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Bedding Plants

Discover our range of spectacular plants for hanging baskets, tubs, troughs and borders.

These plants make a fantastic addition to the year-round backdrop of shrubs and evergreens in your garden. As spring approaches these vibrant blooms not only signal the changing seasons but also bring a fresh burst of colour and life to your garden, filling the air with the promise of new beginnings and longer, sunnier days ahead.

Our seasonal department is brimming with vibrant colours, featuring a dazzling array of bedding plants to choose from. From the eye-catching Cineraria and beloved Dianthus to the delightful wallflower and cheerful pansy, there’s something to suit every garden. Our team of experts can help you make the best selection for your available space.

We also offer a bespoke range of hanging baskets and planters, designed to effortlessly enhance your garden with immediate visual appeal. Whether you’re looking to brighten a corner or create a striking focal point, our collection provides the perfect solution.

Looking for some tips & tricks? Then take a look at our ‘How to’ guides:

How to plant a hanging basket

How to plant your own vegetables

Plan Your Visit

Why not plan your visit and pop over at a time that suits you.

Want something delivered?

We can delivery any large items that you cannot fit into your car.

Prefer to chat to someone?

Call our office where a member of our staff will be able to help.

01268 280 699

May's Top Tips

Deadheading flowers is very simple. As plants fade out of bloom, pinch or cut off the flower stem below the spent flower and just above the first set of full, healthy leaves. Repeat with all the dead flowers on the plant.
Nature will bless you with a second wave of blooms to enjoy even more.

Local Delivery Service

Found something you love, but can’t fit it in to your car? Don’t worry, help is at hand.

Our driver Colin and his team will be happy to deliver for you. We only use our own vans, not outside couriers, so the service is only available locally.

You can find out more by talking with one of our helpful team members when next in store.

Dogs are welcome

At Summerhill, we love our four-legged friends just as much as you do! We welcome well-behaved dogs to join you during your visit to our garden centre. To ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone, please see our Dog-Friendly Policy

Gardening Calendar

Take a look at our month-by-month gardening calendar for tips and advice on what you need to be doing in your garden at any time of the year.

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Customer Comments

We love hearing from our customers. We pride ourselves on our outstanding service and it’s wonderful to hear of the experiences our customers have had whilst shopping in the garden centre.

Great garden centre with huge selection of products. Unusual gift ideas and fantastic aquatic section that puts most pet shops to shame. Kids would love just seeing the huge collection they have and keeps them occupied and interested. Well worth a visit and spend time browsing for ideas.

Brilliant, lots of amazing things for the garden...not just plants and trees... Could spend hours there...

Excellent service wanted advice on specific plants, the man really knew his stuff and helped me choose exactly what I wanted. Whole new range of impressive stock. Highly recommend.

I have to say nothing was too much for the staff at this shop, not only did they take down displays and box them for me they also took them to the till waiting until id walked around the shop as they were extremely heavy, they were helpful polite and adhered to safety of every customer, it was a pure delight even for a casual walk around inside and outside areas, with added sunshine and a few bargains to boot.. take a trip if you’re looking for new ideas or an hour to kill ...

A truly lovely garden centre.. very clean, tidy and have a very healthy selection of plants, trees, and shrubs. Staff are polite and knowledgeable.

OMG what an amazing two visits over the weekend. Beautiful healthy massive variety of plants, flowers, garden and barbecue accessories to choose from. Silk fake plants look amazingly real. Although a little on the expensive side everything is worth it. No quibble about returning items either. Excellent well-mannered and very helpful staff on hand to help with questions and lifting of heavy items. Definitely recommend and no doubt at all that I will be going back this weekend.

The Garden CentreTo Visit in Essex

We have parking spaces for up to 450 cars and easy access both onto and off of the A127, which is the main dual-carriage way into Southend-on-Sea. The A127 is off Junction 29 of the M25 which is a 10 minute drive to our door. Plan your visit to Summerhill today. We can’t wait to see you.

Summerhill Garden Centre, Pipps Hill Road North, A127 Arterial Road, Billericay, Essex CM11 2UJ