Hours sourced from youngsnurseries.co.uk/broadstairs-sacketts-hill, September 2026. Youngs also operates a second location in Deal. Online ordering with local delivery available. Always verify before visiting on Bank Holidays.
🌿 What’s Here
Plant Nursery
A well-stocked independent nursery on Sacketts Hill in Broadstairs offering an extensive range of outdoor and indoor plants. Products span perennials, annuals, shrubs, ornamental trees, alpines, climbers, ferns, grasses, roses, herbs, vegetables, and seasonal bedding. One of the most comprehensive independent plant ranges in the Thanet area.
Funky Flora Tropical Coffee Shop
An on-site café — ‘Our Tropical Funky Flora’ — serving fresh coffee, sandwiches, cakes, and a variety of teas in a tropical-themed setting with water features. A popular reason to linger; the water feature area adds a distinctly relaxing atmosphere to the visit.
Houseplants
A dedicated houseplant section spanning tropicals, succulents, cacti, ferns, and foliage plants. Regularly restocked with new arrivals showcased through the website’s ‘Just In’ section.
Aquatic Hardware
An aquatic hardware section stocking pond and aquarium equipment, fish care products, and aquatic planting supplies — a less common specialist offer in independent nurseries of this size.
Online Shop & Local Delivery
Youngs Nurseries operates a full online shop with click-and-collect and home delivery to CT3 and CT7–CT14 postcode areas. Products available to order include plants, compost, garden care, pots, seeds, bulbs, and bird care items — a genuinely useful service for local gardeners.
Jackie’s Monthly Tips
A regularly updated editorial section on the website — Jackie’s Monthly Tips — offering seasonal gardening advice specific to the East Kent growing environment. A useful free resource for customers and non-customers alike.
💬 What Visitors Commonly Mention
Themes from — editorial summaries, not verbatim quotes.
Plant variety & quality
110 mentions
Café & water feature atmosphere
92 mentions
Houseplants
78 mentions
Staff helpfulness & knowledge
68 mentions
Aquatic section
45 mentions
Online shop & delivery
38 mentions
Youngs Nurseries consistently earns praise for its extensive plant range, the unique tropical coffee shop (Funky Flora) with its relaxing water feature, and the warmth of its staff. Reviewers particularly appreciate the houseplant and aquatics sections. The online ordering and local delivery service is positively noted. Facebook reviewers give the business a 98% recommendation rate.
Source: Facebook reviews and publicly available customer feedback, June 2026. This page is not a review platform and does not collect first-party reviews.
📍 Getting Here
🚂 By Rail (Southeastern)
Broadstairs station (Southeastern High Speed from London St Pancras in approx. 80 minutes) is approximately 1.5 miles from Sacketts Hill. A short taxi or bus ride connects the station with the nursery.
🚌 By Bus
Stagecoach South East local services connect Broadstairs town centre with the Westwood and Sacketts Hill area. Check stagecoachbus.com for current routes — the nursery is on Sacketts Hill in the western part of Broadstairs.
🚗 By Car
Sacketts Hill is off the B2052 between Broadstairs and Margate, in the Westwood area. Postcode CT10 2QS for sat nav. On-site parking available at the nursery.
🚲 By Bike
Sacketts Hill is accessible by bike from Broadstairs town centre (approximately 10 minutes) or from Margate via the B2052 or quieter residential routes. The terrain is gently undulating — largely manageable.
Nearby garden centres listed on allgardencentres.co.uk. Distances are straight-line estimates; drive times will be longer.
📊 How It Compares Locally
Youngs Nurseries (this listing)
No rating
Local average (8 centres)
4.5 ★
Highest in dataset
4.7 ★
Youngs Nurseries is the primary independent garden centre destination for Broadstairs and the Westwood area of Thanet. Its combination of a broad plant range, tropical coffee shop, aquatics section, and online delivery makes it notably multi-faceted for an independent nursery of its size.
8 East Kent garden centres tracked on allgardencentres.co.uk. All Google public rating data, June 2026.
💡 Before You Go
The Funky Flora coffee shop is a genuine draw — the tropical water feature setting is unlike any other café in an East Kent nursery.
Order online for delivery if you live in CT3 or CT7–CT14 — Youngs offers one of the most comprehensive independent nursery delivery services in Thanet.
The ‘Just In’ section on the website previews new stock arrivals — worth checking before you visit if you’re looking for something specific.
Youngs also has a second location in Deal — useful if you’re coming from the south of the peninsula.
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Rating data: No public Google rating is available for this business. Review themes are derived from Facebook reviews and publicly available customer feedback, June 2026. Not verbatim quotes from any reviewer. Opening hours: Sourced from Google Business Profile at time of collection. Hours can change — always verify before visiting, especially on bank holidays. Distances: Straight-line estimates using GPS coordinates. Actual driving distance will be greater.
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