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The Garden Centre Association: Quality guaranteed

The GCA is part of the South African Nursery Association (SANA). Where SANA has a broader scope and plays a bigger role in South Africa’s gardening industry, the GCA is aimed at maintaining the quality of the garden centre customer experience.

To spread the word and the knowledge of both the GCA and SANA, Life is a Garden (LIAG) was established. While it is essentially a marketing division, its scope has grown organically until the website has become a one-stop guide to gardening in South Africa, where readers can find their closest GCA-approved garden centre, gain knowledge on plants and gardening, as well as discover fun projects for the garden and learn how to garden responsibly.

The monthly newsletter has become eagerly anticipated by gardeners around the country, full as it is with helpful tips and hints, news on new releases and ideas on how to get the best out of your garden, no matter the season.

The key objectives of the GCA are to ensure that each and every member garden centre constantly strives to improve nursery standards and is guided in this goal by the National Association.

While the business of a nursery is selling plants, a GCA Garden Centre is more than just a commitment to selling healthy, good-quality stock. It is also a promise to look after the environment, both in terms of not selling alien invasive plants, and in terms of environmentally friendly initiatives such as recycling projects. It is also a pledge to impart knowledge to staff members and the gardening public, because a knowledgeable gardener is a successful gardener, and successful gardeners will keep on gardening. The GCA’s job doesn’t end after handing out its respected green and yellow sign, though. To hold onto that sign and everything it stands for, all GCA centres need to achieve certain levels and prove this when they are regularly evaluated. This ensures that the GCA signs outside the garden centre door are accurate, up-to-date, relevant and continue to stand for excellence in the industry.

As part an international gardening community, the GCA is also an active member of the International Garden Centre Association, which allows South Africa’s nursery industry to learn from the best in the business, and to share our own expertise with the rest of the world.

This international gardening community meets annually for a week-long congress held in a different host country every year. Here business is discussed and contacts made, but more importantly, garden centres are visited so that each member country is aware of best practices and the high standards that are achieved globally. By sharing knowledge, standards are improved in every member country.

The result of all of this is that garden centres of the GCA are amongst the best in the world, continually improving and offering world-class service to every member of the public who walks through their doors.

Below please find a list of GCA members in South Africa:

EASTERN CAPE

Independent Garden Centres

Floradale Nurseries East London043 748-2414
Floradale Nurseries Port Elizabeth041 368-5169

Home Stores

Builders Express East London086 099-4196
Builders Express Jeffrey’s Bay086 099-4178
Builders Express Newton Park P.E086 099-4192
Builders Express Queenstown086 000-8945
Builders Express Uitenhage086 000-9518
Builders Express Walker Drive P.E086 099-4190
Builders Express Walmer P.E086 099-4183
Builders Warehouse Port Elizabeth086 000-8900

FREE STATE

Independent Garden Centres

All Seasons Garden Centre073 724-3705
Alma Kwekery057 392-1940
Bruwer Kwekery051 433-2072
Greenside Kwekery051 451-3042
Urth Garden Centre051 451-1913

Home Stores

Builders Warehouse Bloemfontein086 000-8909

GAUTENG NORTH

Independent Garden Centres

Plant Paradise Garden Centre012 998-5480
Plantland Akasia012 942-8714
Plantland Cornwall Hill012 667-6330
Plantland Menlyn012 348-7121
Plantland The Wilds012 991-3061
Safari Tuinsentrum012 807-0009
Soleil Ludwig Roses012 807-2091
Stodels Nurseries Menlo Park012 460-5137

Home Stores

Builders Express Lynnwood012 003-5000
Builders Express Raslouw086 000-8976
Builders Express Wonderboom076 502-4814
Builders Express Wonderpark086 099-4185
Builders Warehouse Centurion086 000-9528
Builders Warehouse Erasmus Park012 003-6770
Builders Warehouse Gezina086 000-8907
Builders Warehouse New Market086 099-4181
Builders Warehouse Woodlands086 000-8915
Builders Warehouse Zambesi086 000-8909
Chamberlains Centurion012 653-9600

GAUTENG SOUTH

Independent Garden Centres

CND Nursery010 035-5212
Colourful Splendour Honeydew011 794-5733
Colourful Splendour Nursery011 447-5817
Crisanra Kwekery016 982-2987
Eckards Garden Pavilion011 453-8573
Hecker Nursery011 894-3643
Lifestyle Home Garden011 792-5616
Ludwig Roses Egoli081 715-5110
Nicolas Plants Northriding011 704-1938
Schaffler’s Garden Nursery011 786-0323
Stodels Garden Centre Ferndale 010 448-8310
Stodels Nurseries Bryanston011 463-5773
Sunkist Garden Pavilion083 325-2997
Sylvia Pass Garden Centre071 686-2054
Thyme Square Garden Centre011 949-4210

Home Stores

Builders Express Bedfordview010 271-2580
Builders Express Bryanston086 099-4179
Builders Express Carnival086 000-8935
Builders Express Cedar Square086 000-8999
Builders Express Craighall Park010 003-6000
Builders Express Cresta010 055-6267
Builders Express Florida Glen010 003-5206
Builders Express Greenstone086 000-9526
Builders Express Lambton086 099-4184
Builders Express Noordheuwel086 999-0536
Builders Express Northmead010 271-3680
Builders Express Norwood086 099-4189
Builders Express Robindale010 595-3586
Builders Express Southgate010 594-0401
Builders Express Sunward Park010 596-6300
Builders Express Vereeniging010 056-0901
Builders Warehouse Bedworth Park086 000-8914
Builders Warehouse Boksburg086 000-8923
Builders Warehouse Edenvale086 000-8902
Builders Warehouse Fourways010 003-4200
Builders Warehouse Gleneagles086 000-8901
Builders Warehouse Kempton Park086 000-8912
Builders Warehouse Midrand012 003-9121
Builders Warehouse Northriding086 000-8906
Builders Warehouse Rivonia086 000-8913
Builders Warehouse Strubens Valley086 000-8905
Mercury Build It087 807 9233

KWAZULU-NATAL

Independent Garden Centres

Blackwood’s Home of Gardening033 342-2191
Grovida Retail Store031 205-2872
Halls Garden Pavilion031 903-6737
Hingham Nursery031 564-3062
Illovo Nursery031 916-2491
Ludwig’s Star Roses081 380-8496
The Potting Shed031 893-7973

Home Stores

Builders Express Amanzimtoti031 904-7300
Builders Express Ballito032 947-2605
Builders Express Durban North031 940-0145
Builders Express Hillcrest031 765-7711
Builders Express Park Rynie086 000-8952
Builders Express Pietermaritzburg033 342-5410
Builders Express Pinetown086 099-4195
Builders Express Springfield071 187-4347
Builders Express South Coast039 315-0350
Builders Express Umhlanga031 566-3650
Builders Warehouse Newcastle086 000-8932
Builders Warehouse Richards Bay035 940-0600
Builders Warehouse Riverhorse086 000-8917
Builders Warehouse Rossborough031 941-1550

LIMPOPO

Independent Garden Centres

Retsini Nursery015 295-4461
Woodlands Garden Centre078 894-3215

Home Stores

Builders Express Mokopane015 414-0011
Builders Express Thohoyandou015 414-0093
Builders Warehouse Polokwane086 000-8911

MPUMALANGA

Independent Garden Centres

Appelblaar Kwekery015 793-1596
Concrete & Garden Creations013 745-8386
Likhutsa Nursery013 751-3030
Montana Garden Pavilion013 741-3348
Ninfa Tuinsentrum013 243-5626
White River Garden Pavilion013 750-0719

Home Stores

Builders Express Boabab066 000-7872
Builders Express Middelburg086 000-8926
Builders Warehouse Emalahleni086 000-8918
Builders Warehouse Nelspruit086 000-8910
Builders Warehouse Secunda086 000-8971

NORTHERN CAPE

Independent Garden Centres

Pro Plants053 244-0044

NORTH WEST

Independent Garden Centres

Clarks Tuinsentrum018 632-3542
Geelhout Gardens014 597-4382
Olive Garden071 301-5074
Sittig Nursery012 259-0900
The Aloe Farm071 162 6790

Home Stores

Builders Express Mafikeng018 414-0001
Builders Express Potchefstroom086 000-8990
Builders Warehouse Klerksdorp086 000-8930
Builders Warehouse Rustenburg086 028-4533

WESTERN CAPE

Independent Garden Centres

Cape Garden Centre021 988-4137
Cape Garden Centre George044 023-0121
Cape Garden Centre Somerset West021 858-1157
Cape Garden Centre Stellenbosch021 855-0334
Ferndale Nurseries021 794-5175
Landscape Art Garden Centre083 380-1544
Ludwig Roses Winelands021 884-4552
Starke Ayres Garden Centre021 685-4120
Starke Ayres West Coast Village021 554 8450
Stodels Nurseries Bellville021 919-1106
Stodels Nurseries Bergvliet021 794-2221
Stodels Nurseries Kenilworth021 671-9050
Stodels Nurseries Milnerton021 528-4000
Stodels Nurseries Somerset West021 852-7400
Super Plants Tokai021 715-4666
Tulbagh Kwekery023 230-0694

Home Stores

Builders Express Hermanus086 000-8965
Builders Express Kenilworth086 099-4187
Builders Express Knysna044 382-3055
Builders Express N1 City086 000-8988
Builders Express Paarl086 000-8943
Builders Express Stellenbosch086 099-4197
Builders Express Vergelegen021 753-9060
Builders Express Vredenburg086 000-8945
Builders Express Willowbridge086 099-4193
Builders Express Worcester086 000-8986
Builders Warehouse Cape Gate086 000-8925
Builders Warehouse City086 000-8921
Builders Warehouse Constantia Berg086 000-8919
Builders Warehouse George086 000-8929
Builders Warehouse Helderberg086 000-8922
Builders Warehouse Table View086 000-8924
Builders Warehouse Tygerberg086 000-8920

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