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Burford Garden Company
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| The garden centre at the Burford Garden Company
is very well known locally. We reviewed this large garden centre
and give our opinion. |
This is a totally independent GardenAction review of
Burford Garden Company garden centre in the Oxfordshire area. Click any
picture to enlarge it.
PLANTS
| We visited the garden centre at the very beginning
of the gardening season and were pleased to find a huge range of
shrubs and herbaceous plants. Exactly the correct range of plants
for the garden at this time of the year. The picture shows just some
of the roses available. A comprehensive choice of David Austen roses
was also on display |
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As the picture illustrates there was a large range
of fruit trees ready for planting. The range of ornamental trees was
also impressive as was the huge number of clematis The outdoor
plant area was well-kept with wide uncluttered paths. Almost all
areas of the plant area was easily accessible to wheelchair users. |
| Of all the garden centres we have visited, the plant
guarantee was the most comprehensive. All hardy plants are
guaranteed for an industry-beating 10 years. Coupled with that
is a lowest price guarantee on all plants (click the picture to
see more clearly). This is confidence in their plants and prices
to the extreme. All the plants looked healthy and well-kept. |
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The outdoor plant area was of the standard straight path design
which was a little uninspiring. But the many signs enables you to
find the plants you want easily. We saw no outdoor information
centre although there were customer services desks indoors to supply
information on plants. |
PRICES
Our test shopping basket showed the prices to be slightly lower than
average. Examples of prices in 2008 are given below.
| Rose, 3 litre pot |
£6.50 upwards |
| Common shrub (e.g. potentilla, hebe) |
£7.00 |
| Clematis |
£6.50 upwards |
| Runner Bean seeds (4m) |
£2.79 (Unwins) |
| Multipurpose 75l |
£4.50 (3 for £10) Murphy |
| Fish, Blood and Bone, branded, 2.5kg |
£3.75 |
| Phostrogen, soluble plant food, 1.25kg |
£3.50 |
| Large cup of coffee in cafe |
£2.10 |
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