August 03, 2026
July has been a month to remember. It has been hot, sunny and exceptionally dry. In fact, it is the driest July we have ever recorded, ...
Greenshutters Garden Centre, near Taunton, is nestled in the heart of the Somerset countryside.
We pride ourselves on good customer service, good quality plants and we hope you will find a pleasant place to wander and enjoy the plants. We have a great team who are always willing to help and give advice or help load your car.
Our Garden Centre
Greenshutters Garden Centre is based in the village of Fivehead, near Taunton in Somerset. We are a garden centre with the emphasis on garden plants.
Greenshutters Garden Centre is open 7 days a week and stocks an extensive range of plants including trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, specimen conifers, magnolia, rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas and Japanese maples.
We are well known in Somerset for our large selection of trees and hedging plants including large, mature trees.
We also have bedding plants and hanging baskets for sale throughout the year. Our wooden greenhouse has recently been restored and we have benches for you to rest your feet as you wander around or sit and admire the fabulous view across the Somerset Levels to the Quantock Hills.
Greenshutters Garden Centre is well worth a visit.
Our Nursery
Greenshutters Garden Centre is part of Greenshutters Nurseries Ltd, near Taunton in Somerset. The nursery is situated behind the garden centre and we have over 10,000 plants available. We also have another 14 acre site where we grow many of our plants for our online hedging website. This is approximately a quarter of a mile away from the main nursery and garden centre
We are probably the largest grower and retailer of Evergreen Hedging Plants in the south west of England. We grow for our Garden Centre in Somerset and our online hedging shop EVERGREENHEDGING.com. Our main lines of production are Laurel, Portugal Laurel, Leylandii, Western Red Cedar (Thuja) and Conifers. Delivery is available nationwide using couriers.
Greenshutters Nurseries is independently owned by Roger Eavis. The Eavis family have been growing garden plants for three generations since the 1940’s.
Greenshutters Nurseries in Somerset grows thousands of plants a year to supply Evergreenhedging.com and our Garden Centre.
See Garden Products, Feeds & Accessories
in our Garden Centre Shop
Our shop at Greenshutters Garden Centre has everything you need to make your garden thrive and grow. We stock garden products from tools to help you dig and tend the garden, to feeds and fertilisers such as Miracle Gro, Tomorite and Greenshutters Controlled Release Feed that help plants grow.
Visit our hedging shop with 8000 hedging plants and
3 acres of plants
Recent Gardening Blog Articles & News
A blog by Dr Roger Eavis about Greenshutters Garden Centre and the gardening world in general. Updates on new projects at Greenshutters, planting and gardening advice, details of when new plants and hedging become available and goings on in Somerset and the surrounding area. Also, comment on news and current affairs relating to the gardening world.
July 09, 2026The summer sunshine is here and it looks like it is going to be a bright July. Our plants have been responding to the abundant sunshine...
June 04, 2026After the late May heatwave, we are now getting some rain to water our gardens. Even if we don’t appreciate the rain, our gardens...