Plant Shops in London: 12 Must-Visit Places To Encourage Your Green Thumb
Whether you’re building a balcony jungle or just trying to keep one plant alive, London has no shortage of lovely spots to stock up.
From leafy houseplants to herbs for your windowsill, these shops and garden centres are part inspiration, part escape.
And if you needed another reason, plants have been shown to ease stress, lift moods and make even the smallest spaces feel a little softer.
312 Hackney Road, London E2 7SJ
Grace and Thorn is not your average plant shop.
Perched at the end of Columbia Road, this Instagram-worthy plant shop is a botanical fantasy.
You’ll be stuck for a choice between their plant posts, self-help book ‘How Not to Kill Your Plants’, plus a super masterclass guiding you on the basics of becoming a plant whisperer.
This gorgeous plant shop run by founder, Nik and an amazing team takes an off-beat approach to plant styling and florals.
- Rear of 43 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, SE22 8EW
- Arch 4 Deptford Station, Deptford Market Yard, Deptford, SE8 4NS
East Dulwich and Deptford are home to the stunning Forest London shops.
Small but perfectly formed, the shops are an oasis in the city selling plants, flowers and homewares from ethical brands like Nkuku.
The staff here will help you choose the right plants for your space and teach you how to look after them at home.
The Deptford store holds workshops teaching basic flower arranging skills, terrarium building, and wreath making.
The workshops make a great gift!
51 – 53 Islip Street, London NW5 2DL
We love their wide selection of plants always at reasonable prices.
They also sell plant pots, flowers, seeds, planters and garden supplies.
If you can’t head to Kentish Town, shop online and have your wares safely delivered to your home.
The Plant Finder page on their website helps you find new plants and where best to place them.
An east London staple, get up early to get the best plants and flowers at the 8 am opening time.
There’s a great selection of herbs, bulbs, and shrubs for sale, all at reasonable prices.
As the day goes on the greenest and freshest foliage available begins to thin out, but by the 3 pm closing time, there are bargains to be had.
You can find everything for your home and garden in this delightful store.
With branches in Nunhead, Camberwell, Elephant Park and Mayfair, their community garden stores have in-house experts to answer all your questions – and they’re welcomed – on all indoor and outdoor gardening matters.
320 Battersea Park Rd, London SW11 3BX
There are many reasons to love Battersea Flower Station and the name is one of such.
An award-winning independent local flower station, the shop offers an escape into a jungle of fairy lights, bunting and an eye-catching array of indoor plants.
Battersea Flower Station is home to a massive selection of greenhouses bursting with houseplants, from teeny cacti to tall ficus, succulents, indoor plants, spider plants, venus fly traps, cheese plants, and other succulent and lush greenery to spice up your home.
There is a lovely daily selection of fresh flowers plus a hand-tied bouquet of the week.
Church Lane, Off Petersham Road, Richmond TW10 9AB
If you’re looking for a hanging wisteria and flowers neatly hugging every space, Petersham Nurseries is where you need to be.
A wonderful London plant shop for nature lovers, the nursery is an absolute zen experience whether you’re going home with a bag full of plants or just window-shopping.
You’ll have a hard time choosing between the selection of plants roofed under the greenhouse – from hydrangeas to pergolas, foxgloves and cacti—just the kind of dilemma we love to be caught in.
3 Middleton Mews, London, N7 9LT
Conservatory Archives puts a definition to the phrase “small but mighty.
Not to exaggerate but this lush jungle green space in east London is like stepping into Alice’s wisteria Wonderland.
It’s hard to stick to your budget here, you are absolutely spoilt for choice between the hanging vines and shiny yuccas.
I love a shop that has helpful and knowledgeable staff to help me make better decisions and walk away with the perfect plant and Conservatory Archives has just that.
2 Barker Drive, St Pancras Way, London, NW1 0JW
Considerably one of the largest plant shops in London, Camden offers an escape from the chaotic Camden Market.
The peaceful oasis offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor plans plus a bookshop and exciting cafe that will nudge you to spend a day conversing with the plants.
Aside from the impressive garden with pretty much any plant you can imagine, Camden Garden Centre offers a charitable experience and training for people looking to groom their green thumbs.
Durnsford Road, Bounds Green, London N11 2EL
Alexandra Palace is famed for its rolling green lawns, but you don’t need stately home-style grounds to enjoy the wares of this nearby north London garden centre.
It’s packed with plants housed in what used to be an Olympic-sized swimming pool’s glasshouse and its neighbouring changing rooms.
The Centre has a solid selection of indoor and outdoor plants and shrubs, gardening tools and accessories.
There’s plenty in the way of cute and quirky gifts here too, and a sublime Christmas department to be explored in December.
106a Brick Lane, London E1 6RL
If you’re looking for an excuse to introduce aesthetics in your home, this is the plant shop for you to start from.
Located in Brick Lane, Jen’s Plants and Florist has an amazing selection of houseplants that will look great in every corner of your home.
These plants will bring a heartwarming green theme into your worthy home.
Jen gave up corporate finance to run this plant shop in London and is on a mission to introduce plants and flowers to nature lovers like you.
The London House Plant Guide: Practical Tips
Always feed your plants the correct nutrients to aid their growth and nourishment.
Ask your local plant shop for help, they know the best food for each plant species.
Consider buying some plant care lessons/workshops from the shopkeepers about each plant species.
They are often very happy to share advice so your plants don’t die on you.
Keep your pets away from your plants. They may chew and damage the plants.
Remember that some plants like pricky cacti could harm your pets.
Choose the correct drainage.
Ideally, your pot should help with the drainage of water in the plant. Use plants pots that have holes underneath.
Use good potting soil for your plants. The shopkeepers can advise on this.
Invest in good potting soil instead of using some random dirt from the backyard.
Where’s your favourite plant shop in London?