South Downs Nurseries in Mid Sussex

Cheesy chips were soggy. When we pointed out to A staff member a broken glass bauble on the floor, it was looked at and left. A few minutes later children were picking it up with the staff member tidying boxes..not very health and safety...wasn't impressed.

A lovely garden centre with reasonable prices.

Great place to visit, lots of things to look at and arranged very well. Staff are all very helpful and all smart and in a uniform, you know who works there, unlike other places that don't have a uniform.

True spirit of Xmas, lovely surroundings. Relaxing and forfilling trip. Cafe nice food.

Nice enough, but you can never find staff if you need help or have a questions

Absolutely dreadful food at the restaurant. A tuna and cheese panini was a bit of old dry bread toasted with a bit of cheese stuck on the outside, hardly any tuna. When we complained we were told it was a rustic panini! The coffee was luke warm too. The cakes seemed like they were put out from the day before. I would avoid eating at the restaurant unless you want a bit of dry cake , dry bread and luke warm coffee .

Love this place. One of my favourite garden centres. Christmas especially is my favourite time to go. Staff are brilliant, knowledgable and so kind. Dog friendly and good at the cafe is tasty and all products and food are well priced and fair. Definitely worth visiting them for food or an adventure to the GC!

Lovely place to visit and have a mooch and the cafe has great food and cakes 🎂

Absolutely brilliant so much to find there and actually they have some really good quality items. From garden to home stuff. I personally can’t fault it at all. Alyways got something nice from there and service it’s great, friendly group of people.

My first day here. I loved the kind girl cashier who agreed to serve us English breakfast. We were 5 mins late. Thanks a lot- we travelled a long distance to dine here. Good good and kind staff - served very well

Great garden centre has everything you want in a garden centre and more, also dog friendly so that's always winning for me!

The cafe is a green oak traditional structure and a delight in modern times. A good range of snacks and meals at moderate prices, service is always very quick.

A great range of indoor and outdoor plants in excellent condition and reasonably priced. Huge range of various merchandise - too numerous to list, so I suggest you visit for yourself! Nice restaurant to have a coffee and a munch on a very tasty pastie.

They have everything but please, don't do Christmas in October.

Lovely garden centre with a wide variety of plants, pots, compost etc. It also has two cafes serving good food.

Good selection at fair prices .Excellent staff.

Good stop for all your plant and garden needs with a great coffee shop and wide range of general gifts for that special occasion

Great high end nursery, lots of garden products Inc furniture and BBQs in addition to a massive array of plants and shrubs. The cafe and restaurant are spectacular and well worth a visit on their own merits.

They used to like dogs as any respectable garden center should but things have changed. If you have a dog do not bring it here as its not welcome. There are signs everywhere stating. PAWS ON THE FLOOR. YAP OUTSIDE. ALL DOGS MUST BE KEPT ON A SHORT LEAD. IF YOU ALLOW YOUR DOG TO URINATE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. Passive aggression is never a good idea to subject your customers too if you want them to keep coming.

Great garden centre excellent quality plants good offers on multiple buys , highly recommended

Massive garden centre with a Musium.....good restaurant...... everything you will need for your garden

The good: lots of parking, clean toilets and friendly staff. The bad: walking around, I noted a lot of items here are more expensive than many other local suppliers. From plants to souvenirs. It seems the setup is to be a 'member' to get prices back towards the standard abd feel you are getting a genuine discount. The ugly: if you are celiac (coeliac), gluten intolerant, or have a serious food allergy. Avoid the cafe at all costs!! Despite their menu's looking appealing and catering for gluten-free, their staff are clueless. I visited here yesterday and was seriously ill afterwards from being glutened. Anyone not aware of how being glutened works - when a celiac consumes gluten, it causes unbearable stomach pains, including vomiting etc, which (in my case) goes on for hours. The duration and sensitivity varies between individuals and the amount you consume, but the damage is done to the small intestine where the gluten burns the villi and stops your body from properly being able to absorb nutrients etc until your gut has recovered- means feeling weak and often lethargic for days. For some people this can take affect within minutes, for myself, about an hour or 2. How do I know it was from here- this was the only place I ate/drank anything from that day. I found out from another celiace member of family that the kitchen staff sell gluten free toast, but use the same toaster as regular bread!! They have zero idea on cross contamination or food allergies. Looks like a nice cafe if you can eat anything. For people with allergies - AVOID!!! I hate having to leave this review, but I don't want any other celiacs to suffer like I am. Please learn and train your staff at South Downs Nurseries.

Well stocked and food value. Staff slightly hit or miss in terms of helpfulness. Found what I wanted and didn't pay as much as I would have at Dobbies (or other nurseries nearby)

Best Garden center I've ever been to! Plenty of stock. Art and craft supplies, furniture, pet supplies, books, gifts. Has a Regatta and Craghoppers outdoor clothing section. Helpful staff. Staff work really hard to keep things tidy. Plants healthy. The restaurant food is amazing. Lovely selection of cakes. Would recommend the cooked breakfast. Food comes out so quick. Tables are always clean. Seating areas indoors and outdoors. When sunny weather it's nice to sit outdoors. There is also a playground for kids. Dog friendly they supply water bowls. Garden center also sells fresh baked goods and wine in the food section. There is also an art gallery and museum section. Great day out for family or visiting alone. Peaceful atmosphere. Relaxing music is played in the store.

Latte coffee slopped !! into cup !! all watery !! No Care put into it !! No lovely froth or pattern!! Filthy dirty seats and floor.

Staffvery friendly and helpfull

Love this garden centre. So many bits and pieces to explore. More than just plants.

Fantastic garden centre with so much to browse and purchase. Will definitely visit again when I visit family in Brighton. I live 135 miles away, so it's a little too far for regular visit. If I was closer it would be one of my go to places.

Excellent garden centre in Hassocks. Good range of plants, pots and gardening hardware. There is also a nice restaurant and coffee shop and a decent food hall.

My favourite place to shop for growing salad and veg. Brilluant selection of trees, Acers, Climbers and Roses. Lovely coffee shop and deli, although their coffee cake today was hard and did not taste of coffee! They often have the plants I am looking for, but cannot find in other garden centres. Helpful staff.

Superb.....all you could want and more. The plants are of good quality and healthy, with friendly, helpful staff ...plus good wide selection of food available in the restaurant. Ample parking and wheelchair friendly all around.

Lots of plants, clothing and gifts, food and drink. Also a cafe. Easy to while away a few hours.

It's a Tates garden centre. Can't go wrong. Excellent selection of plants, v nice restaurant, plus all the usual gardening equipment for sale. Not forgetting the gardening machinery museum.

A very welcoming centre, great selection of garden and outdoor furniture. Pets are also well supplied before you get to the extensive gardening section. Finished with a good choice of food and drink, a must visit.

Great Garden centre with excellent large restaurant area. Welsh Rerebit is great. 😊

Had lunch there. Very good quality food

Delicious Afternoon Tea at Tates Garden Centre in Hassocks. All beautifully served by Toby. Would definitely recommend.

Exceptional garden centre; whatever I need, I seem to always be able to get in there, whether it's plants, bbq stuff, garden lights, gifts, it's not cheap but always good quality. Playground for kids a nice touch and the restaurant is great for both breakfast and lunch. We recently bought some garden furniture which again has proved to be great quality and we've been really pleased with it. There are some really good garden centres in the mid sussex area, however I think this one is probably the best.

Terrific choice for vegans - including delicious cakes. Great service; plenty of inside and outside seating. Highly recommended.

A lovely garden centre with plenty of parking. There's a small playground which was enjoyed by my toddler. Food from the cafe is also good. The cakes look delicious. Staff are kind and friendly and took time to acknowledge my toddler.

Really nice garden centre with a good choice of garden paraphernalia as well as furniture and other mixed items. Nice little museum of lawn mowers! Two cafes and nice little food shop. One cafe does full food options, the other snacks, cakes, pastries. And the nice thing is they feel very different in atmosphere. Always consistent

Super nursery, highly recommend the smaller cafe near the vintage mower exhibition , super sausage rolls in many flavours. Staff super friendly and a great atmosphere as you’re discussing which Begonia will look nice in your garden.

My first visit, its an absolutely fabulous nursery. There were so many things to look at, gifts, garden furniture, ornaments, clothing, handbags, plants, the list goes on and on. Even the art gallery was wonderful. We had lunch in the cafe which is very popular and understandable so. The food was delicious, nicely presented, and the wait reasonable. I loved the decor, the beams and lighting were stunning. We are definitely going again, and it's inspired me for Christmas gifts. I could spend hours in there, no wonder the carpark is so large! I'm sure others feel the same 😃

Good food and service. Was a little quieter than expected, which was nice too 👌👌

Only gave a four because of the prices, but other than that, the whole place absorbs your mind.

Great plants and food. Lovely afternoon looking around. :)

Good local products and others but very over priced

Had a nice lunch with a friend. It was very busy for a weekday.

Excellent garden centre and cafe

Went to use the car wash & get some lunch whilst waiting. Service in the coffee shop was slow. No vegan desert available. Looked around the indoor displays they looked "tired". I normally use Tates at Hassocks or New Barn which are both better stocked & have thriving coffee shops

We came to just enjoy the day with my family To get some garden accessories and plants for our new house, it was really nice place plenty of beautiful plants to choose and stuff, we decided to have lunch with our chihuahua after ordering food in the counter with our small dog we sat on the table eating our lovely dinner when a member of staff approaches us and told us that dog are not allowed so we have to move with our food into a cafe area, it was so embarrassing that they didn’t told us while we are in the counter ordering food where they can clearly say that dogs are not allowed where they are allowed everywhere else. We just feel so embarrassed and humiliated that we didn’t even finish our food and just decided to go and not buy anything else.

Lovely garden centre great food overpriced

Plants are a bit expensive and it is annoying that you can't pay for everything you want at the same till resulting in having to queue twice. Cup of tea was fine and staff very friendly.

So much choice, beautiful plants at reasonable prices, lovely restaurant and Food Hall, well worth a visit.

This place is epic! Best garden centre I’ve ever visited. The coffee shop and food halls are lovely. Great play area for little kids too! Easy to park.

Addictively expensive, with a wide range of plants.

Good place to go for coffee and cake. Lots of lovely things to look at. Friendly staff

I advise avoiding the cheese toastie unless you hate cheese. There must be a cheese shortage. £6 too!!

A great plant nursery with pet store, gardening sundries, plants, seeds and trees for sale, also fancy goods, books, cards, kitchenware, gifts, a gallery and a large cafe/restaurant. Also plenty of car parking from which there is level access to the store.

Was pretty amazing garden centre. Best I've ever seen!!! Great restaurant with super fast service even though they were very busy .....Great food. They had an art gallery upstairs.....which was fab and even a museum and interesting artefacts and information aswell as plants 🪴 and amazing garden sheds....snugs and brilliant ideas. I loved it!

First time visitor today. This place is epic.

Large garden centre. Plenty to see. The small museum is interesting. Love the bee hive. Florence in the shop was very helpful and polite. Great restaurant with plenty of seating. All in all a great place to visit.

Wonderful place - so much to browse and it's all uncover - perfect for the rainy day of the visit. The small museum section has some great exhibits and interesting information. For a garden centre - and much more - Lunch was of good quality and large portions! - There is a very good greengrocery stand - outside - just by the entrance. There is good area of parking.

Good staff,great food ,well organised

Extremely disappointed in the level of rudeness shown towards disabled people ..

Always a great place to come not just because of the excellent garden centre part which is top class but also for food. A really nice building with great staff and fantastic food. If only it had a car wash it would be perfect.

Great place got everything you need and lovely staff great fruit and vegetables shop out the front too

Well stocked Beeding plants and a friendly atmosphere.

Lovely garden centre, with loads to look at. Had a lovely afternoon here until we came to leave. The man on checkout was arguing with the woman in front of me for ages, and then once she had left told me he was closed now as he was going home. After I'd been stood waiting for ages too, charming. Really spoiled the visit actually, thanks Andy.

So much to see and do here, its our local nursury and always has everything we need.

Didn't have a good selection of hozelock accessories.

Really good garden centre. Most importantly the cafe restaurant serves great food and there’s also a shop & coffee place adjacent with many tasty treats. Lots of seating indoors and out with friendly and efficient service. The gardening part is huge and has pretty much everything available along with a museum and other ways of entertaining children. Enormous car park too. Recommended.

Just a quick pit stop to pick up some plants. We also had coffee and cake in the smaller cafe as it was less busy. Its a lovely garden centre with some interesting extra features, such as a garden museum. It also stocks some more unusual plants alongside the most popular ones.

They had everything that I needed.

Restaurant very busy on a bank holiday.

.... love to lunch there, my favourite hidy-hole! 👏🏾🔥👏🏾🔥👏🏾

So much to see, plants, clothes, ceramics, food to name some things. Look forward to visiting again.

Excellent range of plants and all things gardening + nice restaurant. Plenty of parking.

An excellent garden centre with an extensive and comprehensive range of products. One could easily spend a whole day shopping and looking at the marvellous range of plants and shrubs. Our visit included a wonderful meal in a large restaurant on site. Other attractions include a museum, garden sheds, offices and garden family sun rooms that are beautifully presented. A large car park too! I thoroughly recommend a visit but be prepared to find yourself wanting to spend a few hours here at least.

Nice place to visit good variety of plants

Plant enough garden Centre - a bit pricey. Toilets were spotlessly clean but they could go a little easier on the bleach

Everything here is very carefully maintained. The plants are all flourishing.The shelves filled with pretty and unusual gifts; there's a scrummy food department, another with everything your pets and ponds need. Sheds and gorgeous party rooms for your outside area. A smashing cafe rounds it all up. All costs a little more than nearer to town but 😁 it's worth it. Nice clean toilets.

I needed to replace an item but due to health issues I was way outside any guarantee dates with the supplier. Georgia at South Downs contacted them on my behalf and resolved the issue . She kept in contact with me regularly until the item arrived . Excellent customer service and communication.

Best garden centre with most lovely staff.

Nice place to visit but a bit on the pricey side ,but that's like everything now days. It does have a lovely restaurant and a little coffee bar. Give it a visit, there is lots to see.

Fantastic Staff very polite Price ok

This is a lovely garden centre, lots of nice home bits and pieces as well as the plants. Cafe serves very nice food. Only gave 4 stars because the majority of the young staff in the cafe are sullen and miserable and clearly don't understand that to work in hospitality you should at least try to hide the fact that you think customers are a pain !

Tates Garden Centres Online ordering service is appalling. The tech admin process is very badly set up, there is no no email or txt sent out to confirm delivery date. I had The Old Barn Dial Post give me information regarding my online order that proved to be totally wrong. When the delivery arrived from Southdowns Garden Centre Hassocks I had to return over half the order because the plants were totally dried out brown leaves, dead flowers and only fit for the bin. Even the van delivery men were embarrassed and apologising. This is the second time that I have had issues with orders and I would say that as lovely as the actual centres are DO NOT use their order services IN ANY WAY, they are a disaster!😩😤

Six of us went to the coffee shop for afternoon tea today and all we can say is WOW!! The best we have had and believe me, we have tried many. The food & staff were exceptional. This is one of our favourite garden centres which we always enjoy visiting.

The best High Tea had in years, Excellent service and food highly recommended.

Full of all things,worth the visit

A dreadful meal here in the restaurant last weekend Vegetables from the Seventies and a home made pie that really all in was pretty poor The fresh lemon drizzle cake extremely average A shame

Massive garden centre, good variety but very expensive. Great pies, sausage rolls, sandwiches, quiche & pork pies!

Excellent garden centre, huge amount of choice and brands. Lovely food hall/seating area with foods to take away too (the pies are great). Great choice of outdoor planting. We got lizard supplies, soil, a plant, a candle and some bird feeding supplies. Only downside is that Tates as a company is quite expensive!

Staff always helpful and friendly

Really lovely garden centre. There's a restaurant and a little cafe, as well as loads of things to look at and explore. Staff are really friendly everywhere and very helpful. Would highly recommend a visit here ☺️

Genuine pleasure having the opportunity to walk around this incredible nursery. All the staff are so accommodating and the food was incredible. Thank you for a great day.

Excellent garden centre with cafe

Lovely place, great food, great friendly staff. Would definitely recommend a visit

A well thought out walk through display. Plenty of choice in all goods. Very good cafes and an excellent food market. Plenty of car park space. An interesting agricultural museum with some unusual machinery. You can easily spend 3 to 4 hours. Pricing reasonable and in line with good quality garden centres.