FAQs - Grimsby Garden Centre
Frequently asked questions
Here’s some answers to the questions we are commonly asked about Grimsby Garden Centre and the Potting Shed.
If your question isn’t answered here, feel free to find us on social media and drop us a message, email us on info@grimsbygardencentre.org.uk or give us a call on 01472 238438.
Similarly, if you think we’ve missed something that should be added to our FAQs, let us know.
Yes, we love dogs here at Grimsby Garden Centre! Don’t forget to pop by the pup pick ‘n’ mix when you visit.
Dogs are welcome in the outdoor seating area of the Potting Shed but unfortunately, we’re not able to allow dogs inside of the Potting Shed as we have an open kitchen and carvery area.
There are dog hydration stations dotted about the garden centre and Potting Shed garden, if they need topping up, please ask a member of the team and they’ll be happy to help.
If you take any pics of your pups on their visit to the garden centre, we’d love to share them! Please tag us on social media.
We offer local delivery in the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area for £10 on purchases over £50.
Our vans are powered by biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil from the Potting Shed.
We have a brilliant grounds maintenance team that supports all of Navigo’s sites as well some other partner agency sites such as St Hugh’s Hospital.
We are currently at capacity and not able to provide any further quotes for work at the moment.
The Potting Shed operates on walk-ins only and unfortunately cannot take reservations apart from under exceptional circumstances.
Click here to view the Potting Shed menu, specials and opening times.
So, you’ve heard about the famous Potting Shed (previously Café Blue) carvery and you want to see what all the fuss is about?! It’s proper roast beef, sugar-baked ham and Lincolnshire turkey or a vegetarian option served with stuffing, roast and new potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, seasonal vegetables and homemade gravy served every Wednesday and Sunday from 12pm – 2:30pm.
If you like the sounds of that – try our chip shop days on a Tuesday, Friday and Saturday serving all your favourite chip shop classics including spam fritters, battered sausages and chips, Grimsby haddock, and salmon, spring onion and mozzarella fish cakes.
Grimsby Garden Centre was purchased by NAViGO, North East Lincolnshire’s leading mental health service provider in 2015. The aim was to provide training and employment opportunities as well as therapeutic horticulture activities for local people with mental health problems. At the moment, we support an average of 19 service users with horticulture therapy per week.
As a not-for-profit, income that is generated by sales at the garden centre is reinvested back into NAViGO for the benefit of the local mental health services or to further develop and improve the garden centre for the benefit of the community.
When you shop with us, you help us to give back to the local community.
People using wheelchairs should be able to move freely throughout the majority of the garden centre and the Potting Shed – there is a however, a raised seating area in the Potting Shed that is not wheelchair friendly.
When planning our displays we test that wheelchairs are able to easily navigate around the display stands – if you find that this is not the case, or if you have any feedback with regards to accessibility, please let us know.
We also have wheelchairs available at the entrance of the garden centre for customer use should you need it.
You can shop Rathwood furniture online here – the orders are processed and fulfilled by Rathwood.
When you purchase any Rathwood products from us at Grimsby Garden Centre – either in store at the garden centre or online – the commission we receive as a Rathwood partner is reinvested by us for the benefit of our local community.
You can also browse and calculate prices of garden log cabins on our website here.
Grimsby Garden Centre and Potting Shed vouchers can be purchased in the garden centre.
National Garden Gift Vouchers can be purchased from Grimsby Garden Centre and redeemed in many garden centres across the UK.
We accept National Garden Gift Vouchers, including e-vouchers, Grimsby Garden Centre and Potting Shed vouchers.
If you’re travelling by car, free parking is available on site. If you’re following a Sat Nav, search: DN37 7DY, Grimsby Road, Laceby.
You can also reach us by public transport. The number 3, 4, 250 and 53 busses stop just a minute or two walk from the garden centre. Hop off the bus on Laceby Road just before/after (depending on which way you’re coming from) the Cottagers Plot Roundabout and keep left for a short walk down Maltby Ave passed the horse field – you’ll be with us in no time.
Head to the Stagecoach website for up-to-date bus times.
For current vacancies at Grimsby Garden Centre and the Potting Shed, or to submit your CV to be considered and contacted for any future positions, go to our ‘join our team’ page.
Being out in nature, potting and planting is a great way to spend your time, so we can’t say we blame you if you’d like to spend some of your spare time volunteering with us at the garden centre. It’s also a great way to expand your skills, feel part of a team and make new friends!
You can express your interest in volunteering on the NAViGO website here.
