Thompsons Plant & Garden Centre
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Thompsons Plant & Garden Centre
Thompsons Plant & Garden Centres are a family run Garden Centre group consisting of four Retails sites. We specialise in supplying our garden centres with our very own plants, grown locally on four nursery sites in the south east. Compost, Grits & Gravels available for click & collect, now includes more gardening lines!

Visit our brand new web shop and guarantee your collection date! We want to re-assure customers that we are doing everything we can to make it a safe shopping environment within all our garden centres. Our planting guides are here to help give you a few pointers on how to plant different plants. Watch videos with basic instructions and follow our step by step pointers.
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We understand that some of the items purchased at our garden centre can be quite large and also very heavy. All of our garden centres offer a local delivery service, please ask a member of staff for details. This means that our customers can buy our hardy plants with confidence, knowing that they can rely on the quality of plants that we produce here at Thompsons.
Thompsons Plant & Garden Centres are proud members of the garden centre association. Many of the country's leading garden centres belong to the Garden Centre Association and each one has to achieve a high level of good business practice before they can be accepted as an Approved Member. To ensure that high standards are maintained, each garden centre is inspected annually.
Gardening can be a daunting prospect if you've had no previous experience. What should I plant in my garden, and how do I plant it, are common questions to our garden centre staff. By sharing some basic knowledge we hope to encourage the novice gardener and give them the confidence to make something out of their garden.
Step 2: First, place a layer of clay granules in the pots; this makes them lighter than filling the entire pot with potting soil. Step 6: Plant them in the ornamental pot and fill the space between the rootballs with potting compost. Step 8: The potting compost provides sufficient nutrients for around 6 weeks, after which you need to feed.
If the overall grass cover of your lawn is thin or there are noticeable bare patches around the lawn then over-seeding is called for. Step 1: Rake the Area. Use a rake to loosen the soil surface and remove any obvious weeds or stones. A sprinkling of Arthur Bowers Lawn Dressing worked into your existing surface will help to provide a fine seed bed.
Reviews (5)
Kevin Saint
Kevin Saint
Dec 19, 2021
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Christmas trees are back from Monday !!...
Great little garden centre, which makes it easier to get in and out of and with plenty available stock.
Excellent selection of fabulous Christmas trees. Staff friendly, attention and informative. Definitely will be returning.
George Hendey
George Hendey
Jul 14, 2021
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Have been looking for an Acer. We went to both the Ruxley garden centres and were extremely disappointed with their stock and condition. Thompsons had a decent selection and a lady member of staff was extremely helpful and we found just what we wanted. We should have gone there first.
Vergil Cheynov
Vergil Cheynov
Nov 22, 2020
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Beautiful plants and garden decoration. Always a pleasure going there and looking around, buying stuff. Staff also very helpful.
Bryce J.
Bryce J.
Jul 03, 2014
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We visited this garden centre just once last year. We wish it was a little closer to where we live, as it is wonderful.

They have a great selection of plants. We went specifically to get a plum tree. We got a lovely shaped specimen and were given good advice about planting and pruning. The chap we were speaking to also recommended a couple of jasmines and we bought a few annuals too. He kindly tied up the tree and helped us into the car with it.

The creepers and tree have really taken hold in our garden, thanks to the good advice, and are growing nicely this year.

We're hoping to make
Qype User Martd
Qype User Martd
Nov 23, 2008
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This is a very well stocked garden centre and caters for all types of gardens and plants. There is a large car park with plenty of trollys and they also deliver. There is also a good range of fencing products and garden buildings. They also have a wide range of pots and patio planters. There is a large indoor section selling all sorts of seeds, composts,hose accesories garden wear etc