A GARDEN centre based in Cheshire has been named as one of the best in the UK.

Bents Garden and Home, in Glazebury, has made a list of the best 25 garden centres.

The list is composed by the Daily Mail and each garden centre is scored on its selection of plants and the quality of its cafes and restaurants.

Each business was given an overall score out of 10.

 

Bents, which is a family-run business, received an impressive 9/10.

The scoring reads:

Plant selection: 9/10 – There is a myriad of plants on offer inside the Open Skies Glasshouse and outside area.

Houseplant selection: 8/10 – A dedicated houseplant section.

Other items for sale: 9/10 – An entire retail village including a pet shop, a children’s boutique, and a cook shop.

Restaurants: 9/10 – There are no fewer than seven different eating options from breakfast in the Fresh Approach Restaurant to a pet-friendly café and tapas.

Overall score: 9/10

Besides this recognition, Bents has been named as the UK’s Best Destination Garden Centre a handful of times, along with receiving many other accolades.

The Daily Mail’s top 25 garden centres in the UK are:

  1. Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree, Essex
  2. Notcutts, Woodbridge, Suffolk
  3. Ruxley Manor, Sidcup, Kent
  4. Merriments, East Sussex
  5. Haskins Snowhill, Copthorne, West Sussex
  6. Hillier Garden Centre, Winchester, Hampshire
  7. Clifton Nurseries, Maida Vale, London
  8. Petersham Nurseries, Richmond
  9. Burford Garden Centre, Oxfordshire
  10. Bournville Garden Centre, Birmingham
  11. Bridgemere Garden Centre, Nantwich
  12. Bents Garden & Home, Warrington
  13. Barton Grange, Preston
  14. Fairways Garden Centre, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
  15. Tong Garden Centre, West Yorkshire
  16. Cowell’s Garden Centre, Newcastle
  17. Hayes Garden World, Cumbria
  18. Pugh’s Garden Village, Cardiff
  19. The Old Railway Line, Brecon, Powys
  20. Caulders Mugdock, Milngavie, Glasgow
  21. Simpsons, Inverness
  22. Monkton Elm, Taunton, Somerset
  23. Otter Garden Centre, Ottery Saint Mary, Devon
  24. Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Lostwithiel, Cornwall
  25. Coleman’s Garden Centre, Templepatrick, Northern Ireland