Canford Magna Garden Centre

I enjoy visiting this garden centre during weekends. Convenient location - not far away from Poole/Bournemouth city centre. Convenient parking near to entrance, lots of plants and tools to choose for your garden. Garden furniture looks pricey, but it could be of good quality. All kind of plants are both outside and inside, dogs are allowed to enter the shopping area.

Poor customer service on the paving side. I ordered a set of paving to be delivered which they said would be 2 - 3 weeks. 4 weeks later no delivery and I had to follow up, the staff member I spoke to said they didn't want to call with a timeline in case the order didn't arrive from the supplier. It then transpired that they had the paving in stock the whole time.they then said it would be a further 2 weeks to be delivered. No compensation just a small apology. Very disappointing

Bought some good pots and decorative paving stones here. The prices are cheaper than anywhere local. Very helpful too.

Great garden centre lots to see, some reasonably priced plants and other items. I purchased some kids garden bits for my daughter, she loves them. The café in the middle of the centre is also worth the visit, plenty of food on sale with your drink.

Had coffee and cake excellent.Xmas decorations very good.

Nice place loads of variety. Spoke at length to the owner. Nice guy. Good deals to be had. AVIT!!

How on earth has this place got so many good reviews? It is terrible. Went today - many many empty shelves. Things are very expensive here and hasn't even got the excuse of being a bit posh or trendy which enables inflated prices. It is a tip! Lots of very old stock with badly faded labels. The smaller plants section was decimated. I know this time of year is past the peak season for buying bedding plants and herbs etc but it was literally empty. I did a bit of a Garden Centre 'crawl' today and it is the only one like this. Went over to In Excess in Parley and they had plenty of stock so I was able to get my herbs and things there. No wonder this place was empty. Biggest puzzle to me right now is how low are peoples standards to give so many good reviews. Especially the person who says you could make a day of it!? And being the best Garden Centre. Obviously not been to many garden centres and is easily pleased.

Not as nice as other garden centres. Big ,more furniture than anything else and pricey even with a sale on.

My visits here tend to be for the cafe with a group of friends. The seating is great for groups and the staff are helpful and friendly. The coffee isn't strong enough for my taste, but today it was hot and frothy, as ordered. There's usually a selection of cakes and toasted teacakes; there's a food menu but I don't eat there. In the summer the outside seating is great, but it's separate from the cafe itself which is enclosed in the middle of the store. It gets a bit foggy in there with the cooking smells but there's plenty of space.