In the west, center, and southwest of the Netherlands, we find five garden centers of De Bosrand: in Alphen aan den Rijn, Oegstgeest, Rijsbergen, Wassenaar, and Woerden… and during 2024-2025, Noordwijk will be added to the group. For our ‘Visit to…’ series, we visited the location in Alphen aan den Rijn, centrally located in the Green Heart of the Netherlands… how appropriate!
De Bosrand Alphen aan den Rijn is known as a complete garden center for home & garden. Besides a beautiful variety of plants, one can also find pet supplies, pond equipment, gardening tools, garden furniture, decor & interior items, and flowers here. The garden center also houses a veterinary practice. The surface area of the garden center is considerable, spanning over 15,000 m2. If customers want to take a break from all the impressions, they can enjoy a coffee, tea or meal at restaurant De Plantage. Due to the size of the garden center and its assortment, it has a regional attraction to surrounding villages such as Boskoop, Hazerswoude, Leiderdorp, Woubrugge, Ter Aar, Nieuwkoop, and Bodegraven.
Besides the location of this garden center in the Green Heart, the owners of De Bosrand garden centers, the Van Haaster family, also have a green heart by origin. This ensures a complete and well-considered assortment of indoor and outdoor plants, which we could clearly see during our visit. Looking at the assortment of perennials in the outdoor plant department alone, there is something for everyone, in both small and larger pot sizes.
While shopping, it is noticeable that all departments have sufficiently wide paths and there is attention to an orderly way of product presentation, inspiring where possible and useful. Whether you are looking for gardening tools, pet supplies, garden furniture, or indoor products… there is plenty of choice. Once through the checkout, you can still decide to take home a fresh bouquet of flowers; there is a full-fledged florist at the exit of this beautiful and inspiring garden center. Highly recommended!
