Best Dublin garden centre?

luckat

My favourite garden centre used to be the Roches Stores one in Blackrock Shopping Centre, but to my dismay, I find that it's now gone.

It was a great place for finding rare herbs - rosemaries with electric-blue flowers; Thai basil; white lavender - and had really beautiful pots. The huge glowing-blue pot that my baby oak tree lives in came from there.

What's the next best?

oblivious

I like orchards in celbridge

http://www.theorchard.ie/

NextSteps

I like Murphy and Wood on the Johnstown Road. Lots of plants and pots, and they're knowledgeable.

magicbastarder

more northerly - the ratoath garden centre - formerly the cottage garden centre, between ashbourne and ratoath.
very friendly staff.

Reyman

The one in Clondalkin across the Naas rd. is pretty comprehensive

Katzi

The National Garden Centre in Kilquade is very good (take the N11 towards Wicklow and it is sign posted). They also have lovely exhibition gardens to look at which are great source of inspiration.

Would also recommend the Powerscourt Garden Centre. It looks like it should be expensive, but I have found it very reasonable for bedding plants and such like.

I would agree about Murphy and Wood - especially for more specialist stuff. Woodies are great for bog-standard plants.

Have not tried them myself, but hear good reports about Scalpwood on the way to Enniskerry.

Dues Bellator

what about the new homebase in nutgrove its got a wide selection of pot plants , herbs , and everything to make your garden nice, a little bit expensive maybe but its got the lot.

MoominPapa

almanu wrote: »

what about the new homebase in nutgrove its got a wide selection of pot plants , herbs , and everything to make your garden nice, a little bit expensive maybe but its got the lot.

I was up there the w/e before last and their was feck all in it - lots of lonely looking plants with shelves all to themselves no herbs or veg which it was fairly well stocked in when it opened, everything on the pricey side. B&Q in Tallaght is pretty good but its +1 Johnstown garden centre for me

Dues Bellator

MoominPapa wrote: »

I was up there the w/e before last and their was feck all in it - lots of lonely looking plants with shelves all to themselves no herbs or veg which it was fairly well stocked in when it opened, everything on the pricey side. B&Q in Tallaght is pretty good but its +1 Johnstown garden centre for me

yeah funny you sould mention that somtimes i go down and its packed with some lovely stuff then i go down another week and its empty and yeah you are right its bloody expensive for plants and veg but i use it mainly for compost and bits and bobs that are rrp , its good for that kind of thing johnstown garden centre is amazing but its to dam far for me unless im going to nass its miles out of my way.

MoominPapa

almanu wrote: »

johnstown garden centre is amazing but its to dam far for me unless im going to nass its miles out of my way.

tbh I only make it out there once or twice a year but its always a joy

Dues Bellator

buy plants online eeew , i like to stroke and feel anything before i bury anything in my garden , just ask the wife:D

Shield

Reyman wrote: »

One post ??????

We're on it.

redser7

As of yesterday it is now definately Jones garden centre in Donabate. I've never seen anything like it. They did a major build over the winter and the whole thing is now housed in a series of massive greenhouses. And they're prices are fantastic too. Fair play to them they have turned a smallish family business into a real competitor. Worth a visit just to see it.

pegasus1

i went to altamont gardens near tullow a while ago amazing place to walk around, an old stately home with loads of old trees from around the world and so far the best looking plants i have seen for sale... this is there site

http://www.altamontgarden.com

make sure to walk around the garden as far as the river!

paddy147

Tulleys Nurseries or else Mount Venus for me.

Tulleys Nurseries actually supply most other garden centers and the likes of Woodies,Homebase and BnQ with the plants that they sell.

Hope you all know that.;)

olafshiel

I like the orchard in celbridge myself too, mostly the cafe! There is a list of every garden centre in Ireland by county if you are looking for a list of them near you.

magicbastarder

olafshiel wrote: »

I like the orchard in celbridge myself too, mostly the cafe! There is a list of every garden centre in Ireland by county if you are looking for a list of them near you.

are you pimping that site?
there's not a single garden centre listed there.

Corsendonk

Are Ratoath, Celbridge, Kilquade and Johnstown in Dublin?:pac:

Dizzyblonde

Rolestown garden centre gets my vote

paddy147

Mount Venus or Tulleys Nurseries,both in Dublin

Corsendonk

Jones Donabate, bit pricey but all garden centres are. I notice not many chains like Plantagen recommemded as yet.

paddy147

Corsendonk wrote: »

Jones Donabate, bit pricey but all garden centres are. I notice not many chains like Plantagen recommemded as yet.

Over 1 million euro wasted on that new steel/glass place the built out there in Jones.

And what do they stick in it???some books and watering cans and plastic flowers.

And at the prices they are charging it will be a lifetime when or even if they claw back the money they wasted to build that thing.:rolleyes:

morg

Doyle Nurseries. Brennanstown rd , Cabinteely is excellent in my opinion. Others worth a look in South Dublin are Scalp Wood Nurseries and Grange Growers , both on left of the Stepaside to Enniskerry road .

john t

Tully`s Nurseries north dublin, past blakes cross old n1 ..

Dizzyblonde

john t wrote: »

Tully`s Nurseries north dublin, past blakes cross old n1 ..

I think Tully's is good for bulk buying and things like roll-out turf, but Rolestown seem to have much more of the type of plants I'd be buying for my garden.

Sonnenblumen

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I think Tully's is good for bulk buying and things like roll-out turf, but Rolestown seem to have much more of the type of plants I'd be buying for my garden.

as a matter of interest what type of plants are you referring to?

Dizzyblonde

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

as a matter of interest what type of plants are you referring to?

A good range of hanging basket/patio pot plants, vegetable seedlings, all sorts for the domestic gardener. I bought a dwarf pear tree in Rolestown this year too and a Brown Turkey fig tree and they were very reasonable.

Don't get me wrong, I do use Tully's but in general I think it's better suited to professional gardeners. It could be that smaller garden centres are more compact, and maybe it's a visual thing that they seem packed with a huge variety of what you want to buy that's in season. Smaller garden centres are much nicer to browse in, in my opinion.

I find Tully's just too big and spread out, and the system for paying in the office annoying but that's more to do with me having balance disorder.

Corsendonk

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I think Tully's is good for bulk buying and things like roll-out turf, but Rolestown seem to have much more of the type of plants I'd be buying for my garden.

Hasn't really recovered from the great days of the Celtic Tiger and its number one client Dermot Gavin. Buying those New Zealand ferns that are like weeds in NZ and charging 300 euros a pop. Whatever happened to the 250k Jerry Hall garden in Bettystown?

swifts need our help!

NextSteps wrote: »

I like Murphy and Wood on the Johnstown Road. Lots of plants and pots, and they're knowledgeable.

Definitely a good one and Johnstown Garden Centre. Both are able to buy unusual plants

Mark

scotchy

morg wrote: »

Doyle Nurseries. Brennanstown rd , Cabinteely is excellent in my opinion. Others worth a look in South Dublin are Scalp Wood Nurseries and Grange Growers , both on left of the Stepaside to Enniskerry road .

I had never heard of Doyle’s garden centre till reading your post, went there this afternoon and was really impressed.

My new favourite garden centre.

And it’s close to me.

Thanks

Stoner

Corsendonk wrote: »

Jones Donabate, bit pricey but all garden centres are. I notice not many chains like Plantagen recommemded as yet.

I was there yesterday not many customers it has to be said, it was lunch time so I went into the the coffee shop, costa coffee i think it was, anyway it was something like 6 euro for a soup and 5 euro for wrapped sambo :eek:. The plants they had were the same price as the one just outside Navan beside the fishing shop, I did think it was strange that they were selling clothes there though, it's a fine building.