Milton Ernest Garden Centre in Bedford

Lovely place, lovely staff. Great range of goods for the garden & home

very friendly staff, layout Is a little confusing if you're going in to find so etching specific- would be a nice wander round if you're not looking for anything in particular

Have visited a couple of times, but today while trying to keep my toddler entertained a member of staff was very rude while he was "trying out" the different seats in the garden furniture section. I understand the concern that he may have *shock horror* had some dirt on his shoe, which may have gotten into the outside furniture, but surely for £600, even if this were to happen (which it didn't), the seat covers should be robust enough to survive a wipe down? Even just asking calmly, rather than trying to bark orders would have been totally acceptable. The member of staff then followed is over to the bench section, maybe nothing better to do? Everybody else I've interacted with there has been lovely, and prices are good, however this experience made us feel very unwelcome.

Nice amount of outdoor parking.Toilets to the left as soon as you walk in.Cafe with indoor and small outdoor eating area.Dogs allowed inside on a lead.The main selling point of this garden centre has to be its outdoor plant area, its quite nice and has a large selection.The pot area is vast too.It also has an indoor area, containing the usual home decor, an unusual lamp selection, a pet corner, a sewing area and a small clothing area..A nice place to visit, not the largest but it has alot packed in !!

This garden centre almost always has a beautiful display of houseplants with lots of variety. The prices do not compete with supermarket prices but they are reasonable, the plants are healthy and the staff helpful and knowledgeable.It has a fantastic cafe which has amazing cakes and lovely fresh food. They even have a reasonable kids meal, which my daughter enjoyed as it came with activities.It's sad to see the aquatic section decline to the point it has no fish now but that's not through the fault of anything except being priced out of the market by online sales.It has a lovely clothing section too.

I really like this garden centre. Has great choice of plants, some unusual or hard to find, aquatic plants and lots more for the garden and indoors. Small selection of nice house plants too. Don’t ever get the feeling that the staff are cheery which takes away from a positive experience.

Just ridiculously priced. I don't know how they justify the prices. Birdhouse for £100. Their cafe wasn't great either. Fry up tasted like it had been microwaved. All in all just very disappointing

As well as the usual garden centre there is an aquatic business and cafe as well as toilets. Inside The main centre they have clothing, greetings cards, books, art supplies, crafts, a small village shop and cakes. It's a great place for those unusual gifts and craft as well as the garden things.

Lovely local garden centre. Selling everything you'd expect as well as a great selection of gifts and crafts inside the shop. Coffee shop was lovely with ample seating inside and outside in the covered area. Plenty of parking for a weekday but i imagine it gets busy at weekends. Stopped here for a coffee and a wander before a visit to twinwoods adventure nearby.

What a lovely little find. It's nice to find something that is not a big chain and completely over the top. This a a very cute little garden centre and cafe. The food was brilliant, very clean restaurant lacking in something, but good and the garden centre was really nice, had everything you wanted without being over the top and in your face. Free parking, lovely plants, excellent for wheelchairs and Prams what more do you want , And you never know what you are going to find when looking for a book 😀