Old garden centre demolition

[BrandNewGuy]

I see the redevelopment of the garden centre site has started. Or at least the demolition part...

 

[Louisa]

A sad day for East Dulwich.

Louisa.

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> A sad day for East Dulwich.

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> Louisa.

Because the sign has "Caution Bromley"

[Alex K]

So many memories. Margaret, goodbye.

[Louisa]

Quids you wouldn't see a well respected independent garden centre close in Bromley. Mind you, you'd be unlikely to see a Morrisons open up in its place either. They've already got a Waitrose.

Louisa.

[Salsaboy]

And damn fine it is too!

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> Louisa.

[StraferJack]

I wonder if Louisa ever troubles this convo

http://www.cpfc.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-235080.html

Bromley - going to the dogs I tells ya

[Calsug]

So where is the nearest garden centre to East Dulwich now? Need to get some house plants this weekend

[Mike Dodd]

Cryatal Palace

[Mattsoper]

The best one nearby is probably The Secret Garden in Crystal Palace. There's a small one on Landsdowne Hill, West Norwood, too. Otherwise it's B&Q on Old Kent Road, though I order online instead from Crocus or Beth Chatto - which can work out a fair amount more expensive, but they have a much better range of plants.

[worldwiser]

Um, has no-one been to Alleyn Park just a stone's throw away in West Dulwich? Google it. Fabulous place and extremely nice people too.

[Mattsoper]

I didn't even know that one was there worldwiser so thanks for the recommendation!

[phobic3000]

There's one at north Dulwich train station, or Shannon's up at Forest Hill maybe?

[Newboy]

There's a great family run independent garden centre called Alexander Nurseries in Sydenham. Great plants and you can have a coffee too! Close to Penge East station

[tiddles]

there is one on croxted road too - near the petrol station

[Anna27]

Shannons is best i reckon

[Sue]

Mattsoper Wrote:

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I order online

> instead from Crocus or Beth Chatto - which can

> work out a fair amount more expensive, but they

> have a much better range of plants.

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Crocus are excellent - very wide choice, the plants arrive very well packaged and in good condition, and the customer service is excellent too.

They are not cheap, but they are worth the money in my opinion. They've got a sale on at the moment:

http://www.crocus.co.uk/

I didn't know Beth Chatto did online sales, but I've been to her garden/nursery and the plants on sale there were very good too.

[Willard]

Second thumbs up for Alleyn Park

[Katy Tonbridge]

And another thumbs up for Alleyn Park.

[LadyNorwood]

Sue Wrote:

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> Mattsoper Wrote:

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> I order online

> > instead from Crocus or Beth Chatto - which can

> > work out a fair amount more expensive, but they

> > have a much better range of plants.

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> xxxxxxx

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> Crocus are excellent - very wide choice, the

> plants arrive very well packaged and in good

> condition, and the customer service is excellent

> too.

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> They are not cheap, but they are worth the money

> in my opinion. They've got a sale on at the

> moment:

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> http://www.crocus.co.uk/

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> I didn't know Beth Chatto did online sales, but

> I've been to her garden/nursery and the plants on

> sale there were very good too.

Amazing - so many people on EDF bemoaning the loss of greengrocers, garden centres, yet at the same time happy to buy online!

[Mattsoper]

When it comes to plants you can't expect most garden centres to stock everything as that requires a vast amount of space that only the out-of-town, online suppliers can hope to accommodate. I used to buy what I could from Dulwich Garden Centre and then get the more specialist stuff online, though I now have a longer list of alternatives thanks to the recommendations on this thread. Good to have local shops as well as online stores, of course - and it's perfectly reasonable to use both without being a hypocrite.

[edcam]

The Croxted Road one is good. Not so much for house plants but they cram a lot into a small space. We really miss the ED Garden Centre, there are none locally that are as well stocked as that was. We drive down to Coolings I'm Knockholt mostly. It's amazing.

[edcam]

The Croxted Road one is good. Not so much for house plants but they cram a lot into a small space. We really miss the ED Garden Centre, there are none locally that are as well stocked as that was. We drive down to Coolings in Knockholt mostly. It's amazing.

[dimples]

There's a little one by the station at north dulwich too !

[Lynne]

A warning. Don't go to Coolings in Knockholt if you're in a hurry. It's vast! People have been found hours later just wandering around in a daze through overload.