David Austin Roses Garden Centre

My dad used to love his roses and had some beautiful hybrid teas. They're the type that have lovely tight buds and keep their shape well as they open. I can remember a fabulous velvet red rose, a pretty lilac rose called "Blue Moon" and, what's probably the most popular rose of all time, "Peace", a pretty mixture of yellow and blush pink. Every Saturday evening during summer, I'd go down the path and pick the most perfect bud I could find to take to our local working man's club for my uncle to wear in his buttonhole. I was about six at the time. None of us stay children forever though and by ... more

Visiting garden centres at weekends seems to be a national British pass time, however if you think of specialist nursery’s you tend to think of small family run businesses that often look as if they are struggling to survive. Up until now plants tend not to be branded, David Austin Roses have changed all of that. It’s been a long time since I went into a garden centre that didn’t have a disproportionately large section devoted to David Austin Roses, with their distinctive green plant pots with the branding on the side. About the company David Austin is a Rose Breeder who released his first ... more

Just under four years ago now, the dave27 clan relocated from Stafford in the Midlands to Kirkham in Lancashire with my job and we bought a new house. Now anyone who has ever moved to a new house will tell you that it's both a very exciting, but also a very daunting time, especially when you are thinking about the garden. New houses are generally left with a bit of a bomb site for the back garden. The builders will usually give you a shallow coating of top soil it's true, but underneath you'll never know what you're going to find. In our case the house had been built on the builder's compound ... more

Roses have always been one of the best-loved flowers in the garden; I think they are becoming even more popular nowadays, with the many varieties that are available. You should choose your roses with care, and visit a specialist if you can, where you will get good and unbiased advice on the best types for your particular needs. One such specialist place is David Austin Roses, it is about 8 miles West of Wolverhampton, in the town of Albrighton. They specialise in Shrub and Old Fashioned Roses, Hybrid Tea Roses and Floribunda’s, and stock a wide variety of Ramblers and Climbers, even Wild ... more

My parents live very near to the David Austin roses centre, which is near to a little village in shropshire called Albrighton. The centre is delighful, there is an indoor shop, outdoor garden centre, tea room and of course their famous rose gardens. The gardens are free to visit and really quite exquisite. They are beautifully laid out and maintained and full of the most amazing varieties of roses. There are 4 themed gardens, The Long Garden, The Victorian Garden,The Renaissance Garden and The Lion Garden to walk around, and the scent whilst doing so is amazing. Staff are very helpful if you ... more