A GARDEN centre based in Warrington has been named as one of the best in the UK.
Bents Garden and Home, in Glazebury, has made a list of the best 25 garden centres.
The list is composed by the Daily Mail and each garden centre is scored on its selection of plants and the quality of its cafes and restaurants.
Each business was given an overall score out of 10.
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Bents, which is a family-run business, received an impressive 9/10.
The scoring reads:
Plant selection: 9/10 – There is a myriad of plants on offer inside the Open Skies Glasshouse and outside area.
Houseplant selection: 8/10 – A dedicated houseplant section.
Other items for sale: 9/10 – An entire retail village including a pet shop, a children’s boutique, and a cook shop.
Restaurants: 9/10 – There are no fewer than seven different eating options from breakfast in the Fresh Approach Restaurant to a pet-friendly café and tapas.
Overall score: 9/10
Besides this recognition, Bents has been named as the UK’s Best Destination Garden Centre a handful of times, along with receiving many other accolades.
The Daily Mail’s top 25 garden centres in the UK are:
- Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree, Essex
- Notcutts, Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Ruxley Manor, Sidcup, Kent
- Merriments, East Sussex
- Haskins Snowhill, Copthorne, West Sussex
- Hillier Garden Centre, Winchester, Hampshire
- Clifton Nurseries, Maida Vale, London
- Petersham Nurseries, Richmond
- Burford Garden Centre, Oxfordshire
- Bournville Garden Centre, Birmingham
- Bridgemere Garden Centre, Nantwich
- Bents Garden & Home, Warrington
- Barton Grange, Preston
- Fairways Garden Centre, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
- Tong Garden Centre, West Yorkshire
- Cowell’s Garden Centre, Newcastle
- Hayes Garden World, Cumbria
- Pugh’s Garden Village, Cardiff
- The Old Railway Line, Brecon, Powys
- Caulders Mugdock, Milngavie, Glasgow
- Simpsons, Inverness
- Monkton Elm, Taunton, Somerset
- Otter Garden Centre, Ottery Saint Mary, Devon
- Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Lostwithiel, Cornwall
- Coleman’s Garden Centre, Templepatrick, Northern Ireland
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