominate the main garden section; there's also usually a large variety of garden rocks and gravels available based on the ones I'm used to). But basically, take what you saw in the video, divide it by... 8? Maybe 20? And that's more in line with what they usually are. Especially for the indoor area of it. ...OK. Slight correction. The mini-golf surprised me. But, yeah, in his later years of life my dad was still going to (well, eventually being taken to) the garden centre just to visit the tea shop and have a bit of a couple of hours out when he wasn't up for being taken somewhere for the day. Even the smaller ones tend to be nice places to visit. Just... For an hour, maybe two, rather than on the scale of that one.
@andrewcoates664110 ай бұрын
Can I suggest you take a look at the annual flower festival and parade of decorated floats that take place in a small town called Spalding. It’s an area that is responsible for raising and growing most of the flower bulbs that are sold as British grown bulbs. The fields surrounding the town are filled with the bulbs that are being grown for sale plus the laboratories where they are trying to develop new varieties of flowers for colours and form(ie multiple heads). All of these nurseries are trying to find plants that they can take out a patent on and the most sought after single colour is a pure black bloom.
@nigelbundy400810 ай бұрын
Also there is The Chelsea Flower Show in London.
@phoebebrown288310 ай бұрын
A lot of the food items you will probably find are owned by either local firms or small firms in the UK.
@TheNatashaDebbieShow10 ай бұрын
We love that!
@Satankat66610 ай бұрын
I have an assistance dog, first shop we started training in was the garden centre. Dogs are allowed in most of it (not the food hall or restaurant), and it was at a time where there were lots of covid restrictions so it was only pet supplies and food hall and stuff needed for gardening (we grew some vegetables with my daughter during lockdown)open so was a quiet place to start training. We also found out the staff tend to keep treats behind the counter for dogs there. My daughter loves going there in warmer months as they have koi and you can get pellets to feed them, and she just likes looking at the fish in general. It's not as big as the place in the video but it does have food hall, restaurant, garden tools and other things needed for plants, seeds, clothes, toys, books, fish(and stuff needed to keep them), pet stuff, plants, sheds, playhouses, garden furniture, garden ornaments (another part my daughter loves and she has a small collection to the side of our front door).
@gvigary110 ай бұрын
As @LaraGemini mentioned, until 1994, a lot of stores weren't allowed to open on Sunday, but Garden Centres were. They started with garden furniture, garden toys, outdoor clothing, and so on, things that were at least tangentially linked. But over time, they've become like mini-malls as you see here, with a lot of things with no real connection to gardens. This one is at the larger end, but certainly not unprecedented. There are a couple near me that have coach tours running to them. You should also check out Trago Mills, which is kind of a mix between a big box or outlet store and a garden centre but has rides for kids including a working steam railway, and a petting zoo with free-ranging peacocks!
@PurdyBear110 ай бұрын
My local garden centre has a pet section, out door and indoor furniture, garden statues, fountains, indoor decor, a restaurant, cafe, food hall, books, stationery, clothes, kitchen stuff, kids toys and nursery. Oh and the plants of course. A great place.
@nickskidmore601110 ай бұрын
This place is about 25 minutes from my home and I have spent many a happy hour or six just wandering around it. I hope this couple do one at Christmas cos the place is just magical. We took our two year old granddaughter and the joy and excitement on her face was absolutely heartstoppingly brilliant to see. The biggest bonus is that the plants are really good too I hope you get over here as I would love to take you there Nick
@heatherjardim387810 ай бұрын
Bents at Christmas is out of this world! You need a whole day there, and you still won't everything. The restaurant is also amazing, as is the food hall.
@lougriffiths10 ай бұрын
I am from the uk and that place is enormous
@JulietVorster10 ай бұрын
Almost every time we go visit our mum we go to a garden centre. Every area has multiple different garden centres. From where my mum lives there are 4 within a 30 minute drive. Most are not quite this big, but they usually have retail concessions (shops within shops), like the one in the video. They all have at least a cafe, some have a full restaurant. Many do senior citizens lunch or dinner specials. Most have loyalty programs, offering discounts and free beverages. Some have play areas for the kids, but I’ve never seen crazy golf at a garden centre before. I only know of one locally that has a butchers within it. Garden centres are a big thing, not just with older folks. Our 31 year old daughter often takes our grandson to local gardens centres.
@Peter-gv6vf10 ай бұрын
This looks like a very nice hypermarket with some plants attached outside. We have a garden centre near here which admittedly doesnt have anything like the indoor shopping here but, absolutely dwarfs this place for space outside devoted to plants only. It is absolutely enormous, it must take 25 minutes walk to get from the front entrance to the furthest reaches of the outside plant sale area. Checking out can take anything up to 45 minutes because of the queues and amount that people buy. Its practically American in scale.
@LilMonkeyFella8710 ай бұрын
I think the concept of gardening is very British. Theres lots of TV shows centred around gardening. The most famous is probably Gardeners World, which has been on since the 60s. Some others are Ground Force and Garden Rescue, which they do up someones garden for them and give helpful tips and ideas
@kitchfacepalm10 ай бұрын
Certainly there are similar outlets in both the Netherlands and France.
@barneylaurance186510 ай бұрын
And there's Gardener's Question Time on the radio, which has been running since 1947. Generally recorded in a different past of the country every week.
@mysticpizza0210 ай бұрын
The Beechgrove Garden in Scotland.
@Brian-om2hh10 ай бұрын
The concept of gardening is in deed a fairly British trait. Even hundreds of years ago, the very wealthy would have landscaped gardens around their large country houses. And if you were anyone, you got a fellow named Lancelot Brown to sort your garden out.....a very Capable chap, was Mr Brown.
@kaydod31904 ай бұрын
Gardening isn't rkin British. EVERYBODY gardens
@malc56810 ай бұрын
We love our garden centres here in the UK 😊
@kaydod31904 ай бұрын
Who asked?
@lorraineyoung10210 ай бұрын
Wowzer, I live in the South of the UK and yes we have both small and large garden centers/plant nurseries near by which have all the elements of this shopping experience but the sheer size of this place is gobsmacking 😮 (and I should say the mini golf is a new one on me⛳ 😁 I'm seriously thinking of booking an airbnb just to visit! Best of all I love that this is still owned and run by the founding family! 👏👏👏
@debbee086710 ай бұрын
I was going to say something similar, we have more scaled down versions of this garden centre down South, with similar offerings. Around the local area where I live, we usually have a Maidenhead Aquatics and Pet Store tagged on as well. That garden centre blew my mind!
@alysoncaddick63445 ай бұрын
We have a huge Garden Centre similar to this about 20 miles away, but some smaller ones nearer. The smaller ones still have a food hall, cafe and pets/pet supplies. They are great for a day out!
@barbarafruitbat124510 ай бұрын
I don't live far from this Bents Garden Centre! It's a beautiful place, lovely staff, fantastic food and loads of stuff to look at. Their Christmas displays are just out of this world!
@chrisharrell244910 ай бұрын
Garden centres are very famous in UK for Granny sitting. An expression for taking your elderly parents out during the midweek for a meal. Plus, a wander around if. they're up to it. and not too frail.
@CharlesWyatt-cg5qs10 ай бұрын
This is my local garden centre. I met Mr Bents 30 yrs ago who lived next door to his shop, and showed me around his own garden. The garden centre is big, but I spend only an hour amongst the plants, and never leave without buying something. I go every year throughout spring and summer. This is quite an informative video as you discovered, although I have never taken the time to look around the whole place myself I might just do that one day.
@Golightly35410 ай бұрын
You're very lucky. I adored John Bent when I was a child as he went out with my biology teacher and was really sweet with us.
@Ponkelina10 ай бұрын
This is mahoosive for UK garden centres. I've been in big ones and small ones but this tops them all. Wow. Now I want to visit it. I think its an all day long visit.
@nataliescott22619 ай бұрын
Growing up we had a garden centre much like this but also had pick you’re own fruit and veg . It was great you get little basket you dug up potatoes, picked strawberry’s learned how food was grown .
@Glyn-gq8ts6 ай бұрын
The farm shops and garden centres are fabulous. Great gifts, great food, lovely plants etc
@dyson3710 ай бұрын
Greetings from Stoke-On-Trent the home of pottery. I didn't know about this garden centre but after looking it up on Google its actually not far from me so I am going to pay the this place a visit when the weather gets a bit better as were coming to the end of winter here in the UK. Thanks Ladies for this and keep up the good work.
@kerraig66610 ай бұрын
The one at Trentham isn't too shabby
@nick_Hfc10 ай бұрын
Now that's a reaction! Some garden centre's, like Bridgmere near Nantwich, also have show gardens to illustrate how planting can be done and hard landscaping. Also most Garden Centres are series of concessions who rent space from the owners eg Lakeland, Edinburgh Woollen Milll, Cotton Traders etc
@annienayland4510 ай бұрын
Love Bridgmere. Outlets such as Lakeland - baking etc., Hobbycraft for all crafts, many eateries, a stall for fresh friut and veg. Then there's a large butchers and fresh cheese and savoury counter. The plant outside are of superb variety and quality. Bents is amazing as well.
@kfp293210 ай бұрын
Bridgemere's Christmas display is always brilliant too.
@whatsgoingon481510 ай бұрын
There are lots of garden centres like this all over the country.
@TerenceDixon-l6b10 ай бұрын
Our local Garden Centre is smaller but similar with a wide range of goods, plants and a restaurant. It was started by an individual who was one of the sons of a large building company. Its pet centre also had an aquarium sector where you could get both freshwater and marine fish, as well as equipment for the home aquarium. There are quite a lot of centres similar to this around the country. we have several within a few miles of us in the English Midlands. My son worked there as a part-time job at weekends and school holidays (he was 12 years old when he started) when it first opened and ended up working in the restaurant and was often left in charge on the tills.
@anonniemouse804210 ай бұрын
I love how you get so excited by it.
@kathchandler491910 ай бұрын
The Tebay centre they talk about is a motorway service station in Cumbria, just over the border from Northumberland & I shop there, it's a beautiful farm shop & does the original sticky toffee pudding, from (& invented in) Cartmel, Cumbria 😊
@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej10 ай бұрын
Tebay does BRILLIANT breakfasts. And it's so scenic!
@dasy2k110 ай бұрын
They also have a sister site on the M5 at Gloucester (I believe the owners are related)
@kathchandler491910 ай бұрын
@@dasy2k1 wouldn't know, just know Tebay is part of a massive farm & is very much more than a service station to us, in fact, it's ridiculous to call it that , I spend hours a time there , it's in such a stunning area 😀
@kathchandler491910 ай бұрын
@@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej isn't it though? I agree about the breakfasts too ❤️ ❣️
@littleannie39010 ай бұрын
Not all garden centres are this big. We have a couple of quite big ones close to us but not to this scale. Most tend to sell plants and tools, home and garden decor, garden furniture, garden buildings, giftware, clothing, some food and an aquatics centre and pets section. (for some reason they didn’t show these). They all have restaurants or cafes. A lot of people go to the garden centre for lunch and once inside you can’t help but be tempted by everything else. They all have big a Christmas section every year with all things sparkly.
@Sue47410 ай бұрын
Yes, I love how our garden centres sell food and drink from local suppliers. I live on the East Sussex coast and our garden centre has fresh meat, fruit and vegetables from local farms. Only yesterday I went to our garden centre and stocked up on wonderful jams and marmalades made at a fruit farm a few miles away. There is a huge variety of locally sourced food and drink. The restaurant is very popular too. The garden centre in your video is a particularly large one, but garden centres that sell a similar variety of goods are extremely common in the UK. I think the thing that stands out about our garden centres is the high quality of all the things sold there. That's what makes them lovely places to visit and buy from. By the way, there are also some wonderful foods and confectionery from all over the world (like that root beer) that you won't find in a normal supermarket but you will find in a garden centre because it is a high quality product so cost a little more than the mass-produced and well-known brands.
@LisaEvans-qb1bs9 ай бұрын
This blows my mind because I grew up about 2 miles away from Bents garden center. When it was started it was literally a small greenhouse and now it’s the massive store it is now. It’s situated in a small village called Glazebury. It’s between Manchester and liverpool and at weekends the roads get so busy.
@Benmusicvideos10 ай бұрын
Garden centres in the UK are now like a shopping village or destination. It’s quite common to have many areas including clothes, farm shop, homewares etc. outdoor furniture is sold in pretty much most of them and then you have all your plants and bulbs. It’s only plant nurseries that just tend to sell plants.
@kmorton599510 ай бұрын
We love our gardens centres in the UK. Some also have kids clubs where kids have classes on plants, nature and caring for the environment.
@LisaBlumire10 ай бұрын
It looks standard for a Garden Center. In the village I live in (small town to you), we have all the things mentioned in the video. It has different departments covering everything for your home (including interior design) and garden. Many have pet shops, aquarium and garden building sales as well. We have 5 garden centers in a 6 mile radius..
@phil29125410 ай бұрын
There are quite a few large garden centres and villages in UK which are designed to be a full family day out and shopping experience - they are large due usually to a number of independent businesses from around the country owning plots within - Lakeland etc….they are usually on outskirts of town in rural areas and have parking , buses , taxi stands for access also -
@phil29125410 ай бұрын
Ps as said earlier these centres usually have aquarist , pond and aquarium sections for tropical , marine and cold water fish / Koi etc for hobbyists - there is one here that wasn’t shown I believe ….. 🤪🤯
@caren63109 ай бұрын
Loads of Garden Centres in Scotland just like this, Dobbies in Braehead even has a pet shop inside it with large aquariums outside it had pond equipment, plants & fish. Indoor plants inside, outdoor plants are outside at the back with sheds & landscaping
@cicero29 ай бұрын
I live in West Yorkshire and this garden centre is totally unlike anything local to me. We have very large centres that are nearly all plants/accessories only. As another poster has said this is almost a small town!