Snake Head Fritillaries in bloom

For instant colour, fill a window box, pot or hanging basket with flowering spring bulbs. We have masses of Tète a Tète, ‘Britain’s favourite daffodil’; Snake Head Fritillaries and other delights.  Wonderful Ranunculus too!

Our trees are just waking up and showing the first signs of flowering, so if you are looking for wonderful spring blossom, followed by bright berries and stunning autumnal colour, head for the lines of Prunus. 

If you want to create your own ‘cottage garden’ look, fill a bed with small perennial plants which will quickly grow and flower as the year progresses. We have over 130 varieties to choose from, not to mention and impressive range of Alpine plants for the edge of borders or rockeries.

If you are seeking inspiration, either as a new or experienced gardener, head for our Central Display where we showcase plants and shrubs ‘of the moment’. The display is put together to show how different combinations of colour, height, structure and leaf shape can work together. We have great collections of Magnolias, Azalea and Rhododendrons – all showing flower buds for the coming month with Camellias at their flowering peak.

Vegetable Gardening

If you have an allotment, or veg patch in your garden, now is the time to get sowing and planting. As well as vegetable seed, we stock a wonderful range of young veg plants which are raring to get going and give you a head start for an early harvest of delicious crops. Our current range includes summer Cabbages and other brassicas, Carrots, Peas, Leeks, Lettuce, Broad Beans… and the number of varieties will increase as the season really gets underway. Due to the risk of frost, it’s too early for Tomato plants, but these will be in stock very soon.

Here's some of our latest Veg Blog articles:

Plant your potatoes soon

Farewell brassicas - hello climbing beans

Shed care and allotment DIY
 

Riverside's Wildside

As part of the ongoing improvements to the environment around our leafy site we've been re-landscaping our wildlife area.

At the far end of the garden centre we're creating a shady woodland garden to provide a wildlife habitat and attract a greater variety of insect and bird life to the area. Having formally housed our beehive, this area is being re-vamped to include a pond, bird boxes, a new beehive, insect homes, log piles, natural planting and a living willow fence that will be sculpted over the years.

The work will be carried out and maintained by staff here using many of the products we sell. In time we hope to add cameras so that visitors can observe up close the comings and goings of the wildlife in the area. 

Read more from our Blog article:

Riverside Wildspace - Latest update

Indoors

Inside our Shop you will find everything you need to help with your gardening plans. It’s time to sow seed and we have everything you need – seed trays and pots, root trainers and propagating equipment. Easter is the traditional time to plant potatoes and we have a good range of seed potatoes in stock. Summer bulbs can also be planted now and we still have a good range to choose from. 

If you are looking for an Easter present, check out our superb collection of house plants. Gift vouchers are always appreciated and we sell our own Riverside ones, as well as the HTA ones which are widely accepted at most garden centres across the UK.

 

The hunt is on!

Once again we are organising our great Easter Egg Hunt – fun for children of all ages (and their older helpers). Seek out the giant eggs, colour in the sheet and then claim your prize (chocolate of course!)
 

The Riverside Cafe

If you haven’t paid us a visit for some time, make sure you call in to our Café, its magnificent oak-framed extension providing a great place to relax, meet friends, enjoy a drink, cake or meal - and take in the stunning view across the Garden Centre with the spire of St Mary Redcliffe in the distance.

Our Café serves Fairtrade teas and coffees, delicious home-made cakes and a range of seasonal meals, baguettes etc. Look out for our ‘specials’ menu which changes on a weekly basis.

We now welcome well-behaved dogs (and their owners!) in our Café.

Read more from our Blog article:

Springtime at Riverside Cafe