Buckingham Plant and Garden Centre, Buckinghamshire (page 2)

HELP AND GUARANTEES

When we visited the garden centre we saw no hardy plant guarantee on display. The guarantee for plants bought online was for only 3 days which was also disapointing.
Help is available from a dedicated information centre in the outdoor plant centre. Thoroughly commendable.

HOUSE PLANTS
A small range of house plants is available in the shop area. The plants were healthy and the prices were average.

AQUATICS
Buckingham Aquatics stocks a reasonable range of tropical and marine fish. Coldwater fish are also sold when they are in season. There is a full range of accessories including feeds, pumps and tanks.

DISABLED FACILITIES
The aisles in nearly all the areas is more than wide enough for wheelchair access. The floor surfaces are even throughout. Disabled toilets are provided.

CAFE
The cafe is on the small side for the amount of visitors but in warm times there is additional seating outside. The cafe area is neat and tidy but uninspiring. Interestingly, there were original pictures for sale on the walls.

The food is good quality with many items being really "home-cooked". There are the normal sandwiches, filled potatoes, ploughmans, Panini etc. on offer for a light lunch. In addition there are several specials available for a larger lunch.

The coffee and tea were good. The prices were very competitive, with all of the hot lunch meals at under �6. That's great value for money given the high standard of food on offer.

TOILETS
The toilets were clean with no queues although a little dated.

CAR PARKING
The car park was ample for the number of visitors and was dry and level.

DIRECTIONS AND CONTACT
The address is:
Buckingham Nurseries and Garden Centre
Tingewick Road,
Buckingham,
Buckinghamshire MK18 4AE

A map can be found here.

Tel: 01280 822133
Email: enquiries@hedging.co.uk
Website: http://www.hedging.co.uk/

DATE OF LAST VISIT
Summer 2007.

SUMMARY
Buckingham Garden Centre is one of the top garden centres we have visited for plants. The range on offer is outstanding and all the plants look healthy. Our only criticism is the level of guarantee on hardy plants. This was well below the standard of most other large garden centres. Overall, we thoroughly recommend that you give Buckingham's a visit.

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