The article describes two garden centre chains and two independent garden centres in Kent, England. The garden centre chains presented include Notcutts, a family-owned business of 19 individual garden centres, and the Paddock Wood GC, which is part of The Garden Centre Group. The author shares ...
The estate also has a large mansion house set inside a landscape garden designed in the 19th century by James Kent. The garden, although now overgrown and neglected, is the only surviving example of his work in the district. The estate was left as a gift to a charitable trust ten years ...