Welcome to Thatcham Garden Centre, a recent addition to the British Garden Centres family. We are proud to have a beautifully stocked plant area with something to suit everyones gardening expertise! Not to mention our passionate staff are on hand for any advise you could need. Next we have to mention the beautiful gift department and the NEW children's soft play area. We have a generously proportioned indoor and outdoor restaurant seating area just across the car park from the garden centre. Don't forget,' 'We do tasty, we do safely'. The history of the site is fascinating... we're still learning about it ourselves!
We are a dog friendly garden centre.
Dogs are also allowed in the 'atrium' portion of the restaurant too.
Opening Hours
Monday: 9.00am - 6.00pmTuesday: 9.00am - 6.00pm
Wednesday: 9.00am - 6.00pm
Thursday: 9.00am - 6.00pm
Friday: 9.00am - 6.00pm
Saturday: 9.00am - 6.00pm
Sunday: 10.00am - 4.30pm
(Sunday - Tills Open at 10:30)
*CLOSED Easter Sunday*
Miss Mary Peers and Miss Lily Hugh-Jones established, around November 1907, a nursery which became known as Henwick Fruit and Flower Farm. This was situated roughly where the Garden Centre now stands. This was a school for Lady gardeners and quickly became well known and successful.
One student, Mabel Sowerby, went on to win several national awards and became a partner at the school. For a period, Lower Henwick Farm was used for student accommodation and later Old Henwick Cottage was also used for running the farm.
Until around 1922 it was officially Henwick Fruit and Flower Farm but over time this became known as the French Gardens, largely due to the fact that the method for cultivating the plants was a French system. The gardens remained until c.1957. A mushroom farm replaced it and lasted until 1982. A few years later the site was developed to what we see today.
Fantastic range of indoor and outdoor plants to suit any space you have available! Our knowledgable garden centre family are on hand to give you top tips to, work with what you've got! We are very pleased to be able to offer a plant guarantee to show our commitment in supplying great quality plants.
Our restaurant will be temporarily closed from Saturday 19th December due to the current Government 'tier' restrictions. We look forward to serving you again as soon as we can do so. Until then take care, stay safe and we will see you soon.
Here at British Garden Centres we are here to make sure you choose the right product for your garden projects. With big brand names like Westland, Webb, Wolf Garten and many more.
At British Garden Centres we have a great range of fantastic gift ideas and unique inspiration for your home and garden. We stock great brands like Yankee Candle, Brambles Foods and Lego and WOW Toys in our toy departments.
