The Hertfordshire Garden Centre

Outdoor Plants

Kitchen Garden

Kitchen Garden

You don’t need a huge garden or allotment to be able to grow your own kitchen garden plants. Sometimes a small container or grobag is enough to plant a few plugs or seeds that will produce plenty of strawberries, beans, or tomatoes.

Whether you want to grow directly into the ground or in containers, we have a good selection of high quality growing matter in stock. Bulk bags are available for home delivery and smaller bags can be loaded carefully into your car. We regularly have new ranges of outdoor pots and containers into the store. We also stock a selection of VegTrug products – designed to make growing vegetables easier.

For larger spaces, we have a large variety of plants available as the seasons dictate. For example, in late March our broad beans and strawberries arrive. Not long after, once the soil warms a little, we receive our more tender edibles, such as lettuce, cabbage, peppers and tomatoes. Many of our young vegetable plants come from the well-established company Quantil.

Herbs can take up very little space in the kitchen garden, often better suited to pots to ensure they do not take over borders. The majority of our herbs come from Farplants.

We have a huge variety of fruit and vegetable plants available, when the season is right. Late spring is often the best time to pick up small, but established plugs that should provide you with some tasty treats to last through the summer into the autumn.

Seeds are an inexpensive way to grow edible plants and a great way to involve the kids. Just scatter some seeds into a few pots filled with compost and the quick germination can encourage children to learn how their food is grown.