In article , Bob Hobden
writes
There's a funny little garden centre near the Eton Rowing Lake, the
place where they will hold the Olympic Rowing, I can't remember what
it's called (Dorney Court walled garden?) but the fruit trees and
bushes there were very good quality and actually cheaper than from the
nursery that supply them. They do have a cafe and the food smelt superb
but we had somewhere to go. As I said at the beginning it is little though.


That's SUPERB for food Bob they even get coach parties in the summer so
another good reminder.

Plants are okay but not a great deal there though they did have a few
pots etc.

Farnham Common Nurseries are brilliant as Graham suggested but I think
verge on the landscape gardener and/designers as they have quite large
specimens of shrubs and lots of them rather than HUGE varieties. That
said - the ones they do have are always the best 'specimens' of a plant
group for a garden RHS awarded plants and/or good 'doers'
FCN have extended massively since e of years ago.

There's a scruffy (well it was when i went) chain Garden Centre almost
opposite which actually has quite a few bargains at the end of seasons.

Perhaps a thread on recommended GCs might help people? I know opinions
vary widely and for good reasons but if you know a URG member and what
their general likes/dislikes/skill levels are then their opinions can be
taken as a good guide (IYSWIM)

This one has reminded of some that i had completely forgotten though i
have been several times!!

If you are a 'serious' gardener (i.e. one that Bob brown says tries all
the rubbish, hard to please plants as a challenge and likes the rare and
unusual) then DO try and find Little Heath Nursery near Berkhamsted.
It's ina wood and has an idiosyncratic little cafe and no actual indoor
place, so you have to wander round to find John the owner to pay him.
Plants are really of unusual specimens of ordinary types and they know
their stuff, they specialise in Alpines and they show at Rare Plant
fairs.
We always go and spend hours there and often they let us see their
dilapidated greenhouses where they have new treasures coming along!!

It's in Bullbaiters Lane and you could miss it as the entrance is
actually in the woods !
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Janet Tweedy