This award winning garden centre has been a family buisness for four generations. It stocks an extensive range of indoor and outdoor plants, gardening tools, furniture, barbeques, stoneware, water features, gifts and much much more. There’s a play area for the children and whilst you’re there why not relax in The Greenhouse Café and try their fresh, home cooked food for breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea.

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The University of Leicester Botanic Garden encompasses four once-separate gardens which have been merged into a single entity. The 16 acres of lovingly cultivated grounds and greenhouses, display a wide variety of features and environments. Centred around a restored Edwardian garden is the formal planting whilst other planting includes an arboretum, a herb garden, woodland and herbaceous borders, rock gardens, a water garden and a series of glasshouses displaying temperate and tropical plants, alpines and succulents. The Botanic gardens is also the home of the National Collections of Skimmia, Aubrieta, hardy Fuchsia and Lawson's Cypress, which along with its landscape features make this garden one of the most diverse in the region. It is the perfect place for a pleasant walk and there are benches for those who simply wish to relax and admire the surroundings. The water features are particularly pleasing and add character to the setting.  Variety is the key to this garden's strength.

Whetstone Pastures Farm, A426 Whestone Gorse Lane

Enjoy the best of local produce by picking your own tasty fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries and blackcurrants in one of the countries few remaining sites. Follow this with refreshments of a light lunch with tea or coffee, or even a one of their famous cream teas using the finest local ingreadients including their very own handmade jam. Sandra and Anthony Herbert invite visitors to their farm throughout the pick your own season, starting early June, Tuesday through to Sunday from 10pm till 6pm. Outside these times they open by request since there is more to their farm than just PYO! How about taking the children to pan for their own gems and fossils, just like the old gold prospectors, in their "Pay Dirt" or maybe take a trailer ride around the farm before making and baking your own pizza in a traditional wood fired oven. They even cater for childrens birthday parties using their outdoor space, play barn and tea room. Visit their web page to see all their up and coming events and the wealth of experiences they can offer.