A specialist garden pottery on the A127 at Rayleigh, trading as Woodside Garden Centre on site and Pots to Inspire online — extra-large frost-resistant pots, ...

Twenty acres of private garden and woodland at Ardleigh holding two National Collections, with a tearoom and a nursery selling plants you can see growing in ...

A traditional working nursery at Writtle growing on the ground rather than on benches, with a rose and perennial range Essex gardeners drive across the county ...

A no-frills nursery on the Main Road at Bicknacre whose newer Potting Shed tea room now draws warmer reviews than the plant side — a site clearly in transition.

A compact independent garden centre on Damases Lane at Boreham that packs a lot in — pots, plants, turf, aggregates, bird and pet food, and one of the area's ...

A small family-run nursery at Fobbing with free tea and coffee, weekly prizes and a Christmas store far bigger than the site suggests — one of the best-rated ...

A large, keenly priced nursery on Hamlet Hill at Roydon with a café, a Christmas display people travel for, and reliable mail order — but no dogs, whatever ...

Three businesses on one Tiptree site: a timber and fencing yard reviewers price below the DIY chains, a farm shop, and Claire's Cabin smokehouse at the back.

A family nursery at Crays Hill spanning three generations, with The Little Teacup tea room, a small animal section and prices reviewers call underrated against ...

A five-acre family business at Highwood on the A414 west of Chelmsford, established in 1990 and known locally for the floral display that greets you at the ...

A quirky, family-run centre on Ongar Road that looks small from the roadside and keeps going once you are inside — with a £1 shelf for plants past their best.

A specialist plantery at Little Canfield with an exceptional range of trees and unusual plants, trained cordon fruit trees and nationwide mail order.