HORTICULTURE WEEK'S TOP 175 GARDEN CENTRES

Horticulture Week's Top 175 Garden Centre Report tracks the biggest changes in the garden retail market providing a deep dive into the top players. HW subscribers must be signed in to view the report. To find out how to subscribe, click here.

Top 175 Garden Centres 2021 Ranking

Longacres Bagshot: group says the past 12 months have been jaw-dropping after the store ‘went nuts as soon as it could open’ - credit: Longacres

Top 175 Garden Centres 2021: 1 - 25

Credit: Aylett Nurseries

Top 175 Garden Centres 2021: 26 - 50

Rosebourne: runs centres at Weyhill in Hampshire and Aldermaston in Berkshire - credit: Rosebourne Garden Centre

Top 175 Garden Centres 2021: 51 - 75

Beckworth: centre offers expert advice - credit: Beckworth Emporium

Top 175 Garden Centres 2021: 76 - 100

Credit: Frosts

Top 175 Garden Centres 2021: 101 - 125

Lower Morden: south-west London garden centre is part of the Blue Diamond group - credit: Blue Diamond

Top 175 Garden Centres 2021: 126 - 150

Dobbies: largest UK group at 73 centres - credit: Dobbies

Top 175 Garden Centres 2021: 151 - 175

Top 175 UK Garden Centres 2021 - group data

Top 175 UK Garden Centres by turnover - geographical spread

Top 175 UK Garden Centres 2021 by county - MAP

Top 150 UK Garden Centres 2020

Top 150 Garden Centres 2020 - 1 - 30

RHS Wisley Garden Centre - image: RHS

Top 150 Garden Centres 2020 - 31 - 60

Rosebourne Garden Centre - credit: HW

Top 150 Garden Centres 2020 - 61 - 90

Downtown Garden Centre

Top 150 Garden Centres 2020 - 91 - 120

Old Barn Garden Centre - credit: HW

Top 150 Garden Centres 2020 - 121 - 150

Fifty garden centre bosses you need to know

Top garden centres by county revealed

Top UK garden centres 2020 listed by group numbers

Ranking 2018

Garden Centre Profiles

Welcome Building: forms part of a £160m RHS investment programme and landscape will feature an avenue of cherry trees - image: Forbes Massey

How is RHS Garden Wisley's new Welcome Building progressing?

28 February 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

Barton Grange Garden Centre: opened at Brock in Lancashire in 2008 and is now aiming to attract more people to the site with its leisure development - all images: HW

Garden Centre Profile: The Flower Bowl, Barton Grange Garden Centre

17 August 2018 , By Matthew Appleby

Squire’s Woking: revamped garden centre features larger planteria, outdoor canopy, bigger shop and café bar with verandah - all images: HW

Garden centre profile - Squire's, Woking

4 June 2018 , By Matthew Appleby

East Bridgford Garden & Home: managing director Alan Roper worked on shop fit - all images: HW

Garden centre profile: Blue Diamond, East Bridgford Garden & Home

25 April 2018 , By Matthew Appleby

Bonnetts Garden Village: further retail space and a restaurant set to be developed at centre owned by Chris Bonnett - All pictures: Bonnetts Garden Village

Garden centre profile: Bonnetts Garden Village

5 March 2018 , By Matthew Appleby

Gavin: works as sustainability co-ordinator at Hulme Community Garden Centre - image: HW

Garden centre profile: Hulme Community Garden Centre, Manchester

16 January 2018 , By Matthew Appleby

Edinburgh: flagship garden centre in Dobbies chain located in the Scottish capital - image: HW

Garden centre profile: Dobbies Garden World, Edinburgh

1 November 2017

Longacres Bybrook Barn Garden Centre - image: HW

Garden centre profile - Longacres Bybrook Barn Garden Centre

1 July 2017 , By Matthew Appleby

The Palace Gardener: locals petitioned for garden centre and have been supportive - image: HW

Garden centre profile - The Palace Gardener

28 April 2017 , By Matthew Appleby

Bunnings: offering customers a broader range of products from which to choose - image: HW

Garden centre profile: Bunnings Warehouse, St Albans

3 March 2017 , By Matthew Appleby

Rosebourne: garden centre aiming to offer everything for customers’ weekly shop but without the brands of big supermarkets - image: HW

Garden centre profile: Rosebourne

11 November 2016 , By Matthew Appleby

Mappleborough Green Garden Centre: major growth since fully reopening in June - image: HW

Garden centre profile: Mappleborough Green Garden Centre

30 September 2016 , By Matthew Appleby

Aylett Nurseries: winner of 42 RHS gold medals for its dahlias but also specialises in geraniums and fuchsias at 10-acre site - image: HW

Garden centre profile: Aylett Nurseries, St Albans, Hertfordshire

19 August 2016 , By Matthew Appleby

Ranking 2019

More profiles

David Morley and Chris Francis

Garden Retail Profile - Hillier Syon Park set to launch

17 April 2021 , By Matthew Appleby

The Berkshire Gardener - all images: HW

Garden Centre profile: unique selling points at The Berkshire Gardener

7 April 2021 , By Matthew Appleby

Credit all images: Robert Hitchins

Dobbies, Designer Outlet Cotswolds, Gloucestershire

25 June 2020 , By Matthew Appleby

Haskins Snowhill: rebuilt centre was opened in February by Julian Winfield (left) with Jamie, Ally and Warren Haskins - image: Haskins Garden Centres

How upmarket rebuild at Haskins Snowhill was driven by customer base

7 April 2020 , By Matthew Appleby

Haskins Snowhill: £15m development project is due to complete early next year with a scaled opening from February 2020 - image: Haskins

Garden centre profile: Haskins Snowhill, Copthorne, West Sussex

31 October 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

Homebase: garden centre sections starting to be restored across the retailer’s stores after unsuccessful Bunnings conversion - all images: Homebase

How is Homebase repositioning its garden offer under new ownership?

25 April 2019 , By Matthew Appleby

Rosebourne Aldermaston: group’s second garden centre was opened in October - images: HW

Garden Centre Profile: Rosebourne, Aldermaston

18 October 2018

Planters Garden Centre: 25-year-old store located near Tamworth in Staffordshire - image: HW

Garden centre profile - Planters Garden Centre

8 July 2016 , By Matthew Appleby

Tong Garden Centre: 7ha site refurbished and remerchandised by the new owners

Garden centre profile: Tong Garden Centre

15 April 2016 , By Matthew Appleby

Frensham: expanded planteria refurbished with new benches from Woodlodge - image: HW

Garden centre profile: Frensham Garden Centre, Surrey

23 March 2016

Carr Farm Garden Centre - image: HW

Garden centre profile - Carr Farm Garden Centre

8 October 2015

Haskins West End: garden centre opened in 1996 and major investment delivered significant improvements in 2012 - image: Haskins West End

Top 100 Profile - Haskins West End

4 September 2015

Hayes Garden World: centre is working hard to attract more parents and children as well as expanding its online offering - image: HW

Top 100 Profile - Hayes Garden World

16 July 2015

Roundstone: garden centre was purpose-built in 2012 after being bought by the Haskins group in 2000 - image: HW

Top 100 Profile - Haskins Roundstone

26 June 2015

Squire’s Twickenham: £6.85m turnover garden centre was rebuilt in 1992-93, refurbished in 2012-13 and celebrated its 50th anniversary last year - image: HW

Top 100 Profile - Squire's Twickenham

2 April 2015

Alton Garden Centre: re-asphalting, replacement canopies and new benching are among the latest developments currently going on at the centre - image: HW

Top 100 Profile - Alton Garden Centre

6 February 2015

Poplars Garden Centre: business has been going for 100 years since starting as a nursery and the latest extension opened in 2010 - image: All pictures: HW

Top 100 profile - Poplars

12 December 2014

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