Dobbies Garden Centres

This is an enormous garden centre! It stocks just about everything you could ever need for your garden from furniture to paving to the humble pansy. As well as garden related products it has an aquatic section for both tropical and cold water fish and also assorted gifts throughout the store. Downstairs there are clothes both for everday wear and also outdoors e. g Barbour jackets and walking boots. There is a small specialist foodie section with upmarket sauces, pastas, herbs, spices, bottled beers, ciders, spirits and liqueurs. Also a kichenwares department, books, toys, greetings cards and gift wrap etc. The restaurant seemed to be doing a reasonable trade when I visited and the cream cakes in the display cabinet looked wonderful, though I resisted the temptation on this occasion :-) At Christmas it becomes a winter wonderland with a huge range of decorations, lights etc. and Father Christmas comes to visit for the kids. Smashing garden centre basically, though like many it is errs on the expensive side, hence my rating of 4 stars instead of 5.

not a bad place if your a gardening fan. although the café is lovely it can be a little pricey. the building is spacious and theres always plenty to look at. there is plenty of parking, however disabled parking can sometimes be difficult.

I’m not a big fan of ‘chain’ garden centres but this one is great for a day out. It’s one of the larger centres in the local area and offers a wide range of gardening products along with a great range of gifts and local produce.
Highlights include a deli /​local produce area where you can purchase great frozen pasties ready to cook and a wide range of high quality frozen fruit
They also run quite a few promotions. I recommend the breakfast with Santa for the kids on Christmas eve morning — Its fairly cheap and gets the kids out from under your feet ready for Christmas prep. You need to buy tickets in advance and early as they sell out quickly