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Ramswood Nurseries & Plant Centre
The Ramswood sales yard on a summer day: tables of perennials in flower either side of a paved path, a tall conifer hedge and a polytunnel behind, under a wide sky

Garden centre, Rixton, Warrington

Grown here, sold here, planted by us.

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Winter hours, until April · Mon to Sat, 9:00am – 4:30pmSundays closed

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We grow much of what's on our tables ourselves. So when we talk you through a plant, it's from doing it, not from a label.

Family-run in Rixton since 1980.

A family-run garden centre and plant nursery. Our own stock, much of it grown here. Quality plants and real expertise.

Rows of young plants in trays under cover at the nursery: marigold seedlings in the foreground, begonias behind them and bright lime-green plants at the far end

Much of what we sell is grown here on the nursery.

Grown on from young plants, and our bedding from the start.

A family-run nursery on the same site in Rixton since 1980.

Started by John Allen senior, run today by his son John.

Free parking, and we'll help you load up.

Pull up, and the team will help you load.

We deliver across the North West, usually within 2 days.

Choose in person, and we can get it home for you.

Inside the Ramswood glasshouse: tall cordylines, palms and tree ferns in pots round a stone fountain, with paved paths either side under the timber and glass roof

The glasshouse

Step in under the timber and glass roof and the paths run between palms, tree ferns, cordylines and yuccas, with clipped box and topiary along the way. It is where the bigger architectural plants live at our garden centre in Rixton, Warrington, and it is worth a walk through whatever the weather is doing outside.

Palms, cordylines and yuccas round a paved bend in the glasshouse

What we grow

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Clipped box balls and cones in pots on the sales yard, a silver birch among them, with the polytunnels and the glasshouse behind

Trees & shrubs

Nursery-grown trees, shrubs and hedging, ready to plant, from one specimen tree to a whole hedge. Come and choose from the tables, and ring ahead if you are after something in particular.

Red and yellow red hot pokers in flower on the sales yard, with the old glasshouse and the nursery sheds behind

Perennials & bedding

Seasonal colour grown on site, from spring bedding plants to summer perennials. All of our bedding is grown here from the start.

A hanging basket of red begonias, magenta petunias and trailing lime-green creeping Jenny, hung from a green timber pergola with a hedge and blue sky behind

Hanging baskets & seasonal colour

Hanging baskets and seasonal containers, planted up and ready to hang, on sale from May.

The sales yard

Our sales yard in Rixton, Warrington, is laid out on timber tables and open ground: perennials, shrubs and grasses, trees and hedging, with bedding and hanging baskets in their season, all in one place to walk round. Much of it grown here from young plants, so you are looking at stock that grew up a few steps from where you are standing. Parking is free, just to the left of the house, and the team will help you load the car.

  • The Ramswood sales yard on a bright day: tables of grasses, shrubs and flowering perennials in pots, with a tall conifer hedge and the glasshouse roof behind
    Grasses, shrubs and perennials on the yard tables
  • Rows of yellow-leaved and red-tipped shrubs and perennials on the sales yard, with a silver birch, the brick sheds and the glasshouse behind
    Shrubs and perennials in rows across the yard
  • Heucheras in red, orange, plum and lime on the timber sales tables, with the old glasshouse, a tall conifer hedge and more tables behind
    Heucheras in red, orange and lime on the timber tables

Find us in Rixton

The Ramswood Nurseries centre from the road: a red-brick building with a gravel car park in front and a clipped hedge along the boundary

Look for the white Ramswood sign on wooden posts above the hedge by the road, at 196 Manchester Road. The car park is to the left of the house and leads straight onto the garden centre.

196 Manchester RoadRixton, WarringtonWA3 6EA
01925 821002

Opening hours

Mon to Sat, 9:00am – 4:30pm

Sunday, closed

Winter hours, until April.

Christmas Day, 25 December: Closed

Boxing Day, 26 December: Closed

New Year's Day, 1 January: Closed

Bank holidays: Usual hours

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Google reviews

What customers say

A selection of recent five-star reviews. Rated 4.5 out of 5 from 154 reviews on Google, as of .

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  • “Always a good experience. Their plants are priced well and there is a good selection.”
    Doody Pip,
  • “Lovely variety of all plants, everyone friendly, knowledgeable and chatty”
    Linda Matthews,
  • “Excellent prices, and great quality. Lovely friendly staff.”
    Jo Wills,
  • “Absolutely loved this nursery, quality plants, very reasonably priced. I liked that there were lots of plants that weren't run of the mill varieties, lots of choice. I got a jasmine called clotted cream, I've wanted this for ages but never found and this plant was so healthy and robust. I got a pink and white scabious, never seen that before, delightful. Very often plants ordered over the Internet are disappointing. 6 excellent hardy perennial plants for £40 is great value. This place is great, will definitely be back. Thank you.”
    Barbara Forbes,
  • “Always pop on here first before any other nursery or garden centre”
    Neil Horrabin,
  • “Excellent garden centre always friendly . Good choice of plants . Recommended .”
    mike gibbons,
  • “The quality of the plants and the prices beat all other garden centres i have visited. I have introduced family members and friends to the garden centre.”
    Jo Hammond,
  • “First time visitor to the nursery and will definitely be returning. Super friendly, knowledgeable staff. I purchased a phormium and asked if they could recommend a small orange plant for contrast. Within minutes a beautiful Diascia was brought over for me. They look fabulous together. Thank you so much for your exceptional customer service and beautiful plants.”
    beverley harding,
  • “Small garden centre but fabulous healthy plants and very reasonable prices.”
    Janet Cawley,
  • “I love the place and my friend and I couldn't wait for the place to reopen in March. The plant prices are more than reasonable, the lady who serves us is super friendly. Cheers Guys”
    Neil Johnson,

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01925 821002
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196 Manchester Road,Rixton, Warrington WA3 6EA
Open
Mon to Sat, 9:00am – 4:30pmSunday, closedChristmas Day, 25 December: closedBoxing Day, 26 December: closedNew Year's Day, 1 January: closedWinter hours, until April.
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