Dobbies Garden Centre, Southport
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| A new build in 2008, this Dobbies garden centre at Southport follows
their standard format. It's large, modern and with lots of indoor sales space for
gifts and the like. |
This is a totally independent GardenAction review of
Dobbies Garden Centre in Southport. Click any
picture to enlarge it.
DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRE, SOUTHPORT - THE PLANTS
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The outdoor plants area is split into two parts. There is a covered area
which contains mainly tender plants and the uncovered area which contains hardier
plants. The space lacks any design inspiration being a series of mainly straight, but
wide paths. There was a strong wind blowing when we visited but most plants remained
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The plants area is large and there is a good range of shrubs, herbaceous plants and
trees on offer. They were all in good condition. All hardy plants are covered by the
Dobbies 5 year guarantee which is excellent. Finding your way round for specific
plants is not particularly easy. There are no overhead signs to indicate where specific
plant groups (e.g. climbers or roses) can be found. Bit when you do find a plants group,
they are clearly marked in alphabetic order. |
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There was an very good selection of other gardening goods outdoors. Pots, composts
paving and fencing are all very well featured. There was an exceptionally large range
of conservatories, probably the largest we have encountered at a garden centre. A good
range of greenhouses (rather expensive though) on offer and all are well displayed. |
DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRE, SOUTHPORT - THE PRICES
The prices were slightly above average according to our shopping basket at
the time we visited. What surprised us was that the cheapest spade on offer was £19.99,
twice the price of economy spades at some other garden centres we have visited recently.
Admittedly, quality may play a part, but we feel that Dobbies could offer a cheaper
alternative.
We were also surprised that there was no 1 litre Tomorite (the larger size was available)
and no standard Miracle Go or Phosphogren.
| Rose bush (named variety) |
£6.99 upwards |
| Common shrub (e.g. hebe) |
£7.99 |
| Clematis |
£7.99 upwards |
| Runner Bean seeds |
£2.79 |
| Multipurpose Compost 56l |
£3.99 or 3 for £12 |
| Miracle Gro 1kg |
Not found |
| Stainless steel fork |
£21.99 (Dobbies) |
| Economy spade |
£19.99 (Dobbies) |
| Tomorite 1 litre |
Not found |
| Blood Fish and Bone - 3.5kg |
£5.99 |
| Medium cup of coffee in cafe |
£1.60 |
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