A SHORT HISTORY
A Tradition of Quality Since 1974!
John & Elsie Clarke founded Johnstown Garden Centre on a greenfield site in the village of Johnstown, just outside Naas in Co. Kildare, in August 1974.
Sons, Jim and Sean joined the company in 1980 and managed it together, for 40 years until Jim then retired in 2020.
Johnstown Garden Centre remains family owned, now in the third generation, and the business is now owned and managed by Sean Clarke, together with his wife Bernie and their family, Paul, Barry and Emma. Today they continue to grow the family business along with a great team working alongside them, some who have been part of the business for over 20 years and who continue to provide personal, efficient and friendly customer service to all who visit one of Ireland’s favourite Garden Centres.
Conveniently located on the N7 at Exit 8, with ample free car parking, Johnstown Garden Centre is the destination for a comprehensive selection of Garden Plants, Indoor Plants, Seeds, Bulbs, Tools, Christmas Decorations, Garden Furniture and all the accessories to enjoy Outdoor Entertaining, Gardening and Nature.
The Garden Café is the perfect destination place for meeting up with friends, arranging a business meeting or just stopping for a break to relax. Enjoy meals, snacks, drinks and sweet treats, with 250 indoor seats and a further 120 seats in our outdoor Café Garden. All food is prepared in our kitchen each day with everything from Scones to Desserts, Breakfast and Lunch, and Fresh Barista Coffee.
For the whole family, Johnstown Garden Centre is the perfect day out with something for everyone, and while our aim has always been to be truly a Gardeners' Garden Centre, we also have a playground for the kids, delicious jams, cakes and savoury treats to bring home from our food hall; hats, scarves, fashion clothing, outdoor gear and boots from our clothing section; furniture, barbecues and firepits in our outdoor living department; and one of Ireland’s largest and most loved Christmas Stores.
The entire Garden Centre is fully wheelchair accessible, with special parking bays and toilet facilities.
Over the decades since we started, the business has grown and developed, embraced change, survived floods, even moved location, but our motto has always been about Quality and today it is the same.
“Johnstown Garden Centre - A Tradition of Quality Since 1974”
John Clarke, our founder, sadly passed away on March 24th 2022, aged 91, Elsie joined John on 16th January 2023 after a short illness, aged 90. Their legacy will continue well into the future.
Hi, Thanks for the fantastic service - not only did you have the best online price and reasonable delivery, I got a very quick response to my query and the plant was delivered in perfect condition, much earlier than expected. Not many web stores offer this level of great customer experience, I'll be using yours much more in future.
Just to let you know my plants arrived today.As always a first class service from Johnstown. Beautiful plants superbly packaged and an amazing delivery charge.
You should be proud of such a reliable company in every way eg.communication,quality of plants and fast despatch and delivery - couldn't be better. Shame I live in the North,otherwise I would be visiting your garden centre every week.
Hi, just to let you know that order arrived today. Everything is 100%, no damage at all to plants. Keep up the good work on preparation and packing of plants.
Just wanted to say thanks for my order which arrived today. This was my first time using your online ordering. Service has been fantastic and so helpful and I will be recommending you to everyone!
I received my order today and I would just like to tell you that I am just delighted with the plants and the service. This was my first time placing an order and I apologise but I had my reservations about what I would receive in the delivery.
Superb care was taken packaging up the order and my plants arrived in perfect condition. I am extremely happy with your garden centre and the online service you provide. I normally go into a garden centre and gather up lots of plants to purchase only to have a mild panic attack when I look down at everything I've chosen and leave them all back :-) this way I can relax at home and do my research and then buy!
I will definitely be recommending your service and look forward to more online garden shopping
I visited your new café for the first time on Friday last. What a surprise. It's absolutely first class in every way. Congratulations to all involved. Great ambience, lovely staff, great menu. Will be back
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