Where can I buy plants during lockdown?

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DH and I are looking to spruce up the garden a bit and make the most of self isolation. Is anywhere delivering plants at the moment (perennials if pos)?

They aren’t at risk of a fine. There is no rule that items delivered (or purchased in person) must be essential - as has been clarified over the Easter egg row.

B&q essential goods only NOT garden stuff. Morrison's have plants and possibly Homebase and b&M

Local: the centre near us doesn’t usually deliver, but they are now for a reasonable charge.

Supermarkets seem to still have a small range in.

@janj2301 you can buy plants from B&Q online

where @biwi??

diy.com - the link I posted above!

I tried B&Q BIWI and they said not available for click and collect

Are they not delivering then? (Sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick)

Our local nursery is delivering. You ring and pay over phone and then they deliver and drop on your drive.

Worth ringing around

When I clicked on anything in the Outdoor Plants section I got “ not available “ for home delivery and click and collect. 😥😭

no!!

only houseplants are on their website......and they are non essential so cant order for click and collect

however....check back with them on friday! change is coming....

@IONA check back on friday

Thompson & Morgan have reopened to new orders this evening.

Do you have secret inside knowledge @LavenderQuartz?

J.Parkers is a good online supplier, they had to shut down the website last week due to demand (cos we're all buying plants online ATM) but they've reopened it now.

The Secret Gardening Club is great.

See if there's something local like www.horticap.org (based in Harrogate) and give them a call to see if they can do a non contact delivery?

Dobbies are starting online ordering soon.
If you’ve a garden centre that sells food they may be open. I know of one in Berkshire that I read is open.

Looks like the garden centre near me are being crafty. You can order plants and compost to click and collect providing you order a food item too.
They sell a small selection of pies, veg, eggs and bread.

I had two oleanders delivered today from YouGarden.com. They were on offer. I have also used Thompson and Morgan and found them to be very good.

If you are in Suffolk or Norfolk, Roys have a good selection of veg and flower plants, and the garden bits are open- although I think they have a garden only store which is closed.

I have ordered from Thompson and Morgan today

I got some veg plants from Aldi yesterday, think they were out early as part of this weeks Thursday deals.

Dobbies are starting online ordering soon.

DH tried to place an order with them at the weekend and said the website was bad - including that it seemed to want to insist on storing the credit card details which (if you've any sense) is a security no-no

Hopefully they'll sort themselves out.

So I've ordered seeds from Thompson &Morgan, and he ended up ordering the hose fittings we needed from amazon.