Hilliers Garden Centre, Banbury

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	Hilliers garden centre was bought in April 2009 and is still in the process of being upgraded. A medium sized garden centre, it aims to serve the local population with the majority of their garden needs.

This is a totally independent GardenAction review of Hilliers garden centre in Banbury.

HILLIERS GARDEN CENTRE - THE PLANTS AREA

The range of plants was good for a garden centre of this size. As you would expect there are no particular specialist areas. However, most of the plants you would normally look for are here.

Although not a large outdoor plants area, it was surprising to see that there were no signs at all to indicate where plants were located. Within a plant group, the plants were in alphabetic order.

We saw no hardy plant guarantee advertised at this garden centre and we are not aware that Hilliers offer one. Slightly disappointing for a large chain of garden centres. However, the quality of the plants looked good.
The design, of the plants area, within its relatively small space was average. It was good to see that they had managed to squeeze in an advice centre with reference books.

Advice centre at Hilliers garden centre Banbury

HILLIERS GARDEN CENTRE - THE PRICES

Prices at Hilliers in Banbury were slightly above average.

Rose, 3 litre pot	Ł6.49 upwards
Common shrub (e.g. potentilla)	Ł6.79
Clematis named variety	Ł7.99 upwards
Economy spade	Ł12.99
Stainless steel fork	Ł24.99
Runner Bean seeds	Ł2.79
Multi-purpose compost 60l	Ł4.99 or 2 for Ł9
Fish, blood and bone 2.5kg	Ł4.99
Tomorite 1 litre	Ł3.89
Miracle Gro 1 kg	Ł4.99
Large cup of coffee	Ł1.49

NOTE: Price comparisons are based on the prices we find at the time of our visit. We compare to them average prices in the same year as the date of the review.

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