Pillaton Garden Centre

[proactive]

I was reminded of this place today. Anyone been recently?

 

[Carole]

I've not been recently but I went last year.

Its averagely ok, they don't have a huge amount of choice.

My favourite of the smaller garden centres is Pipers on the A5 not far from Dobbies.

 

[proactive]

I've not been recently but I went last year.

Its averagely ok, they don't have a huge amount of choice.

My favourite of the smaller garden centres is Pipers on the A5 not far from Dobbies.

Ah right, you mean in between Gailey and the M6?

 

[Carole]

Yes that's the one. From Penkridge turn left at Gailey roundabout and then it's on the left hand side.

The plants always appear to be cared for and well watered.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...618f4bc0887:0xaaa279b142eb452b?hl=en-gb&gl=uk

 

[Lucy]

I like Pipers too, it's a proper old fashioned nursery.

 

[littleme]

I like Johnson Hall Nurseries in Eccleshall (Not to be confused with Fletchers) a good selection of plants at really good prices & really helpful staff. The only downside is there is no tea-room & the loo is a bit grotty (but a little bird has a nest in there & regularly flies through the loo window!)


http://www.plants4life.co.uk

 

[proactive]

I like Johnson Hall Nurseries in Eccleshall (Not to be confused with Fletchers) a good selection of plants at really good prices & really helpful staff. The only downside is there is no tea-room & the loo is a bit grotty (but a little bird has a nest in there & regularly flies through the loo window!)


http://www.plants4life.co.uk

Never even knew that one existed.

 

[littleme]

Never even knew that one existed.

Its in a victorian walled garden - I think that Mr Cauldwell may live on the other side of the wall, but I could be wrong.

I didnt know the same people had one at Bury Bank!

 

[littleme]

Theres also Greenheart plants at Hopton. Very small, famiky owned, no tea-room. (If its still there, be prepared for a long stay, the owner kept us chatting for hours last time we went.)

 

[proactive]

Its in a victorian walled garden - I think that Mr Cauldwell may live on the other side of the wall, but I could be wrong.

I didnt know the same people had one at Bury Bank!

No, the garden centre is on the road to Woodseaves by the looks of it. Caudwell's pile is up on the road towards Loggerheads.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Hall,_Staffordshire

It is rather nice, it has to be said.

 

[proactive]

Theres also Greenheart plants at Hopton. Very small, famiky owned, no tea-room. (If its still there, be prepared for a long stay, the owner kept us chatting for hours last time we went.)

Yes I've been to that one, it's really nice and the owners very friendly.

 

[Gramaisc]

No, the garden centre is on the road to Woodseaves by the looks of it. Caudwell's pile is up on the road towards Loggerheads.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Hall,_Staffordshire

It is rather nice, it has to be said.

That's the old monastery - some of it is not as old as it looks.

 

[proactive]

That's the old monastery - some of it is not as old as it looks.

Find it hard to believe Caudwell would have anything fake...

 

[Gramaisc]

Find it hard to believe Caudwell would have anything fake...

It was extended in the 1920s, in a similar style to the original.

 

[proactive]

It was extended in the 1920s, in a similar style to the original.

Did you help out with the work?

 

[littleme]

No, the garden centre is on the road to Woodseaves by the looks of it. Caudwell's pile is up on the road towards Loggerheads.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Hall,_Staffordshire

It is rather nice, it has to be said.

Ahhh, the house on the other side of the wall is rather nice too...

 

[littleme]

Sugnall walled Gardens are good also, especially when the Plant Hunters Fair are there (or the Gin Jamboree).

 

[Studio Tan]

Peloton Garden Centre (groan)