Family garden centre in Larbert has everything under one new roof to plant up your outdoor space this summer
However big, or small, your outdoor space, this long-established, family-run garden centre can help you find just the thing to add colour and joy!
This is one of the busiest times for any gardener – as the weather gets warmer and days longer, the spring bulbs start to be replaced with summer blooms.
Whether you’ve just a pot on the doorstop, a hanging basket, a back yard or a glorious garden there’s always something to do to make it look its best.
Torwood Garden Centre is the trusted place to turn, not just for healthy plants for your pots, borders or allotment plots, but for the friendly and invaluable advice that only a family like the Stevensons can offer.
Ask the experts
Torwood Garden Centre in Larbert was founded in 1942 by John Stevenson Snr as a market garden, and now the business is run by the third and fourth generations of the family, including John and Jamie Stevenson.
We’re always happy to help answer any questions. We have the expertise and experience and are very happy to help whenever people come in for a recommendation or have a question.
Torwood combines the friendliness of being a family firm with everything you’d expect from a modern garden centre including a restaurant for breakfast, lunch or just a coffee and cake, a gift shop which also sells a range of clothing, garden furniture to suit any space and lots of free parking.
New for summer 2026
A new weatherproofing canopy covering the bedding plant area has made browsing for blooms for your beds and borders a more comfortable experience – wind, rain or shine, they’ve got you covered.
This year’s on-trend colours are light and delicate and the garden centre has plenty of suggestions if you’d love to plant a pastel palette.
Torwood is also running masterclasses in how to make a hanging basket, so you can learn the skills to do your own.
“We can pass on the hints and tips that you only get from working in this industry for 20 years,” said Jamie
Hanging basket masterclass
Learn from those in the know, how to plant the perfect hanging basket
On Friday 15 or Saturday 16 May, at 11am, you can join one of the gardeners for a workshop where you’ll learn to plant and design a stunning hanging basket which will burst with life and colour.
Benefit from expert guidance on planting and styling, and all plants, compost and materials are supplied. You’ll also enjoy a summer platter of food and tea or coffee, all for just £40.
Call 01324 553152 to book (places limited)
What to plant for a riot of colour?
We asked Jamie what he would recommend as an easy-to-care for bedding plant which will give colour to your garden, tubs or patio pot all summer long.
“Begonias can be planted from this time forward,” said Jamie. “They are always a customer favourite. They flower for a long time and look fantastic.”
Begonias come in trailing and upright varieties, in a range of rich colours. They are easy to grow with just occasional watering and flower best when fed once or twice a season. By May the frost risk should be past and begonias offer great-value for any garden, big or small.
Top tips for something different
Growing your own veg had a popularity surge during covid, Jamie said. But with fuel costs rising, and transporting and importing vegetables, fruit and herbs into the UK, growing your own offers a fun and sustainable answer.
“We don’t quite have the climate in Scotland for growing tomatoes outdoors,” Jamie said. “But they do well on a sunny windowsill or a greenhouse. We have a huge range of vegetables, including lettuces that you can grow and be cutting in a week.”
He recommended planting your own herbs in a windowbox, or inside on a sunny window – and kids love a bit of edible gardening.
“Herbs grow very easily,” said Jamie, “and cut down on cost and air miles, when you think basil is flown in to the UK from Nairobi!”
Inspiration and information
To find out more and plan your visit, check out the Torwood Garden Centre website here.