Garden centres in England will be allowed to reopen next week as part of the Government's first-step measures to ease the coronavirus lockdown.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Sunday that garden centres will be allowed to open their doors to customers from Wednesday May 13, it is understood.
It will come as he reveals his "roadmap" to gradually lift the UK's social distancing measures.
Nursery bosses will have to ensure visitors obey social distancing measures, such as keeping two metres away from others.
They will also be expected to put restrictions in place to control shop numbers in a similar way to supermarkets.
UK supermarkets have introduced queueing systems and one-way aisles to limit the interaction customers and staff have with one another.
They have also created cleaning stations where trolley and basket handles can be disinfected.
Extra cleaning regimes have been introduced and perspex screens installed for check-out staff - a pattern garden centres could be set to follow.
A senior Government source said: "Garden centres typically open large open-air spaces where the risk of transmission of coronavirus is lower.
"With strict social distancing measures in place we believe they can open safely from next week."
The confirmation follows the announcement by the Welsh government that garden centres will be able to open from Monday.
