Norfolk is full of places where you can browse for plants with a dog at your heel.
Here are seven garden centres you can visit with your four-legged friend.
1. Thetford Garden Centre
Where: Kilverstone, Thetford, IP24 2RL
Thetford Garden Centre is dog-friendly (Image: Thetford Garden Centre)
At Thetford Garden Centre, “dogs welcome” is clearly signed and the staff are well-used to serving canine customers.
The centre is home to an award-winning restaurant named Lime Kiln Kitchen, where people can stop off for a coffee or a spot of lunch with their pooch after browsing the wide range of stock.
2. Highways Garden and Leisure
Where: Loddon Road, Norwich, NR14 7PW
Billing itself as one of Norfolk’s premier garden centres, Highway is proudly dog‑friendly and popular with walkers heading in from the A146.
Dogs on leads are welcome and there are clearly signed dog‑friendly tables in and around the café, so you can linger over coffee without leaving your pet in the car.
3. Green Pastures Plant Centre, Farm Shop & Restaurant
Where: Mill Road, Bergh Apton, NR15 1BQ
The award-winning afternoon tea at Green Pastures (Image: Green Pastures Plant Centre)
Green Pastures has built a reputation on its award‑winning restaurant and café, with regional food accolades and national catering awards sitting alongside rave reviews from regulars.
Dogs are part of the picture too, with four‑legged visitors welcomed on site while their owners stock up on plants and local produce.
4. Sprowston Garden Centre
Where: Blue Boar Lane, Norwich, NR7 8RJ
Sprowston Garden Centre is part of the British Garden Centres group and actively encourages dog owners to visit, as long as their pets are on leads.
There is plenty of space for your pooch to wander around outside among the plants, making it a useful option for those wanting a dog‑friendly spot that is not too far out of Norwich.
5. Fakenham Garden Centre
Where: Mill Road, Hempton, Fakenham, NR21 7LH
Pooches can also visit Fakenham Garden Centre, which recently won a string of festive awards (Image: Matthew Usher/Newsquest)
Fakenham Garden Centre leans into being dog‑friendly, making it an easy stop if you are out and about with a four‑legged companion.
Dogs are welcome across the site as long as they are well behaved and kept on a lead and there are clearly marked dog-friendly tables in the café.
It recently took home three awards from the Garden Trade News Greatest Christmas Awards 2025.
6. Holt Garden Centre
Where: Holgate Hill, Kelling, Holt, NR25 7ER
The team at Holt Garden Centre actively invites customers to “bring your four‑legged friend along,” with dogs welcomed as part of a day out rather than treated as an afterthought.
That approach extends into the Garden Terrace Café, which clearly bills itself as a dog‑friendly place to eat and drink, so you can enjoy breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea with your dog at your feet.
7. Roys of Wroxham Garden Centre
Where: Newey’s Way, Hoveton, NR12 8QG
Roys of Wroxham Garden Centre is dog friendly, even hosting a Santa Paws event in 2025 (Image: Supplied/Roys)
Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome to join you while you potter around the aisles at Roys Garden Centre.
Water bowls and friendly team members help make it feel relaxed rather than restrictive.
For Christmas 2025, Roys leaned into this by hosting a Santa Paws event, inviting customers to book festive photo slots and treats for their dogs alongside the usual seasonal shopping.
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