Old Green Home & Garden Centre

20 Old Green Road, Kells, 
Co. Antrim BT42 3LP

Tel: 02825 898355 
Fax: 02825 898361

e-mail: info@theoldgreen.com
website: www.theoldgreen.com

Occupying the 4-acre site of a former linen mill, the Old Green Home & Garden Centre offers an extraordinarily comprehensive range of items for house and garden. The centre is run by Mervyn and Helen Moon, who already own and manage a successful wholesale business on the same site, Rathkenny Ceramics and Moon Lighting. The Old Green has many unusual features, reflecting the owners' wish to create a family garden centre of excellence, built on quality and service.

It stocks wide selections of plants, shrubs and trees many of them grown in the on-site nursery. You'll find a huge choice of popular and new varieties of plants, shrubs and trees, especially roses, fruit trees, garden trees and pond plants. There's a 5000sq. ft. glazed plant display area, while a second glazed gallery of the same size is dedicated to classical statues, figurines and garden ornaments. This is believed to be one of the largest such displays in the whole of the UK and Ireland. The huge selection includes many life-size and near life-size classical figure statues of Italian design suitable for commercial and public settings, as well as ornamental classical fountains in many sizes and designs. Also on display are numerous smaller figurines and ornaments suitable for interior, patio and small garden decoration.

If you are looking for a gift for a gardening enthusiast, check out the gift shop which stocks an enormous selection that includes a wide range of tools from reputable makers at competitive prices, bird care products, pots in stoneware, ceramic and terracotta, and a selection of Japanese lanterns in a range of designs and sizes.

Children are also well-provided for here, with a Play Area, House of Dolls (with a full stock of beautiful dolls available to purchase) and a Gypsy Caravan. The outside play area, with its swings, climbing structures and childrens' houses is designed to allow children to play in safety.

Whie here visit their licensed restaurant, Rose Cottage, an old traditional Irish cottage situated within the garden centre. Rose Cottage is finished inside with rustic stonework and pine beams and the open fire burns when the season requires it! All the food served here is home baked and they have won `The Taste of Ulster Award'.The restaurant is also available in the evenings for function bookings.

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