MONKTON Elm Garden Centre has been named in the Daily Mails 2024 list of the UK’s 25 best garden centres.

According to Timeout Magazine, each entry has been scored by the newspaper based on their selection of plants, additional items for sale and the overall quality of their cafes and restaurants.

Now the results are in and the Daily Mail’s top 25 best garden centres in the country are officially out.

The Daily Mail’s unranked top 25 garden centres in the UK are as follows:

  1. Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree, Essex
  2. Notcutts, Woodbridge, Suffolk
  3. Ruxley Manor, Sidcup, Kent
  4. Merriments, East Sussex
  5. Haskins Snowhill, Copthorne, West Sussex
  6. Hillier Garden Centre, Winchester, Hampshire
  7. Clifton Nurseries, Maida Vale, London
  8. Petersham Nurseries, Richmond
  9. Burford Garden Centre, Oxfordshire
  10. Bournville Garden Centre, Birmingham
  11. Bridgemere Garden Centre, Nantwich
  12. Bents Garden & Home, Warrington
  13. Barton Grange, Preston
  14. Fairways Garden Centre, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
  15. Tong Garden Centre, West Yorkshire
  16. Cowell’s Garden Centre, Newcastle
  17. Hayes Garden World, Cumbria
  18. Pugh’s Garden Village, Cardiff
  19. The Old Railway Line, Brecon, Powys
  20. Caulders Mugdock, Milngavie, Glasgow
  21. Simpsons, Inverness
  22. Monkton Elm, Taunton, Somerset
  23. Otter Garden Centre, Ottery Saint Mary, Devon
  24. Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Lostwithiel, Cornwall
  25. Coleman’s Garden Centre, Templepatrick, Northern Ireland

Monkton Elm is an independent, family-owned Taunton based business that has operated as a garden centre since the early 80s.

The Bellman family have grown and developed the business over the last 40 years into what we have today - with many staff who have also been working there since the beginning.

In response to this achievement, the managing director of Monkton Elm Mike Lind said: “We are so proud of all our staff who work so hard to deliver quality products and services to our customers, they deserve the recognition this gives us.

He also said: “We are very grateful that we have such loyal and consistent customers who support us.”

Another spokesperson said: “The staff I have spoken to say they are all really proud of this huge achievement.

“We pride ourselves on our passion for plants, our friendly and knowledgeable staff and our great customers.”