Canterbury Garden Centre At Herne Common
About Canterbury Garden Centre At Herne Common
Family owned, independent garden centre based in Herne Bay.
We were accepted as members of The Garden Centre Association in 2011.
Canterbury Garden Centre At Herne Common Description
With an impressive 150 years of horticultural and garden centre experience, here at Canterbury Garden Centre we have a friendly team of dedicated staff who will be delighted to assist you with any aspect of outdoor life, whether this is help and advice on plants, planting scheme ideas or showing you our range of garden furniture, cane conservatory furniture or some unusual gift items and ideas.
We were accepted as members of The Garden Centre Association in 2011. The Association is made up of many of the countryโs leading garden centres belong to the Garden Centre Association and each one has to achieve a high level of good business practice before they can be accepted as an Approved Member.
We offer a Two Year Plant Guarantee on all our hardy nursery stock, providing the plant has received appropriate care and attention and you can produce a valid receipt showing your purchase.
We stock a wide range of seasonal plants, such as bedding plants, alpines and pond plants. We also stock an excellent range of roses, climbing plants, trees and shrubs.
We also have a lovely relaxed restaurant, called Groves Restaurant, serving morning coffee and cakes, light lunches or afternoon tea in a bright and relaxing atmosphere, overlooking our stunning plant area.
We can cater for your business meetings, friendly catch ups with friends, or just someone to go and to grab a coffee and a bit of freshly baked cake.
We will be delighted to see you.
Our plant area team are happy to help source plants for you, if there is one in particular you would like and cannot see here, just ask! We would be happy to help.
Reviews
Our fresh cut Christmas trees are proving even more popular this year! We have a wide range in stock to choose from which are all out on display so you can easily choose your favourite, whether you like them short and full or tall and slender we have something for you, all at great prices! Donโt delay and visit the centre soon to select your tree this year to get the greatest choice. We have helpful staff ready to help you make your selection and give you the best advice on how to care for your tree - we look forward to seeing you in store soon!! ๐ ๐ ๐
Festive food frenzy! ๐โ๏ธ Our Christmas menu is now available 7 days a week from 11:30am ๐ With plenty to chose from, thereโs always something for you at Groves.
Donโt forget to follow the Instagram: @grovesrestaurantcanterbury
Colour, colour, colour! Here at Canterbury Garden Centre we still have a great offer on our planted containers to help you add instant colour to your patios and doorways to add some vibrancy to your winter garden. Come in and pick yours!
Our locally grown, fresh cut Christmas trees are now in stock! Come in early to pick the best of the best from these great quality trees. We have helpful staff on hand to help you make your selection, net and even help to your car, all in the comfort of our dry plant area. You can even see Santa while you are here and shop our wonderful Christmas decorations to adorn this years tree! We look forward to seeing you soon ๐ ๐
We now have a wonderful range of Christmas arrangements in our houseplant area. From traditional basket arrangements with poinsettia to more contemporary arrangements including succulents in a range of containers - there is something for everyone!! These make a great gift at this festive time of year as well as a simple way to add some festive cheer to your own homes...
Be sure to come into store this weekend to see Santa in our wonderful Christmas grotto, you can even pick up your fresh, locally grown Christmas tree while youโre there! ๐
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Christmas has arrived here at Groves! Our homemade festive turkey baps, filled with pigs in blankets, stuffing and cranberry sauce are now available from 11.30am! ๐
If you are thinking of gift ideas this Christmas season why not consider the gift of a plant to add some colour to friends and families gardens, or perhaps a decorative statue for them to enjoy for years to come? We still have lots of great ideas at Canterbury Garden Centre - pop in and let us inspire you with ideas this festive season...
Our grotto is now open at Canterbury Garden Centre every Saturday (10.30am - 4pm) and Sunday (10.30am - 3.30pm) until Christmas. We have had some fantastic feedback already and hope you will bring the family along to meet Santa when you can. We would like to remind all customers that there is a ยฃ5 entry fee which includes a donation to the Lions Charity as well as an age appropriate gift. We apologise for any inconvenience but this payment can only be taken in cash as we do not have the facility to take card payments in our grotto.
If you havenโt yet made the most of our incredible voucher offer in store be sure to pop in and get yours. Currently you can purchase ยฃ30 worth of our vouchers for only ยฃ25! A great gift for those who are difficult to buy for and love their gardens! (Vouchers only redeemable after 25th December)
Join us from 5pm tonight for our Christmas Open Evening ๐๐
Please note due to an administration error the Brownies will not be performing this evening
Ideal as a gift for a friend or simply a treat to yourself to add some festive cheer to your home, we have some wonderful Poinsettias now in stock here at Canterbury. We look forward to seeing you in store soon
Two more sleeps until our Christmas Open Evening and if that wasn't enough festive excitement our grotto opens this weekend!
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This year we have fixed the grotto entry price at ยฃ5 this covers a donation to the fantastic Whitstable & Herne Bay Lions and an age appropriate wrapped gift ๐ This way the Lions are guaranteed a sizeable donation to their charities, which we will also top up and every child gets a great gift too!
We do not profit from the grotto, your entry fee simply covers the time and cost of the grotto and gifts๐
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Itโs almost that time of the year ๐ Introducing our fruity mince pie latte, served with squirty cream and a dash on cinnamon. Keep an eye out for more Christmas themed treats coming soon to Groves. โ๏ธ
Donโt forget to follow us on Instagram: @grovesrestaurantcanterbury
๐๐This Thursday, join us for our Christmas Open Evening from 5pm! Entertainment, special discounts, complimentary mulled wine and mince pies too ๐
We are sorry to say that due to an administration error on our behalf the Brownies are not available, however the rest of the evening will be as advertised! See you soon ๐
We love our new magical Christmas tree at Canterbury Garden Centre... Come and admire it with a coffee in our restaurant.
The staff in the garden centre are knowledgeable and helpful. I have never bought a plant that has not thrived in my garden. At Christmas they also had some cool gifts. The cafe staff are exceptionally helpful and patient with all customers. I felt they coped well when they were extremely busy over the Christmas period. I have always found them to be polite friendly and helpful.
So much to look at and buy. Not just a garden centre.
Purchased a lovely coat for my Granddaughter.
Cafe serves lovely hot and cold food and drinks.
Staff all very friendly and helpful.
Quite pricey, but the plants are good quality so I won't grumble. The staff were incredibly helpful, and Dot happily found me a box to help carry my plants so I could get on the bus! Very wide range of perennials, and beautifully arranged in lovely displays too.
My husband and I go for a breakfast on a Sunday morning a lot, we always have the head Gardner breakfast. Can't beat it and best breakfast for miles around. Food always lovely and the produce is high quality, its always lovely and hot. Just one tiny criticism about the sausages that they need a bit more colour on the outside as they don't look cooked ( but they ) staff very helpful and friendly. Resturant always spotless.
Lovely place and great service in the shop and restaurant area. Really welcoming. Thank you ๏ฟฝ
I love this place. Great cafรฉ with a good selection of cakes and friendly staff. Lots of interesting gifts and lots of stuff for the garden. A little bit expensive but all is good quality.
Had head gardener breakfast on my lastvist was great have eaten there many times have had all of menu all great food ,bought fish,tank, accessories etc found the staff very knowledgeable and helpfull,love this place always have a good wander around ,a bit pricey but well worth it
Always such Amazing service -BUT today exceptional !!! Had quite a few questions in aquatic dept. Despite LEE being in the middle of a maintenance job - he stopped what he was doing. Not only was he so helpful - he was SO KNOWLEDGEABLE We were so impressed. Brilliant. Would recommend to everyone !!! Keep up the good work and exceptional customer experience because of Lee s help. THANK YOU SO MUCH. !! ๐๐ป๐๐ป
Garden centre is very good however the restaurant was awful. The Groves quiche with salad and new potatoes was served in a bowl!!therefore the hot quiche and potatoes were on top of the salad and wilted the salad making it inedible, the potatoes were not nice and the quince over cooked, really wasn't worth the ยฃ7.95 charged and when was served at our table the tea towel the waiter had was filthy. My husbands meal of ham egg and chips was described as gammon and was a thin slice of processed ham and egg was really greasy. Will not be eating here again