Situated in Crouch Street, Colchester's chic quarter, this much-loved shop set over three floors is much larger than at first sight. Likened to shopping in someone's quaint abode with its upstairs and downstairs, its shabby chic appearance and copper piping shelves, Secret Garden Trading is 'definitely different' and does not conform to the usual 'run of the mill' gift shops. Everywhere you look there are gorgeous gifts and colour. Owner Debbie Phelps took the shop over in 2005 and spends many hours sourcing the vast range of unusual and affordable gifts. Handmade cards, wrapping paper and bags, jewellery, jewellery rolls and stands, mannequins and dressmaker's dummies, candles and candlesticks, wedding, baby, christening albums and keepsake boxes, handmade glass bottle stoppers, moneyboxes, doormats and doorstops, photo frames and boxes, perfume bottles and paperweights, as well as seasonal goods for those special days of the year. These are just some of the enormous and diverse collection of products. New products are being found all the time and with each visit you never know what you might find. The list just goes on.