Deans Garden Centre, Scarborough, Yorkshire

There are several Deans garden centres I know about, one at Scarborough and one near York, this shop is excellent, it stocks everything you need from tools to seeds!, they have the most amazing range of plants for home and garden although some are quite expensive, I have bought peppers, tomatoes the lot and they are such good quality. They stock a huge range of water features and ornaments too, plus everything you need for your pond, fish, plants, the lot and these are very reasonable. The ornaments and accessories are really good too, you get a lot of different things you wouldnt see anywhere ... more

I am a fully qualified horticulturalist and I have visited Dean's on Seamer Rd Scarborough and also at Stockton On the Forest near York . I have to say that whilst their is a nice feel and atmosphere to the garden centres the prices are a little too high on many products. For example would you want to pay £22.00 for an apple tree ? I certainly would not but that is what they are asking . This I know is overpriced by at least a fiver . You can getb them by mail order for fifteen pounds for a start so why pay over twenty quid ? Also generally the other range of plants are on the high side ... more