Piscopo Gardens

Piscopo Gardens is a garden centre in the north of Malta, set on Tony Camilleri Street in Burmarrad, close to St Paul's Bay and the road towards Mellieħa. Three businesses share the brand: a garden centre, a pet shop and a flower shop, and the team also takes on landscaping and plant-care projects for homes, offices and events.

For a UK visitor with a holiday home, a resident settling into a new villa or someone who simply wants to browse, the centre is a one-stop place for plants, tools and pet supplies. It is listed in our directories of garden centres in Malta and florists in Malta.

A family business since 1994

Vinnie and Emanuel Piscopo founded Piscopo Gardens in 1994, and today it is run by their daughter Vinny, who grew up around her parents' enthusiasm for animals and nature. She and her team want to educate children and future generations and to make Malta a greener place.

The company's values are constant and never-ending improvement, together with loyalty, honesty and perseverance. A message from the director notes how the pandemic years drew many people to plants and nature for their mental well-being, and how first-time gardeners took to growing things at home. The team offers advice both during the shopping visit and afterwards, if you need help caring for what you bought.

The garden centre and pet shop

The centre offers the largest selection of plants on the island. The range covers indoor and outdoor plants, herbs, fruit trees, small and large trees and shrubs, plus pots, tools, accessories and garden supplies. The centre keeps unusual and rare plants in stock and promotes Maltese indigenous plants, which suit the local climate well and are worth a look if you are planting a terrace or garden. Our Malta weather guide explains why the hot, dry summers matter when choosing plants.

The pet shop stocks food, accessories and supplies for dogs, cats, rabbits and other rodents, birds and fish. An online shop is divided into three sections: the garden centre, the pet shop and the flower shop.

Flowers for every occasion

Flowers by Piscopo Gardens covers arrangements for all kinds of occasions, with bouquets delivered to the recipient. The online flower shop is the quickest way to place an order, and it suits people in the UK who want to send flowers to friends or family living in Malta. Another local florist in our directory is Alistair Floral Design.

Landscaping, maintenance and plant rental

The landscaping team designs new gardens from scratch and revamps existing ones, installs real or artificial turf on soil, concrete or tiles, and builds terraces and roof gardens with pots and plants. It also prunes and shapes trees and shrubs, trims palms using a cherry picker where needed, relocates trees, harvests olives, supplies soil, compost, gravel, pebbles and bark mulch, installs and maintains drip irrigation and sprinkler systems, cares for wells and restores traditional rubble walls. The team won the Best Landscaping award at the Top Build Awards 2023 in Malta, organised by Bøye Designs.

Maintenance can be a single visit or a yearly contract at more favourable rates, and covers watering, pruning, spraying for infestations and weeding for houses, businesses and office buildings, indoors and out. Plants and pots can also be rented. Long-term rental includes maintenance for homes and businesses, and short-term hire runs from one day to a week for weddings, exhibitions, concerts, company events and receptions.

School outings and water testing

Schools and groups can arrange outings built around educational and practical sessions, games and activities, with a package agreed to suit the age group. If you are travelling with children, Adventure Hub in our directory is another family option nearby.

A water testing service checks pH and salt levels for ponds, aquariums, hydroponic systems and garden or farm irrigation water. Bring a sample of around 250ml and the technicians will analyse it and give a clear report with recommendations. Testing is by appointment only, Monday to Friday, and costs €5.90 including VAT.

Visiting the outlets and the area

The Burmarrad garden centre and pet shop is open every day, 8:00am to 7:00pm, including public holidays. The Żabbar outlet in the south of the island has shorter hours and is closed on Sundays. Burmarrad is a convenient stop on a day out in the north: Amazing Boat Trips Malta and the Mellieħa guide are good starting points, and things to do in Malta has more ideas. For an overnight stay, see hotels in Qawra and St Paul's Bay.

To ask about a plant, a landscaping project, a rental or a pet product, use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to Piscopo Gardens, who will reply to you directly.