Willow Pool Garden Centre is situated in one of the most delightful rural locations in Cheshire yet we are only 10 minutes drive from Manchester Airport.

We are open seven days a week, from 9am until 6pm

The six acre site includes showrooms, workshops, ample parking, wildlife, a wonderland of outdoor displays and our legendary Tea Rooms.

Willow Pool Garden centre is not only a working business but acts as Lymms' unofficial open-air horticultural museum. Your first impression will be rows of chimney pots, racks of gates and railing, ranks of urns, plinths, statues, obelisks and fountains. Inside the buildings is a large and attractive selection of furniture, both antique and reproduction, lamps, mirrors, fireplaces and surrounds, rooms of panelling, period bath fittings, lighting as well as humbler essentials such as stair spindles, sash weights, cast iron radiators, skirting and architrave's. Most of our antique furniture is on good condition but some items will be left in an original state that may require some remedial work by the customer to their own taste.

Take a stroll through our beautiful unspoilt garden and plant areas, many designed to inspire you to mix and match unexpected items within your garden. Stroll to our listed pond with its wildfowl sanctuary and then wander around our displays where you will discover a multitude of antique bricks, paving, cobbles etc.

If you are unable to visit Willow Pool due to distance or time the we hope that this website gives you a flavour of Willow Pool Garden Centre - a field of dreams where time stands still and stress does not exist.

THE HISTORY OF WILLOWPOOL (It may be a dream)

Come with me and I will tell you how it all began:-
The magical world of Willow Pool
You all know how seeds grow when it rains and the sunshine looks down upon them. Well one day a very special seed landed on the ground. The rains came and the seed began to grow into a very beautiful oak tree. Then more trees began to grow. but none of them spoke to the oak tree, only the birds, butterflies and the animals, he was so lonely standing there all on his own.

One day the oak tree noticed that a different tree had begun to grow-----, a willow tree. He watched it grow, but still only the birds and animals would talk to him. What could he do to make it speak to him? He just stood there a beautiful oak tree all on his own with no one to speak to and then, by some miracle, one of the birds decided to go over to the willow tree. The tree spoke to the bird,the bird then spoke to the oak- it was pure magic:- from then on they grew together and spoke to each other every evening. The branches of the oak and the willow grew and grew and they began to touch. They fell in love, everyone was so happy - the birds flew into the trees and nested there, they were now one big happy family, the rabbits, birds, squirrels, all creatures of the woods.

They were all full so full of joy and happiness, but this came to an end one stormy night.

The sky went very, very dark, the rain started lashing down and tossed all the branches from side to side. Thunder and lightning came next - so loud it frightened all the birds and animals-they were running everywhere and found shelter from the storm.

Suddenly there was a terrific flash of lightning it struck the willow tree from top to bottom, so sadly she died. They all cried, the rabbits, squirrels, birds- everyone-but not as much as the oak tree.

They shed their tears night and day. There were so many tears that they formed a big, big pool. Willow Pool!

What a joy this was for the birds, rabbits, squirrels. They had somewhere to play, not so for the oak tree. He missed his friend the willow tree so much that he also wanted to die, but the animals told him that he must not think like that. They needed him so much and that one day he would be happy again.

Little did they know how true their belief would be, but out of the corner of his eye the oak tree could see another small tree growing. He did not want to look again in case it disappointed, but once he saw the animals going over to this beautiful sapling he realised that this was their child-another willow tree.

He cried and cried again-this time it wasn't sadness but joy- There were so many tears that they became an extra pool. But this is not the end --- this is the beginning of Willow Pool Garden Centre; the magic continues.