British Garden Shops Are So Much More!

Three years ago when we had just arrived in England, some new friends invited me to lunch at the Burford Garden Center.  I thought it was a bit unusual to have lunch in a garden center on a cold rainy day in the middle of December.  I assumed we were going to a nursery.  What I didn't know was that British garden centers are so much more than just nurseries.  Yes, they are nurseries, but they are also amazing gift, antique, toy and housewares stores, filled with all kinds or treasures and delicious foods.  I now know that if I'm looking for something special, fun, unusual, or quintessentially British, I'll find it at a British garden store.  

Garden Centers around Oxford:

Oxford Garden Center:  http://www.wyevalegardencentres.co.uk/garden-centres/Oxford/1H

Notcutts Garden Center:   thttp://www.notcutts.co.uk/

Burford Garden Center: http://www.burford.co.uk/

Bicester Avenue Garden Center: http://www.wyevalegardencentres.co.uk/garden-centres/Bicester-Avenue/2V