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The Best Garden Centres in the South of England
Our pick of the best garden centres in the South of England (Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight), every address checked.
The GuideBritain's Love Affair with Garden Centres: History, Horticulture & the Best Days OutHow the garden centre was born, the family firms behind the best of them, and how to get the most from your visitRead our guide: Britain's Love of Garden Centres →Haskins Snowhill
Copthorne, West Sussex
Named the Garden Centre Association's South East Garden Centre of the Year in 2026, and third in the national destination category.
See details →Coolings Wych Cross
Forest Row, East Sussex
A family-run garden centre on Colemans Hatch Road at the edge of Ashdown Forest, part of a Kent and Sussex business growing since 1913.
See details →Garsons Esher
Esher, Surrey
A 2026 finalist in the Garden Centre Association's South East awards.
See details →Garsons Titchfield
Titchfield, Hampshire
Garsons' Hampshire centre, also a 2026 finalist in the South East awards.
See details →RHS Garden Wisley Plant Centre
Wisley, Surrey
The Royal Horticultural Society's flagship garden and its plant centre, the place to buy what you have just admired in the borders.
See details →The Gardener's Garden Centre (Coolings)
Knockholt, Kent
Coolings' plant-led home on a 14-acre site, growing over 65 per cent of what it sells on its own nursery; Coolings Nurseries was the GCA's South East Garden Centre of the Year in 2026.
See details →Ruxley Manor Garden Centre
Sidcup, Kent
A family-run destination centre on the London–Kent border with roots in a nursery of 1876; among the GCA's South East destination winners in 2026.
See details →The Millbrook Garden Company Staplehurst
Staplehurst, Kent
The GCA's South East Local Garden Centre of the Year in 2025.
See details →Squire's Milford
Milford, Surrey
Winner of the GCA's 2025 South East award for best garden products retailer; Squire's has centres across Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire and west London.
See details →Squire's Frensham
Frensham, Surrey
Named UK Garden Centre Food Hall of the Year.
See details →Crocus
Online · delivers UK-wide · crocus.co.uk
Often called the UK's biggest gardening website, and a favourite all-rounder for plants delivered to the door.
See details →Thompson & Morgan
Online · delivers UK-wide · thompson-morgan.com
The UK's largest mail-order seed and plant company.
See details →David Austin Roses
Online · delivers UK-wide · davidaustinroses.co.uk
English roses straight from the famous Shropshire rose grower, potted or bare-root in season.
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Checked October 2026. Opening times, prices and delivery terms change, so please check before you travel or order.