Enjoy delicious festive meals, home baking and seasonal hot drinks in Cafe Panola this Christmas. Here's what's on the menu this December: 

Christmas afternoon teas (served daily 2pm - 4pm, no need to book)

Christmas baking

Mince pies and tablet

Festive turkey and cranberry paninis

Seasonal lattes

Festive hot chocolates

From Monday 9th December:

Traditional Christmas dinners with all the trimmings

All of the food served at Cafe Panola is freshly prepared on site by our chefs in the kitchen. We us as much seasonal and locally sourced produce as possible and all of our eggs are free range! 

Our real Christmas trees have arrived and they are looking magnificent!
Come and select your own quality Christmas tree this year from the outdoor plant area at Pentland Plants. 

Our potted and cut trees are the finest quality, sustainably sourced and are grown in Scotland! Our cut Nordman Firs don't drop their needles, so are the perfect choice to see you through the festive season!

We have trees in a range of shapes and sizes so there really is something for everyone's home this Chrsitmas.

(Full Time)

Job Role

A fantastic career opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced EPOS Administrator to join our large and still growing Garden Centre. As an integral part of the team you will help to drive the business forward with our  EPOS system. Providing support to the Garden centre manager, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills as you work on variety of projects.

Main Responsibilities will include

You will report directly to the Garden centre Manager assisting in day-to-day duties of managing a busy Epos system.

• Data input/integrity checks.
• Goods in/out
• Report analysis.
• Stock taking.
• Tills

Skills Required:

• Experience of working in a stock management EPOS role ideally within a retail environment.
• The ability to work independently on tasks assigned to a high standard.
• You will be analytical, a problem solver and have great investigative skills.
• You will have a right first-time approach and a can-do attitude.
• You will be computer literate with a good knowledge of Excel.
• General IT knowledge.
• Experience of working with stock control databases would be advantageous.

What we offer:

We offer a competitive salary and benefits include a pension, up to 28 days holiday and staff discounts. If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast growing company and forward thinking team we want to hear from you.

To apply:

If you would like to be part of this forward thinking family owned business please send your CV and a covering letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We love dogs at Pentland Plants. They’re always welcome in our cafe, and our pet area is bursting with toys and treats; tried, approved and given the paws up by our own dogs, Sula and Pip! 🐾 
(I’m sure many of our latest goodies are at the top of their stocking list this Christmas!) 🎄 

We are so excited to be welcoming Penelope and Rebecca, the sweetest miniature donkeys, back to Pentland Plants this Christmas! They are from the Donkey sanctuary at St Boswells in the Scottish Borders, and will be helping to raise money for the sanctuary, which will help care for the many donkeys who live there.

Please do pop in and say hello! Everyone is welcome.