Millbrook at Highgrove

Specialties

Millbrook Garden Company acquired Highgrove in March 2013 and it is now known as Millbrook at Highgrove — part of the Millbrook family of garden centres, one in Crowborough, East Sussex and one in Gravesend, Kent. Millbrook is a family-​run, independent business. It provides customers with a wide range of quality plants, shrubs, trees, furniture, barbecues, gifts and food items as well as a fish shop and pet accessories. We pride ourselves on friendly and knowledgeable staff who are on-​hand to give visitors help and advice on all gardening matters. We have our own nursery, in Crowborough where we grow a third of the plants sold at the centre.

The garden café serves hot and cold drinks, snacks, breakfasts, lunches and children’s meals using fresh, seasonal produce some of which is grown at the garden centre. There is ample free parking.

History

Established in 1979.

Millbrook Garden Centre is an independent, family owned business, started by Dick and Sue Allen in 1979 and their daughter, Tammy Woodhouse, is now managing director. Millbrook took over Highgrove Garden Centre in April 2013

Meet the Business Owner

Tammy W.

Business Owner

Tammy Woodhouse, the daughter of Millbrook Garden Centre’ss owners is now managing director.

Tammy started working there as a schoolgirl assistant, never intending to make it her career. But when her father died in 1997 she returned to help her mother and decided to stay. She did a garden design course and a graduate retail training scheme with Debenhams. Now, a few years on, she is proud of Millbrook’s achievements.

«We aim to do things a bit differently here, we want people to see the garden centre as a place they want to come to and feel inspired to get busy in their own garden.» she said. «We always make sure the quality of our plants is second to none. The fact that we grow a lot of our own plants sets us apart and we pride ourselves on having really knowledgeable staff, offering lots of good advice and help.»