Puns always deserve praise, but its name isn’t the only reason we love Battersea Flower Station. The sprawling space is a homage to shoots and roots. Its narrow space alongside a railway line is like taking a wander in woodland, past two huge greenhouses full of houseplants, pots galore, huts, hanging lights and bunting. Let it lead you up the garden path.
London is a proudly leafy city, loved for its tree-lined streets, famous parks, hidden gardens where you'd least expect them, and community spaces sprouting out from behind office blocks. And that fervour for all things horticultural extends to this city's residents, who turn suburban gardens into abundant paradises of blooms, transform concrete courtyards into cool havens of ferns and palms, or deck their balcony with extravagant swathes of flowers.
This city's centre is ringed with garden centres that can feed even your boldest gardening-related ambitions. And for anyone without access to outdoor space, they also offer indoor growing options galore, while boutique-style high street shops turn houseplant ownership into a way of life. Here are the garden centres and plant shops not to miss if you want to make your neighbours go green with envy.
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