All Garden Centres
County Antrim has 29 garden centres and plant nurseries listed on this site. 25 of them carry at least ten Google reviews, which is the minimum we use before ranking anywhere. The average rating across those 25 is 4.54. These are the fifteen that score highest.
County Antrim’s garden centres are concentrated along the Belfast–Ballymena corridor and out towards the coast at Larne and Ballymoney. Several are long-established family nurseries rather than chains.
How this ranking works
Sorting by star rating alone does not work. A nursery with five perfect reviews would beat one rated 4.8 by two thousand people, and that is not a useful answer for anyone deciding where to drive on a Saturday morning.
So each centre’s score combines its Google rating with how many people left it. Centres with few reviews are pulled towards the county average; the more reviews a place has, the more its own rating is trusted on its own terms. Anywhere with fewer than ten reviews is left out.
Nothing on this page is paid for and no business has been asked for anything. Ratings were read from Google on 2 October 2026 and will drift — we re-check them.
The 15 highest-rated garden centres in County Antrim
| # | Garden centre | Where | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballyrobert Gardens | Ballyclare | 4.9 | 278 |
| 2 | Stupid Priced Plants NI | Belfast | 5 | 91 |
| 3 | Ben Vista Garden Centre | Ballymena | 4.9 | 155 |
| 4 | North Antrim Nurseries | Ballymoney | 5 | 44 |
| 5 | Naggy Burn Garden Centre | Larne | 4.9 | 29 |
| 6 | Inver Garden Centre | Larne | 4.7 | 227 |
| 7 | Glenavy Garden Centre | Crumlin | 4.7 | 133 |
| 8 | Woven Mill Garden Centre | Ballymoney | 4.7 | 132 |
| 9 | Old Colin Garden Centre | Belfast | 4.7 | 75 |
| 10 | Kilknock garden nursery click and collect | Antrim | 4.9 | 17 |
| 11 | Samore Plant Centre | Ballymena | 4.9 | 12 |
| 12 | Drum House Nurseries | Belfast | 4.7 | 39 |
| 13 | Hillmount Carrick | Carrickfergus | 4.6 | 244 |
| 14 | Fairdeal Garden Centre | Belfast | 4.6 | 145 |
| 15 | Beech Grove Nursery | Newtownabbey | 4.5 | 48 |
What the numbers show
- Busiest by review count: Coleman’s Garden Centre in Ballyclare, with 1,959 Google reviews at 4.3. Volume is not quality, but it does tell you a place gets visited.
- two a straight 5.0 with ten or more reviews — Stupid Priced Plants NI in Belfast leads on 91 reviews.
- The county average is 4.54. Garden centres are a well-reviewed category generally, so 4.5 is closer to par than to outstanding. The gap between fifth and fifteenth here is small.
- 28 of 29 listings carry a Google rating. The rest are usually newer or very small operations nobody has reviewed yet — their absence is not a judgement.
Before you set off
A rating tells you how people felt, not whether the gates are open. Opening hours move with the seasons and smaller nurseries often shut for part of the winter. Check the individual listing above for current hours, and ring ahead if you are driving any distance for something specific.
Northern Ireland has its own Sunday trading rules, which differ from the rest of the UK. If you are planning a Sunday visit, check the listing rather than assuming.
