About 3CH

Established in 1991, we have the experience to confidently offer guidance to both new and experienced soil-less gardeners alike. Our competitors cannot beat our knowledgeable advice, efficient service or great prices!

We first started off in Henley-on-Thames, Oxon as an alternative to the majority of the people in the hydroponics industry who saw hydroponics as a way to exploit people by charging rip off prices and misleading people of the unrealistic yields that they could expect by purchasing their overpriced products.

We allow people to purchase quality hydroponics equipment from a reliable and impartial retailer whilst also offering the lowest possible prices. Unlike many other retailers we do not try and sell you products that offer us the biggest profit margin. We stock a wide variety and offer our honest opinion on any product that you enquire about, and the advice we give is gained from our own and customers' experiences, and not from our wholesalers and manufacturers sometimes 'overstated' claims.

We have sold hydroponics equipment to a wide range of different organisations such as universities, schools, hospitals, airports, nurseries and even oil refineries. Our most celebrated sale to date was to the BBC Gardener's World TV programme when on the 10th June 2005 edition of the show, we supplied both the expert advice and the hydropnic equipment featured. We have built our business on appreciating our customers and giving them the best possible service and that is why they return to us time after time.

At present we have a shop in Dartford Kent. It was previously known as Beaver Hydro and we moved in to the premises in Janruary 2008. It is close to the Dartford tunnel and easily accessible from London, the M25, A2, M20, A21 and the A13. Also in Kent, we have a shop in Aylesford, Maidstone. Our newest edition to the 3 Counties family is a shop situated in Cowley, Oxford. It is close to the city centre and easily accessible from the main roads including the M4, A41 and M40. The Oxford Branch opened in December 2009. We have a shop situated in  Reading, Berkshire, this opened four years ago when we moved out of the original Henley-on-Thames shop. It is easily accessible from London, the M4 and A33.  We have a shop situated in Watford, Herts, which opened in November 2008. It is easily accessible from London, the M25, M1, M40, A1 and the A41.

We keep lots of stock and we aim to satisfy all our shop visitors and provide next day delivery on all internet and telephone orders.

If you ever need advice, have a problem, have some useful tips or have some suggestions on how we can improve our service please don't hesitate to contact us. Whether you're new to hydroponics or an experienced grower we would love to hear from you.